Data for 1995

Primary Completion Rate, 1995

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 1995
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 1995 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.95. The middle country reads 85.33. Against 1994, 136 values changed (117 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1995

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

5.95

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

164countries
3measures per country
1995the year it describes
156distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 1995, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Primary Completion Rate, 1995: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.98996	99.990
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.95	99.95000	99.950
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.94	99.94033	99.940
4	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.89	99.88492	99.895
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.88	99.87893	99.879
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.86	99.85480	99.865
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.84	99.86070	99.821
=8	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.79	99.80012	99.780
=8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.79	99.82560	99.756
=10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.74	99.76052	99.721
=10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.74	99.75060	99.731
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.73	99.72527	99.735
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.72	99.75583	99.686
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.70	99.68012	99.720
15	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.68	99.71593	99.646
=16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.67	99.67018	99.670
=16	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.67	99.68011	99.660
=18	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.64	99.61911	99.659
=18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.64	99.67520	99.605
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.56	99.65182	99.472
21	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.55	99.46935	99.629
22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.54	99.61047	99.470
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.53	99.61236	99.452
24	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.50	99.52133	99.481
25	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.49	99.48996	99.490
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.46	99.52069	99.401
27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.45	99.39182	99.502
28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.43	99.32121	99.541
29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.42	99.46479	99.375
30	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.39	99.48825	99.288
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.30	99.37359	99.224
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.23	99.43051	99.051
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.20	99.33317	99.073
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.15	98.93876	99.349
=35	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.06	99.01437	99.104
=35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.06	99.18207	98.942
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.05	99.07093	99.031
38	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.04	99.07488	99.005
39	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.95	99.05266	98.853
40	United States`USA`Northern America	98.90	99.02390	98.784
=41	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.82	98.82548	98.815
=41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.82	98.77283	98.863
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.81	98.78488	98.835
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.56	98.51717	98.587
45	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.54	98.87239	98.192
46	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.52	98.90034	98.150
47	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.50	98.39254	98.593
48	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.34	98.34514	98.335
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.17	97.83519	98.485
50	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.14	98.80046	97.520
51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.90	97.81229	97.982
52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	97.78	98.64796	96.908
53	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.74	97.63306	97.843
54	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.71	97.29733	98.127
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.65	97.50000	97.800
56	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	97.64	98.03796	97.258
57	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	97.57	96.95532	98.215
58	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	97.40	97.15490	97.645
59	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.28	97.66177	96.922
60	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	96.97	98.40212	95.662
61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	96.93	96.72501	97.125
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	96.27	97.77982	94.800
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.17	96.08659	96.257
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	95.51	95.68123	95.341
65	Chile`CHL`South America	95.39	95.85297	94.943
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	94.65	95.22087	94.101
67	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	94.34	95.24355	93.464
68	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	94.09	93.80057	94.361
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	93.30	93.52543	93.085
70	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	92.61	89.28607	95.446
71	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	92.06	95.89746	88.267
72	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	91.76	92.26583	91.286
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	90.61	87.40480	93.685
74	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	89.73	86.86074	92.431
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	89.26	86.56995	91.880
76	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	89.19	88.50377	89.854
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	87.65	88.83763	86.538
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	87.30	88.63451	85.945
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	87.15	87.20440	87.094
80	Panama`PAN`Central America	87.10	87.47136	86.741
81	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	86.07	88.78428	82.844
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	85.47	80.15578	90.576
83	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	85.18	90.40299	79.923
84	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	84.87	84.54642	85.266
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	84.15	86.22930	82.039
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	83.52	85.86246	81.252
