Data for 1998
Primary Completion Rate, 1998
Figures for 1998, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Primary Completion Rate, 1998 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.43. The middle country reads 85.74. Against 1997, 136 values changed (117 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.
Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1998
HighestGermany
99.99LowestSouth Sudan
6.43Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 1998, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 164 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEUWestern Europe | 99.99 | 99.9900 | 99.9900 |
| 2 | AUTWestern Europe | 99.95 | 99.9496 | 99.9496 |
| 3 | SWENorthern Europe | 99.93 | 99.9293 | 99.9293 |
| 4 | JPNEastern Asia | 99.92 | 99.9200 | 99.9200 |
| =5 | DNKNorthern Europe | 99.88 | 99.8749 | 99.8849 |
| =5 | KOREastern Asia | 99.88 | 99.8748 | 99.8848 |
| 7 | CZEEastern Europe | 99.84 | 99.8605 | 99.8205 |
| 8 | BLREastern Europe | 99.80 | 99.8102 | 99.7902 |
| 9 | GBRNorthern Europe | 99.79 | 99.8311 | 99.7511 |
| =10 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.74 | 99.7553 | 99.7253 |
| =10 | SVKEastern Europe | 99.74 | 99.7506 | 99.7306 |
| =12 | IRLNorthern Europe | 99.71 | 99.7455 | 99.6755 |
| =12 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.71 | 99.7252 | 99.6952 |
| =12 | CHEWestern Europe | 99.71 | 99.7044 | 99.7144 |
| 15 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.70 | 99.6699 | 99.7299 |
| 16 | UZBCentral Asia | 99.69 | 99.7259 | 99.6559 |
| 17 | NLDWestern Europe | 99.67 | 99.6702 | 99.6702 |
| 18 | HRVSouthern Europe | 99.66 | 99.6492 | 99.6692 |
| 19 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.64 | 99.6656 | 99.6156 |
| 20 | CANNorthern America | 99.59 | 99.6774 | 99.5074 |
| 21 | TKMCentral Asia | 99.58 | 99.5236 | 99.6336 |
| 22 | POLEastern Europe | 99.55 | 99.6417 | 99.4617 |
| 23 | LTUNorthern Europe | 99.53 | 99.6012 | 99.4612 |
| 24 | LVANorthern Europe | 99.50 | 99.5153 | 99.4853 |
| =25 | ESTNorthern Europe | 99.45 | 99.3644 | 99.5244 |
| =25 | SVNSouthern Europe | 99.45 | 99.5063 | 99.3963 |
| =27 | KAZCentral Asia | 99.44 | 99.5045 | 99.3745 |
| =27 | UKREastern Europe | 99.44 | 99.4452 | 99.4352 |
| 29 | SRBSouthern Europe | 99.43 | 99.3316 | 99.5316 |
| 30 | ARMWestern Asia | 99.33 | 99.4492 | 99.2092 |
| 31 | ISRWestern Asia | 99.30 | 99.1613 | 99.4313 |
| 32 | KGZCentral Asia | 99.28 | 99.3672 | 99.1872 |
| 33 | BRBCaribbean | 99.27 | 99.4316 | 99.1116 |
| 34 | FRAWestern Europe | 99.25 | 99.3676 | 99.1376 |
| 35 | USANorthern America | 99.11 | 99.2185 | 99.0085 |
| 36 | GEOWestern Asia | 99.09 | 99.1104 | 99.0704 |
| 37 | PRTSouthern Europe | 99.08 | 99.1821 | 98.9821 |
| 38 | HUNEastern Europe | 99.06 | 99.0090 | 99.1090 |
| 39 | GRCSouthern Europe | 99.05 | 99.0711 | 99.0311 |
| 40 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 99.03 | 99.1424 | 98.9224 |
