Data for 2005

Primary Completion Rate, 2005

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 2005
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 2005 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.35. The middle country reads 91.50. Against 2004, 145 values changed (135 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2005

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

6.35

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

164countries
3measures per country
2005the year it describes
154distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.9849	99.9949
2	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.98	99.9851	99.9751
3	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.95	99.9497	99.9497
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.94	99.9395	99.9395
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.92	99.9254	99.9154
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.88	99.8754	99.8854
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.84	99.8605	99.8205
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.79	99.8309	99.7509
9	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.77	99.7651	99.7751
10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.75	99.7705	99.7305
11	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.73	99.7411	99.7211
=12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.72	99.7094	99.7293
=12	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.72	99.7559	99.6859
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.71	99.7412	99.6812
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.70	99.6744	99.7244
=16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.69	99.7721	99.6121
=16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.69	99.6950	99.6850
=16	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.69	99.7104	99.6704
19	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.67	99.6553	99.6853
=20	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.64	99.6707	99.6107
=20	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.64	99.5993	99.6793
=22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.58	99.5544	99.6044
=22	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.58	99.6669	99.4969
24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.54	99.5911	99.4911
25	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.52	99.5846	99.4546
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.51	99.5263	99.4963
27	United States`USA`Northern America	99.49	99.5210	99.4610
28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.47	99.3924	99.5424
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.46	99.5217	99.4017
=30	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.42	99.3209	99.5209
=30	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.42	99.4353	99.4053
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.35	99.4780	99.2280
33	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.34	99.4497	99.2297
34	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.28	99.3603	99.2003
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.27	99.3625	99.1825
36	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.26	99.2990	99.2190
37	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.23	99.3709	99.0809
38	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.18	99.2927	99.0727
=39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.09	99.0846	99.0946
=39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.09	99.1929	98.9929
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.07	99.0240	99.1140
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.92	99.2301	98.6201
=43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.85	99.2609	98.4609
=43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.85	98.8248	98.8748
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.84	98.7919	98.8819
46	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	98.81	99.1268	98.4968
47	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	98.62	99.0662	98.1862
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.60	98.3540	98.8340
49	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.59	98.8722	98.2922
50	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.52	98.4482	98.5882
51	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.47	98.3783	98.5583
52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	98.39	98.2133	98.5633
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.33	98.3336	98.3336
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.32	98.3200	98.3200
55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.08	97.9650	98.1950
56	Chile`CHL`South America	98.04	98.4389	97.6589
57	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	97.76	97.8574	97.6674
=58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	97.75	98.7302	96.8102
=58	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.75	97.6387	97.8687
60	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.74	98.0928	97.4428
61	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.63	97.2224	98.0524
62	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	97.55	98.8226	96.3826
63	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.29	97.4857	97.0957
64	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.24	96.9898	97.4798
65	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	97.19	97.6259	96.7659
66	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	96.91	96.6497	97.1497
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	96.60	97.1155	96.1055
68	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	96.55	94.8733	98.3433
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	96.31	96.6477	95.9877
70	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	96.25	96.7914	95.7214
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	95.63	94.1096	97.0396
72	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	95.47	98.6930	92.5830
73	Argentina`ARG`South America	95.37	96.2860	94.4960
74	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	94.85	94.0620	95.5620
75	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	94.54	93.3447	95.6847
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	93.87	94.4218	93.3218
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	93.77	94.8957	92.6657
78	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	93.11	92.2905	93.8905
79	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	93.03	96.5511	89.5911
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	92.82	93.4817	92.1917
81	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	92.11	94.5807	89.6407
82	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	91.97	92.1024	91.8424
83	Panama`PAN`Central America	91.03	91.5553	90.5253
84	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	89.98	89.5280	90.3980
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	89.85	92.1332	87.6232
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	89.21	90.3102	88.1602
87	Peru`PER`South America	88.85	88.1045	89.5845
