Data for 1997

Primary Completion Rate, 1997

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 1997
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 1997 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.29. The middle country reads 85.31. Against 1996, 141 values changed (119 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1997

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

6.29

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

164countries
3measures per country
1997the year it describes
157distinct 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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.9901	99.9901
2	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.95	99.9503	99.9503
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.94	99.9400	99.9400
4	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.91	99.9049	99.9149
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.88	99.8749	99.8849
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.87	99.8648	99.8748
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.84	99.8551	99.8251
8	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.80	99.8104	99.7904
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.79	99.8258	99.7558
=10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.74	99.7605	99.7205
=10	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.74	99.7502	99.7302
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.72	99.7555	99.6855
13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.71	99.6997	99.7197
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.70	99.6738	99.7238
=15	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.69	99.7103	99.6703
=15	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.69	99.7209	99.6609
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.67	99.6649	99.6749
18	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.65	99.6296	99.6696
19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.64	99.6707	99.6107
=20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.57	99.6524	99.4924
=20	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.57	99.4989	99.6389
22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.56	99.6517	99.4717
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.53	99.6007	99.4607
24	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.50	99.5204	99.4804
25	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.46	99.4601	99.4601
=26	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.45	99.3762	99.5162
=26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.45	99.5076	99.3976
=28	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.43	99.4898	99.3698
=28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.43	99.3311	99.5311
30	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.34	99.4486	99.2286
31	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.29	99.3726	99.2026
=32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.25	99.4217	99.0817
=32	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.25	99.0963	99.3963
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.23	99.3579	99.1079
=35	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.08	99.1100	99.0500
=35	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.08	99.1872	98.9772
37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.06	99.0140	99.1040
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.05	99.0656	99.0356
39	United States`USA`Northern America	99.04	99.1536	98.9336
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.00	99.1074	98.8974
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	98.91	98.9408	98.8808
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.83	98.7858	98.8658
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.78	98.7547	98.8047
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.63	98.9801	98.2901
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.55	98.4988	98.5988
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.52	98.8476	98.1776
47	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.50	98.3870	98.5870
48	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.33	98.3300	98.3300
49	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.26	98.8827	97.6727
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.20	97.8915	98.4915
51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	97.98	98.7622	97.2222
52	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	97.97	97.9187	98.0287
53	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	97.91	98.3077	97.5277
54	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.74	97.5900	97.8900
55	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.73	97.6168	97.8368
56	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.60	97.1665	98.0465
57	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	97.58	97.3638	97.7938
58	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.37	97.7227	97.0127
59	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	97.09	98.5098	95.8198
60	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	97.05	96.8757	97.2157
61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	96.81	95.8021	97.8721
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	96.71	98.0865	95.3765
63	Chile`CHL`South America	96.04	96.5643	95.5343
64	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.03	95.9717	96.0917
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	95.73	96.0005	95.4705
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	94.99	95.5906	94.4106
67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	94.78	94.4412	95.1012
68	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	94.45	95.4080	93.5180
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	94.05	94.2296	93.8796
70	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	93.09	90.1572	95.5872
71	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	92.71	93.5049	91.9649
72	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	92.24	95.9763	88.4463
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	91.31	88.6110	93.9010
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	90.95	89.0579	92.8279
75	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	90.58	88.3302	92.6902
76	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	90.32	91.1776	89.5176
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	89.97	89.6337	90.2937
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	88.73	90.0029	87.4529
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	88.51	88.6484	88.3684
80	Panama`PAN`Central America	87.83	88.2021	87.4721
81	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	86.31	89.1057	83.1657
82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	85.56	87.6635	83.4035
83	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	85.07	85.1399	84.9899
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	84.39	78.5858	89.9558
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	84.01	83.2884	84.7084
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	83.91	86.5325	81.3725
87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	83.02	86.8097	79.4397