| 41 | BIHSouthern Europe | 98.97 | 99.0155 | 98.9255 |
| 42 | CYPWestern Asia | 98.83 | 98.7838 | 98.8638 |
| 43 | ROUEastern Europe | 98.78 | 98.7547 | 98.8047 |
| 44 | JAMCaribbean | 98.68 | 99.0200 | 98.3500 |
| 45 | LUXWestern Europe | 98.55 | 98.4969 | 98.5869 |
| 46 | MDAEastern Europe | 98.52 | 98.8334 | 98.1934 |
| 47 | MLTSouthern Europe | 98.50 | 98.3973 | 98.6073 |
| 48 | CUBCaribbean | 98.35 | 98.9520 | 97.7820 |
| 49 | ESPSouthern Europe | 98.32 | 98.3199 | 98.3199 |
| 50 | BGREastern Europe | 98.22 | 97.9226 | 98.5026 |
| 51 | LCACaribbean | 98.07 | 98.7978 | 97.3578 |
| 52 | PSEWestern Asia | 98.06 | 98.4575 | 97.6775 |
| 53 | MNESouthern Europe | 98.03 | 97.9872 | 98.0672 |
| 54 | TUVPolynesia | 97.78 | 97.6300 | 97.9300 |
| 55 | ISLNorthern Europe | 97.73 | 97.6219 | 97.8319 |
| 56 | MKDSouthern Europe | 97.69 | 97.4838 | 97.8938 |
| 57 | AZEWestern Asia | 97.55 | 97.1183 | 97.9983 |
| 58 | TONPolynesia | 97.43 | 97.7799 | 97.0999 |
| 59 | WSMPolynesia | 97.18 | 98.5941 | 95.9141 |
| 60 | BELWestern Europe | 97.11 | 96.9509 | 97.2609 |
| 61 | FJIMelanesia | 96.89 | 98.2159 | 95.6059 |
| 62 | CHLSouth America | 96.37 | 96.9248 | 95.8348 |
| 63 | TJKCentral Asia | 96.35 | 95.0818 | 97.7019 |
| 64 | ALBSouthern Europe | 96.01 | 95.9711 | 96.0511 |
| 65 | URYSouth America | 95.82 | 96.1243 | 95.5243 |
| 66 | ARGSouth America | 95.21 | 95.8312 | 94.6112 |
| 67 | JORWestern Asia | 95.13 | 94.7661 | 95.4761 |
| 68 | TTOCaribbean | 94.66 | 95.5833 | 93.7633 |
| 69 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 94.37 | 94.5597 | 94.1897 |
| 70 | QATWestern Asia | 93.34 | 90.5216 | 95.5516 |
| 71 | MUSEastern Africa | 93.20 | 94.0906 | 92.3606 |
| 72 | KIRMicronesia | 92.31 | 96.0214 | 88.5314 |
| 73 | SYRWestern Asia | 91.70 | 89.2304 | 94.0704 |
| 74 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 91.63 | 92.2850 | 91.0150 |
| 75 | IRNSouthern Asia | 91.50 | 89.8672 | 93.1272 |
| 76 | CHNEastern Asia | 90.93 | 88.9773 | 92.7573 |
| 77 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 90.35 | 90.1918 | 90.5018 |
| 78 | GUYSouth America | 89.47 | 90.7095 | 88.2295 |
| 79 | MEXCentral America | 89.38 | 89.5981 | 89.1581 |
| 80 | PANCentral America | 88.28 | 88.6221 | 87.9521 |
| 81 | NRUMicronesia | 86.37 | 89.3232 | 83.4332 |
| 82 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 86.14 | 88.3775 | 83.9175 |
| 83 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 85.35 | 84.7093 | 85.9693 |
| 84 | MDVSouthern Asia | 85.32 | 88.7723 | 82.1323 |
| 85 | ZWEEastern Africa | 85.19 | 85.4548 | 84.8948 |
| 86 | VENSouth America | 84.07 | 86.7951 | 81.4351 |
| 87 | TURWestern Asia | 84.04 | 78.0330 | 89.7930 |
| 88 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 83.35 | 87.2090 | 79.7090 |
| 89 | PERSouth America | 82.89 | 80.8927 | 84.8427 |
| 90 | MNGEastern Asia | 82.74 | 88.1089 | 77.3189 |
| 91 | CRICentral America | 82.15 | 83.2978 | 81.0478 |
