Data for 2000

Primary Completion Rate, 2000

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 2000
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 2000 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.60. The middle country reads 87.29. Against 1999, 142 values changed (129 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2000

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

6.60

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

164countries
3measures per country
2000the 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, 2000, 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, 2000: 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	99.9504
=3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.94	99.945	99.9351
=3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.94	99.940	99.9400
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.89	99.890	99.8900
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.88	99.875	99.8855
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.84	99.861	99.8207
8	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.80	99.810	99.7902
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.79	99.831	99.7509
10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.74	99.755	99.7254
11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.73	99.740	99.7202
=12	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.72	99.725	99.7151
=12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.72	99.715	99.7248
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.71	99.751	99.6705
=15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.69	99.664	99.7143
=15	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.69	99.721	99.6608
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.67	99.665	99.6751
18	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.66	99.645	99.6747
19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.65	99.676	99.6256
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.63	99.712	99.5524
21	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.59	99.539	99.6390
22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.55	99.642	99.4621
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.54	99.611	99.4714
24	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.50	99.516	99.4862
25	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.46	99.530	99.3897
=26	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.45	99.368	99.5277
=26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.45	99.509	99.3887
28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.43	99.336	99.5260
29	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.40	99.410	99.3903
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.39	99.298	99.4782
31	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.30	99.423	99.1735
32	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.29	99.387	99.1872
=33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.28	99.439	99.1387
=33	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.28	99.392	99.1724
35	United States`USA`Northern America	99.25	99.338	99.1679
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.12	99.135	99.1048
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.08	99.203	98.9628
=38	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.07	99.136	99.0058
=38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.07	99.177	98.9674
=40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.06	99.081	99.0407
=40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.06	99.009	99.1091
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.85	98.820	98.8697
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.81	98.795	98.8249
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.77	99.095	98.4548
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.55	98.499	98.5987
46	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.54	99.080	98.0303
47	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.51	98.803	98.2028
48	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.50	98.402	98.6016
49	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	98.35	98.737	97.9769
=50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.29	97.993	98.5732
=50	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.29	98.295	98.2852
52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	98.23	98.868	97.5779
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.13	98.108	98.1583
54	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	97.89	97.685	98.0951
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.88	97.720	98.0400
56	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.74	97.619	97.8588
57	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.53	97.858	97.2181
58	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.50	97.064	97.9540
59	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	97.29	98.623	96.0627
60	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	97.26	97.168	97.3475
61	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	97.18	98.391	96.0007
62	Chile`CHL`South America	96.96	97.520	96.4202
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	96.14	96.149	96.1293
64	Uruguay`URY`South America	96.07	96.408	95.7478
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	95.89	95.516	96.2464
66	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	95.61	93.822	97.5423
67	Argentina`ARG`South America	95.50	96.153	94.8730
68	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	95.28	96.026	94.5557
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	94.99	95.167	94.8173
70	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	94.22	95.203	93.3030
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	93.89	91.412	95.7924
72	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	93.86	94.128	93.6082
73	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	92.52	96.142	88.8816
74	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	92.45	90.410	94.4096
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92.11	90.768	93.4481
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	91.95	90.296	93.4862
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	91.09	91.289	90.8994
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	90.89	92.103	89.6935
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	90.87	91.259	90.4789
80	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	89.88	93.968	86.0977
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	89.18	89.455	88.9150
82	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	87.41	86.972	87.8325
83	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	87.16	89.647	84.7271
84	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	86.65	89.461	83.5208
85	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	85.31	85.991	84.5711
86	Peru`PER`South America	84.66	82.970	86.3105
87	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	84.52	89.218	79.7277
88	Venezuela`VEN`South America	84.44	87.208	81.7679