88	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	82.89	88.4060	77.3460
89	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	82.59	85.4055	79.9555
90	Peru`PER`South America	81.94	79.7561	84.0761
91	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	81.61	82.7004	80.5604
92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	81.47	81.1812	81.7512
93	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	80.56	85.4318	75.5118
94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	79.98	75.5062	84.1262
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	79.93	80.5263	79.3563
96	Colombia`COL`South America	79.20	80.6838	77.7638
97	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.61	78.7450	74.5450
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	75.37	78.9726	71.8526
99	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	74.60	69.5779	79.3380
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	72.66	69.7261	75.4361
101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	72.41	69.2622	75.4422
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	68.01	73.5213	62.6413
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	67.84	63.3504	72.2404
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	67.74	69.4526	66.1026
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	66.78	66.2232	67.3332
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	66.36	56.9488	74.9988
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	65.66	63.4503	67.9103
108	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	65.21	70.0772	60.2372
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	60.04	62.5971	57.5571
110	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	60.03	48.9709	70.9409
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	59.94	59.6544	60.2244
112	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	59.11	58.3419	59.8519
113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	55.92	53.3189	58.4789
114	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	55.56	52.3938	58.6138
115	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	55.23	61.4312	49.0412
116	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	55.17	53.0337	57.2237
117	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	53.71	56.2033	51.2233
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	53.44	58.0504	48.8204
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	53.04	60.3919	45.6719
120	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	52.91	51.7563	54.0863
121	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	52.72	50.5026	54.8926
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.47	50.2814	50.6514
123	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	49.50	47.5242	51.2742
124	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	48.55	45.3232	51.6832
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.66	42.6461	52.6061
126	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.17	56.3768	37.5368
127	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	45.27	43.1673	47.3073
128	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.26	39.5308	50.8308
129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.16	25.6438	63.8338
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	43.69	44.3447	43.1047
131	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	43.59	40.0219	47.1419
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	40.08	33.4993	46.6193
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	38.44	31.7114	45.3114
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	37.97	30.6465	44.9165
135	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.66	33.6600	41.7700
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	35.14	27.7493	42.4593
137	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	35.13	29.8284	40.3984
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.62	26.0242	43.2542
139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	34.41	33.4416	35.3916
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	31.69	23.7157	39.3257
141	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	30.26	24.6750	35.7650
142	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	28.46	21.4346	35.2546
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	28.29	27.9390	28.6390
144	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	27.47	21.4026	33.5926
145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	27.18	24.2263	30.1763
146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	25.59	27.4569	23.7569
147	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	23.27	16.1800	30.3000
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	22.32	21.9940	22.6540
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.39	18.0586	24.6586
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	21.13	13.8936	28.2136
151	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	20.21	16.1885	24.2385
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	19.37	15.5831	23.1531
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.40	14.3119	20.4219
154	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	16.80	5.7753	27.3753
155	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.46	12.1731	20.7031
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	16.36	9.0203	23.5203
157	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	15.32	10.7107	19.8007
158	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	15.31	11.8469	18.7469
159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.23	11.2409	19.0909
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	13.57	8.9006	18.2306
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.94	12.6152	11.2652
162	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11.76	10.0852	13.4452
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.66	8.7256	14.4556
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6.29	3.1180	9.5280

02In 1997

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
4Japan99.91
5Denmark99.88

Lowest

164South Sudan6.29
163Niger11.66
162Mozambique11.76
161Burundi11.94
160Chad13.57

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 85.31. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGermany99.9901
LowestSouth Sudan3.1180
Middle country: 87.9328
Male
HighestGermany99.9901
LowestSouth Sudan9.5280
Middle country: 84.8491

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 164 in both
119 · 22rose · fell
23unchanged

Rose most

Maldives79.50 → 82.59+3.09
Bangladesh46.00 → 48.55+2.55
Bhutan26.16 → 28.46+2.30
Morocco43.43 → 45.26+1.83
Bolivia70.67 → 72.41+1.74

Fell most

Rwanda24.53 → 22.32−2.21
Iraq56.46 → 55.56−0.90
Mongolia83.72 → 82.89−0.83
Republic of the Congo59.75 → 59.11−0.64
DR Congo35.68 → 35.13−0.55

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

157 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.74. 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) (1997). Primary Completion Rate, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1997

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