| 92 | ECUSouth America | 81.93 | 81.6664 | 82.1864 |
| 93 | BWASouthern Africa | 81.39 | 86.1134 | 76.5034 |
| 94 | DZANorthern Africa | 81.01 | 77.0914 | 84.6414 |
| 95 | PRYSouth America | 80.61 | 81.3187 | 79.9287 |
| 96 | COLSouth America | 80.05 | 81.6914 | 78.4614 |
| 97 | VUTMelanesia | 76.73 | 78.8522 | 74.6922 |
| 98 | BRASouth America | 76.45 | 80.1205 | 72.8705 |
| 99 | EGYNorthern Africa | 75.54 | 70.8804 | 79.9404 |
| 100 | TUNNorthern Africa | 74.36 | 72.0055 | 76.5955 |
| 101 | BOLSouth America | 74.31 | 71.5555 | 76.9555 |
| 102 | DOMCaribbean | 69.16 | 74.6347 | 63.8247 |
| 103 | SURSouth America | 68.81 | 70.5742 | 67.1442 |
| 104 | NGAWestern Africa | 68.73 | 64.3801 | 72.9901 |
| 105 | INDSouthern Asia | 67.99 | 59.2011 | 76.0611 |
| 106 | SLVCentral America | 66.94 | 65.0967 | 68.8267 |
| 107 | TZAEastern Africa | 66.13 | 65.5585 | 66.6985 |
| 108 | NAMSouthern Africa | 65.83 | 70.9599 | 60.5798 |
| 109 | DJIEastern Africa | 61.45 | 50.9173 | 71.8373 |
| 110 | HNDCentral America | 60.95 | 63.7411 | 58.2411 |
| 111 | CMRMiddle Africa | 60.53 | 60.2443 | 60.8143 |
| 112 | COGMiddle Africa | 58.49 | 58.1753 | 58.7953 |
| 113 | GNQMiddle Africa | 56.49 | 54.5778 | 58.3678 |
| 114 | SDNNorthern Africa | 55.98 | 54.0398 | 57.8498 |
| 115 | GABMiddle Africa | 55.69 | 61.9235 | 49.4735 |
| 116 | IRQWestern Asia | 54.93 | 51.6812 | 58.0612 |
| 117 | NICCentral America | 54.49 | 59.2641 | 49.6941 |
| 118 | GHAWestern Africa | 53.99 | 52.2257 | 55.7157 |
| 119 | KENEastern Africa | 53.38 | 55.7977 | 50.9677 |
| 120 | SWZSouthern Africa | 53.25 | 60.5438 | 45.8338 |
| 121 | ZMBEastern Africa | 52.57 | 51.6440 | 53.5140 |
| 122 | BGDSouthern Asia | 51.20 | 48.9941 | 53.3441 |
| 123 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 51.18 | 51.1494 | 51.2094 |
| 124 | PNGMelanesia | 50.07 | 48.4261 | 51.5561 |
| 125 | GTMCentral America | 48.84 | 43.8984 | 53.6984 |
| =126 | LSOSouthern Africa | 47.17 | 56.3248 | 37.6348 |
| =126 | MARNorthern Africa | 47.17 | 41.3700 | 52.8100 |
| 128 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 46.61 | 44.7156 | 48.4456 |
| 129 | YEMWestern Asia | 46.29 | 27.2573 | 64.5173 |
| 130 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 45.22 | 46.1279 | 44.3979 |
| 131 | STPMiddle Africa | 44.36 | 41.3124 | 47.3824 |
| 132 | GMBWestern Africa | 41.44 | 35.1415 | 47.7015 |
| 133 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 39.99 | 33.3320 | 46.7120 |
| 134 | COMEastern Africa | 39.06 | 35.4862 | 42.7162 |
| 135 | PAKSouthern Asia | 38.68 | 31.8435 | 45.1635 |
| 136 | TGOWestern Africa | 36.95 | 29.7556 | 44.0656 |
| 137 | AGOMiddle Africa | 35.70 | 27.3575 | 44.0775 |
| 138 | MWIEastern Africa | 35.19 | 34.8329 | 35.5529 |
| 139 | CODMiddle Africa | 34.70 | 29.4657 | 39.9057 |
| 140 | NPLSouthern Asia | 33.40 | 25.6533 | 40.8333 |
| 141 | BTNSouthern Asia | 30.79 | 24.0800 | 37.2800 |
| 142 | MRTWestern Africa | 30.73 | 25.5286 | 35.8586 |