89	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	84.12	78.033	89.9329
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	84.07	88.138	80.2380
91	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	83.70	84.951	82.5008
92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	83.44	80.675	86.0147
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	83.31	83.092	83.5217
94	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	82.44	87.076	77.6660
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	82.08	83.070	81.1300
96	Colombia`COL`South America	81.30	83.328	79.3379
97	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	78.24	74.442	81.8421
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	78.18	81.873	74.5828
99	Bolivia`BOL`South America	78.08	76.201	79.8813
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	77.74	76.453	78.9631
101	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.84	78.983	74.7826
102	Suriname`SUR`South America	71.44	73.340	69.6603
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	71.30	63.823	78.1728
104	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	71.24	76.874	65.7438
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	70.32	66.478	74.0783
106	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	69.59	68.261	70.9605
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	67.61	73.184	61.8738
108	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	65.06	64.378	65.7382
109	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	64.08	54.568	73.4482
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	63.36	66.395	60.4150
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	61.90	61.599	62.1995
112	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	57.99	58.504	57.4836
113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	57.84	57.117	58.5374
114	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	57.59	55.995	59.1448
115	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	56.95	63.508	50.4080
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	56.80	61.681	51.8806
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	56.58	55.856	57.2863
118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	56.09	56.166	56.0161
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	54.28	50.581	57.8410
120	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	54.02	56.261	51.7809
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	53.70	60.847	46.2372
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	52.64	52.961	52.3313
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	52.44	51.787	53.1068
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	51.45	46.785	56.0046
125	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	51.30	50.176	52.3263
126	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.16	45.569	56.6091
127	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	48.87	47.372	50.3220
128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	48.43	30.287	65.8472
129	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	48.41	49.886	47.0462
130	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	47.28	56.466	37.8357
131	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	46.54	44.405	48.6250
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	44.41	38.778	50.0179
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	44.35	38.261	50.3113
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.27	39.564	45.0739
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.71	34.016	47.3155
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	40.18	34.090	45.9403
137	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.02	30.131	45.9412
138	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	37.76	30.494	44.7538
139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	36.56	37.138	35.9579
140	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	35.83	29.926	41.2562
141	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	34.66	29.316	39.9859
142	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	32.81	31.038	34.6084
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	31.63	27.060	36.1398
144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	30.95	31.978	29.9281
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.06	23.448	34.6884
146	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	27.73	20.271	35.0909
147	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	27.12	28.890	25.3895
148	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	23.74	19.079	28.3888
149	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	22.40	19.210	25.5901
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	22.10	15.111	28.9306
151	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.53	18.634	24.4040
152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	20.50	12.749	28.0691
153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	19.81	19.471	20.1610
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	19.79	16.889	22.6195
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.09	13.862	24.1617
156	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	18.59	6.473	30.2333
157	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	18.17	13.549	22.6186
158	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	17.93	13.621	22.2011
159	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	16.49	13.459	19.4986
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	15.31	10.596	19.9864
161	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	14.59	12.455	16.7451
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	13.09	13.135	13.0450
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	13.07	9.870	16.1303
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6.60	3.668	9.5783

02In 2000

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
3Japanshared99.94
3Swedenshared99.94
5South Korea99.89

Lowest

164South Sudan6.60
163Niger13.07
162Burundi13.09
161Mozambique14.59
160Chad15.31

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 87.29. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGermany99.990
LowestSouth Sudan3.668
Middle country: 89.458
Male
HighestGermany99.9900
LowestSouth Sudan9.5783
Middle country: 87.0715

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
142values changed, of 164 in both
129 · 13rose · fell
22unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan33.29 → 35.83+2.54
Bangladesh53.72 → 56.09+2.37
Cambodia42.01 → 44.35+2.34
Nepal35.43 → 37.76+2.33
Maldives87.79 → 89.88+2.09

Fell most

Tanzania65.53 → 65.06−0.47
Tajikistan95.93 → 95.61−0.32
Iraq54.52 → 54.28−0.24
Republic of the Congo58.12 → 57.99−0.13
Rwanda19.93 → 19.81−0.12

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 99.94. 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.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2000). Primary Completion Rate, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2000

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How it has moved, charted by country

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