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	82.49	86.22028	78.960
88	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	80.81	80.13987	81.460
89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	80.77	80.33477	81.195
90	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	80.74	81.73430	79.784
91	Peru`PER`South America	79.96	77.44707	82.417
92	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	78.77	83.99395	73.344
93	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	78.47	73.00857	83.589
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	78.32	78.69718	77.957
95	Colombia`COL`South America	77.41	78.78683	76.077
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.30	78.43272	74.253
97	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	76.18	77.27316	75.143
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	73.40	76.81999	70.050
99	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	73.28	67.65706	78.567
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	69.19	65.18587	72.966
101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.99	65.16130	72.701
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	67.64	66.82951	68.430
103	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.52	67.82875	65.259
104	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	66.16	61.57421	70.664
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	65.28	70.91221	59.792
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	63.57	67.81351	59.244
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	63.45	60.65454	66.265
108	India`IND`Southern Asia	63.18	52.69665	72.807
109	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	60.44	58.85566	61.976
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	58.96	58.64452	59.275
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	58.11	60.18180	56.092
112	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	57.55	54.20247	60.782
113	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	57.16	45.14104	69.021
=114	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	54.82	50.86057	58.741
=114	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	54.82	57.03792	52.608
116	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	54.28	60.54939	48.019
117	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	53.49	50.90687	55.957
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	53.27	51.73399	54.834
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	52.24	59.53251	44.993
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	51.37	55.63435	47.114
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	50.27	47.18896	53.279
122	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.83	45.94084	51.391
123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	48.81	48.28498	49.315
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	46.83	56.41869	36.859
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	45.20	40.13459	50.225
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	43.69	38.86822	48.348
127	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	42.82	22.40838	62.338
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	42.57	39.96871	45.089
129	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	42.37	37.88564	46.836
130	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.74	36.32296	47.033
131	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	41.00	41.01601	40.986
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	37.56	30.22348	44.843
133	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	36.36	30.47626	42.216
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	36.24	27.87601	44.176
135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	35.83	28.83526	42.975
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	35.35	30.61154	40.242
=137	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	32.49	23.42848	41.608
=137	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	32.49	30.11324	34.893
139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	32.02	24.19634	39.786
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29.36	23.09422	35.544
141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.79	20.38828	36.798
142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	27.00	26.85439	27.154
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	26.52	25.36609	27.666
144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	25.96	19.27530	32.715
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	25.60	27.33856	23.889
146	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	24.89	21.59694	28.227
147	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.95	16.56530	31.085
148	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.08	17.37653	24.707
149	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	20.88	14.16907	27.559
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.51	13.24133	27.631
151	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	19.27	14.90118	23.651
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	17.65	14.70717	20.597
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.75	12.41436	21.034
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.15	12.93813	19.298
155	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	15.98	5.39339	26.143
156	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	14.42	10.83579	18.006
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.00	7.16516	20.665
158	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.97	9.88332	17.953
159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	13.76	10.14786	17.298
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	12.44	7.80697	17.077
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.70	12.53412	10.864
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.16	8.38896	13.799
163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	10.34	8.86437	11.834
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	5.95	2.65962	9.290

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Germany99.99
2Austria99.95
3Sweden99.94
4Japan99.89
5Denmark99.88

Lowest

164South Sudan5.95
163Mozambique10.34
162Niger11.16
161Burundi11.70
160Chad12.44

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 85.33. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGermany99.98996
LowestSouth Sudan2.65962
Middle country: 86.39962
Male
HighestGermany99.990
LowestSouth Sudan9.290
Middle country: 84.427

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 164 in both
117 · 19rose · fell
28unchanged

Rose most

Maldives72.78 → 76.18+3.40
Bhutan21.78 → 23.95+2.17
Bangladesh41.65 → 43.69+2.04
Tunisia67.42 → 69.19+1.77
Bolivia67.34 → 68.99+1.65

Fell most

Rwanda29.27 → 27.00−2.27
Mongolia87.01 → 85.18−1.83
Iraq58.70 → 57.55−1.15
Republic of the Congo61.04 → 60.44−0.60
DR Congo36.96 → 36.36−0.60

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

156 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.79. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1995). Primary Completion Rate, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1995

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