| 143 | HTICaribbean | 29.13 | 29.2153 | 29.0453 |
| 144 | UGAEastern Africa | 28.92 | 26.3245 | 31.5545 |
| 145 | CIVWestern Africa | 28.04 | 22.2294 | 33.8994 |
| 146 | MDGEastern Africa | 25.90 | 27.7583 | 24.0783 |
| 147 | BENWestern Africa | 24.72 | 17.4485 | 31.9185 |
| 148 | CAFMiddle Africa | 21.45 | 18.2599 | 24.5899 |
| 149 | SOMEastern Africa | 21.40 | 14.2030 | 28.4430 |
| 150 | LBRWestern Africa | 20.91 | 17.1368 | 24.6868 |
| 151 | RWAEastern Africa | 20.75 | 20.3441 | 21.1641 |
| 152 | SLEWestern Africa | 20.62 | 16.4612 | 24.7712 |
| 153 | BFAWestern Africa | 18.12 | 15.1364 | 21.0364 |
| 154 | GINWestern Africa | 17.71 | 10.1633 | 25.0833 |
| 155 | AFGSouthern Asia | 17.25 | 5.9370 | 28.1070 |
| 156 | SENWestern Africa | 16.67 | 12.3693 | 20.9293 |
| 157 | MLIWestern Africa | 16.32 | 11.4749 | 21.0249 |
| 158 | ETHEastern Africa | 16.11 | 11.8868 | 20.1868 |
| 159 | GNBWestern Africa | 15.77 | 12.4355 | 19.0755 |
| 160 | TCDMiddle Africa | 14.13 | 9.4605 | 18.7805 |
| 161 | MOZEastern Africa | 12.62 | 10.8020 | 14.4520 |
| 162 | BDIEastern Africa | 12.15 | 12.6751 | 11.6251 |
| 163 | NERWestern Africa | 11.99 | 8.9753 | 14.8653 |
| 164 | SSDEastern Africa | 6.43 | 3.3291 | 9.5991 |
02In 1998
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Lowest
- 164
South Sudan6.43
- 163
Niger11.99
- 162
Burundi12.15
- 161
Mozambique12.62
- 160
Chad14.13
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 85.74. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest
Germany99.9900
Lowest
South Sudan3.3291
Middle country: 88.4998
Male
Highest
Germany99.9900
Lowest
South Sudan9.5991
Middle country: 85.4320
031997 → 1998
Since 1997
What changed between 1997 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
Maldives82.59 → 85.32+2.73
Bangladesh48.55 → 51.20+2.65
Bhutan28.46 → 30.79+2.33
Morocco45.26 → 47.17+1.91
Bolivia72.41 → 74.31+1.90
Fell most
Rwanda22.32 → 20.75−1.57
Tanzania66.78 → 66.13−0.65
Iraq55.56 → 54.93−0.63
Republic of the Congo59.11 → 58.49−0.62
Tajikistan96.81 → 96.35−0.46
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.
157 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 99.71. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 164 countries has every column.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1998). Primary Completion Rate, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1998
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07Questions
Primary Completion Rate, 1998: questions and answers
Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 1998?
Germany, at 99.99, of the 164 countries in the file.
What year does Primary Completion Rate, 1998 describe?
1998.
How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 1998 cover?
164.
Where can I download Primary Completion Rate, 1998?
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No. The newest held here is Primary Completion Rate, 2025.