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	88.82	85.2997	92.1597
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	87.42	86.6072	88.2072
90	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	87.28	90.3739	84.2439
91	Colombia`COL`South America	87.06	89.0682	85.1182
92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	87.00	87.2136	86.7936
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	85.55	87.2194	83.9494
94	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	85.35	83.8065	86.8065
=95	Venezuela`VEN`South America	85.02	88.1443	82.0343
=95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	85.02	87.0285	82.8985
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	84.80	89.2501	80.6201
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	84.52	84.7514	84.3014
99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	83.96	88.1058	79.7958
100	Brazil`BRA`South America	81.51	85.2344	77.8944
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	79.47	75.2088	83.3888
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	77.24	77.1252	77.3552
103	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	77.17	79.3707	75.0407
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	77.03	79.3713	74.8413
105	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	76.76	82.4675	71.2075
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	72.98	79.2348	66.4848
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	72.47	70.7193	74.1693
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	71.71	74.9093	68.6293
109	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	70.46	63.8441	76.9540
110	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	67.32	67.2097	67.4297
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	65.26	65.3150	65.2050
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	65.01	68.7533	61.4033
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	62.91	68.0698	57.7098
114	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	62.46	61.4763	63.4463
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	61.96	62.6032	61.3332
116	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.12	63.7515	58.6915
117	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	61.03	68.0463	54.0263
118	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.56	63.1039	58.0139
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	60.53	55.8000	65.0000
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	60.44	62.6410	58.2610
121	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	59.95	56.2874	63.5174
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	59.16	60.7667	57.6167
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	59.15	58.8874	59.4174
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	58.19	55.0311	61.2311
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	57.14	64.1986	49.4686
126	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	57.00	57.9617	56.0717
127	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	56.97	56.0223	57.8923
128	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	56.20	58.7676	53.7576
129	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	54.50	54.5304	54.4704
130	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	54.07	54.1226	54.0226
131	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	54.01	38.7562	68.6462
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	53.31	50.2211	56.3911
133	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	53.17	63.7827	42.3827
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	52.06	51.5255	52.5755
135	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	51.63	46.6070	56.4670
136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.16	47.9335	52.2635
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	49.37	44.7631	53.9031
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	44.37	37.8430	50.9230
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	43.79	39.3584	47.9484
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.92	36.2114	45.6214
141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	40.73	42.7237	38.5837
142	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	38.26	40.1910	36.3010
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	38.05	30.3966	45.5266
144	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	36.49	32.8174	40.1374
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.76	38.0930	31.4430
146	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.40	36.1492	32.6892
147	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.89	28.6269	39.1569
148	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	32.53	28.9088	36.1188
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.19	20.7762	35.4362
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	27.81	21.9447	33.5247
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	27.11	23.5441	30.5441
152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	26.47	27.2645	25.6345
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	26.24	22.2942	30.1742
154	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	26.21	11.2745	40.5245
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	25.17	23.6151	26.7251
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	24.47	21.3885	27.4685
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	23.83	17.4190	30.0290
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	22.46	19.7988	25.0888
159	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	20.95	18.5743	23.3443
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	19.45	14.5867	24.2367
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	18.70	17.5444	19.8544
162	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	18.65	16.3026	20.9826
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.10	13.5733	22.4433
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6.35	3.9050	8.8050

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

1Germany99.99
2Japan99.98
3Austria99.95
4Sweden99.94
5South Korea99.92

Lowest

164South Sudan6.35
163Niger18.10
162Guinea-Bissau18.65
161Burundi18.70
160Chad19.45

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 91.50. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestJapan99.9851
LowestSouth Sudan3.9050
Middle country: 92.1178
Male
HighestGermany99.9949
LowestSouth Sudan8.8050
Middle country: 90.4616

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 164 in both
135 · 10rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan46.95 → 50.16+3.21
Sierra Leone33.31 → 36.49+3.18
Nepal48.74 → 51.63+2.89
Benin35.46 → 38.05+2.59
São Tomé and Príncipe54.48 → 57.00+2.52

Fell most

Argentina95.46 → 95.37−0.09
Zimbabwe85.10 → 85.02−0.08
South Sudan6.40 → 6.35−0.05
Kyrgyzstan99.26 → 99.23−0.03
Malta98.49 → 98.47−0.02

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 99.69. 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) (2005). Primary Completion Rate, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2005

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