Data for 1996

Primary Completion Rate, 1996

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 1996
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 1996 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.12. The middle country reads 84.95. Against 1995, 143 values changed (119 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1996

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

6.12

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

164countries
3measures per country
1996the year it describes
154distinct 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.990	99.9900
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.95	99.950	99.9500
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.94	99.940	99.9397
4	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.90	99.900	99.9000
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.88	99.875	99.8849
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.87	99.865	99.8749
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.84	99.856	99.8258
8	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.80	99.810	99.7901
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.79	99.831	99.7509
=10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.74	99.760	99.7204
=10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.74	99.750	99.7299
=12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.72	99.756	99.6864
=12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.72	99.710	99.7301
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.70	99.674	99.7244
15	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.69	99.721	99.6608
16	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.68	99.700	99.6602
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.67	99.670	99.6696
18	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.65	99.625	99.6745
19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.64	99.671	99.6111
=20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.56	99.642	99.4823
=20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.56	99.652	99.4718
=20	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.56	99.484	99.6338
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.54	99.606	99.4761
24	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.50	99.519	99.4794
25	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.48	99.480	99.4800
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.46	99.522	99.4016
27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.44	99.377	99.4965
=28	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.42	99.475	99.3649
=28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.42	99.315	99.5251
30	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.37	99.473	99.2631
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.29	99.363	99.2127
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.24	99.414	99.0535
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.21	99.343	99.0832
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.20	99.020	99.3698
35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.07	99.187	98.9570
=36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.06	99.090	99.0300
=36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.06	99.081	99.0409
=36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.06	99.014	99.1044
39	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	98.97	99.067	98.8775
40	United States`USA`Northern America	98.96	99.074	98.8536
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.87	98.890	98.8497
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.82	98.773	98.8627
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.79	98.765	98.8149
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.59	98.955	98.2353
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.55	98.502	98.5821
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.53	98.868	98.1780
47	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.50	98.409	98.5988
48	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.34	98.340	98.3399
=49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.18	97.861	98.4812
=49	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.18	98.824	97.5743
51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.94	97.871	98.0107
52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	97.88	98.715	97.0952
53	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	97.77	98.169	97.3885
54	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.73	97.608	97.8180
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.69	97.540	97.8400
56	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.65	97.225	98.0847
57	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	97.49	97.255	97.7250
58	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.32	97.699	96.9894
59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	97.22	96.434	98.0438
60	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	97.04	98.455	95.7446
61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	96.99	96.795	97.1750
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	96.50	97.941	95.1013
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.09	96.037	96.1469
64	Chile`CHL`South America	95.71	96.194	95.2437
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	95.61	95.834	95.3938
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	94.78	95.366	94.2156
67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	94.43	94.105	94.7349
68	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	94.36	95.310	93.4403
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	93.68	93.885	93.4852
70	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	92.88	89.817	95.5968
71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	92.22	92.891	91.5912
72	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	92.15	95.920	88.3397
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	90.96	88.006	93.7956
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	90.22	87.993	92.4130
75	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	90.17	87.577	92.6069
76	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	89.57	89.056	90.0660
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	88.95	89.989	87.9789
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	87.99	89.291	86.6806
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	87.76	87.849	87.6689
80	Panama`PAN`Central America	87.38	87.747	87.0269
81	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	86.23	89.189	83.2794
82	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	84.99	84.880	85.1201
83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	84.92	79.379	90.2391
84	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	84.87	86.910	82.7598
85	Venezuela`VEN`South America	83.78	86.239	81.3994
86	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	83.72	89.169	78.2492
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	82.71	86.452	79.1721
88	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	82.44	81.709	83.1486
89	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	81.20	82.224	80.2145
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	81.10	80.756	81.4355
91	Peru`PER`South America	80.96	78.609	83.2593
92	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	79.68	84.711	74.4607
93	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	79.50	81.507	77.6074
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	79.20	79.653	78.7629
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	79.15	74.189	83.7693
96	Colombia`COL`South America	78.26	79.693	76.8728
97	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.42	78.566	74.3262
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	74.32	77.884	70.8344
99	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	73.85	68.551	78.8414
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	70.95	67.487	74.2173
101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.67	67.161	74.0610
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	67.31	66.671	67.9405
=103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	66.98	62.442	71.4321
=103	Suriname`SUR`South America	66.98	68.562	65.4622
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	66.69	72.247	61.2770
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	64.74	54.786	73.8758
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	64.52	69.118	59.8283
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	64.48	61.891	67.1013
109	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	59.75	58.587	60.8770
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	59.45	59.174	59.7245
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	59.15	61.467	56.8973
112	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	58.61	47.038	70.0282
113	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	56.46	53.244	59.5638
114	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	55.45	52.162	58.6916
115	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	54.79	61.024	48.5645
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	54.29	51.925	56.5547
117	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	54.21	56.638	51.7883
118	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	53.24	51.888	54.6177
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	52.73	60.060	45.4403
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.45	56.907	47.9973
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	51.50	48.872	54.0724
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49.64	49.309	49.9586
123	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.12	46.742	51.2416
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.09	56.444	37.3141
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	46.44	41.398	51.4280
126	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	46.00	41.871	50.0007
127	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	44.02	24.053	63.1127
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	43.95	41.624	46.2036
129	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	43.43	37.862	48.8517
130	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	42.93	38.834	47.0240
131	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	42.26	42.632	41.9316
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.75	31.816	45.6365
=133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	37.10	30.261	44.1114
=133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.10	29.259	44.5386
135	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	36.45	32.056	40.9759
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.68	30.200	41.1295
137	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	33.59	24.778	42.4475
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	33.51	25.908	41.0484
139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	33.49	31.825	35.1747
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	30.23	22.047	38.0472
141	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	29.82	23.873	35.6829
142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	27.37	26.627	28.1075
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26.78	20.431	33.1908
144	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	26.16	18.915	33.1654
145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	25.85	22.657	29.0869
146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	25.48	27.300	23.6901
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	24.53	24.319	24.7491
148	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	22.02	15.086	28.9063
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.20	17.673	24.6532
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	20.83	13.564	27.9444
151	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	19.63	15.435	23.8347
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	18.36	14.985	21.7355
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.72	13.547	19.8271
154	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.53	12.262	20.7515
155	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	16.40	5.596	26.7655
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	15.12	8.028	22.0275
157	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	14.82	11.292	18.3321
158	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	14.56	10.233	18.7726
159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	14.43	10.652	18.1022
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	12.99	8.335	17.6454
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.84	12.615	11.0648
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.39	8.516	14.1264
163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	10.97	9.411	12.5406
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6.12	2.875	9.4254

02In 1996

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
4Japan99.90
5Denmark99.88

Lowest

164South Sudan6.12
163Mozambique10.97
162Niger11.39
161Burundi11.84
160Chad12.99

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 84.95. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGermany99.990
LowestSouth Sudan2.875
Middle country: 87.243
Male
HighestGermany99.9900
LowestSouth Sudan9.4254
Middle country: 84.4447

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 164 in both
119 · 24rose · fell
21unchanged

Rose most

Maldives76.18 → 79.50+3.32
Bangladesh43.69 → 46.00+2.31
Bhutan23.95 → 26.16+2.21
Tunisia69.19 → 70.95+1.76
Morocco41.74 → 43.43+1.69

Fell most

Rwanda27.00 → 24.53−2.47
Mongolia85.18 → 83.72−1.46
Iraq57.55 → 56.46−1.09
Republic of the Congo60.44 → 59.75−0.69
DR Congo36.36 → 35.68−0.68

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

154 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 99.56. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1996). Primary Completion Rate, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1996

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