Data for 2006

Primary Completion Rate, 2006

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 2006
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 2006 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.35. The middle country reads 91.93. Against 2005, 143 values changed (134 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2006

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
2006the year it describes
159distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.9848	99.9948
2	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	99.98	99.9851	99.9751
3	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.95	99.9452	99.9552
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.94	99.9400	99.9400
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.92	99.9254	99.9154
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.89	99.8854	99.8954
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.84	99.8608	99.8208
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.78	99.8208	99.7408
9	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.76	99.7495	99.7694
10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.75	99.7706	99.7306
11	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.74	99.7810	99.7010
12	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.73	99.7449	99.7149
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.72	99.7501	99.6901
=13	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.72	99.7149	99.7249
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.71	99.8022	99.6222
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.70	99.6738	99.7238
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.69	99.7004	99.6804
18	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.68	99.6602	99.7002
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.67	99.7056	99.6356
20	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.65	99.6096	99.6896
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.64	99.6711	99.6111
22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.62	99.6043	99.6343
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.58	99.6670	99.4970
24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.55	99.6055	99.4955
=25	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.53	99.5846	99.4746
=25	United States`USA`Northern America	99.53	99.5455	99.5155
27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.51	99.5253	99.4953
=28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.46	99.3721	99.5421
=28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.46	99.5217	99.4017
=30	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.43	99.3350	99.5250
=30	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.43	99.4454	99.4154
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.36	99.4879	99.2379
33	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.34	99.4481	99.2281
=34	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.31	99.4086	99.2186
=34	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.31	99.3533	99.2633
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.29	99.3484	99.1984
37	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.21	99.3570	99.0570
38	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.20	99.3131	99.0931
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.11	99.1054	99.1154
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.10	99.2023	99.0023
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.07	99.0189	99.1189
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	98.95	99.2663	98.6463
43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.88	99.2711	98.5111
44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.87	98.8549	98.8848
45	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	98.85	99.1605	98.5405
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.84	98.7937	98.8837
47	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	98.70	99.1267	98.3067
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.65	98.4235	98.8635
49	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.60	98.8724	98.3124
50	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.51	98.4321	98.5721
51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	98.47	98.3079	98.6279
52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.44	98.3485	98.5385
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.36	98.3528	98.3528
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.33	98.3351	98.3251
55	Chile`CHL`South America	98.14	98.5181	97.7781
56	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.11	98.0000	98.2200
57	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	97.85	97.9985	97.7085
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	97.83	98.7582	96.9382
59	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.79	98.1094	97.4694
60	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.75	97.6256	97.8556
61	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.68	97.2811	98.0911
62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	97.67	97.9841	97.3641
63	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	97.59	98.8366	96.4266
64	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.50	97.7141	97.2841
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.40	97.1696	97.6196
66	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	97.31	97.0299	97.5699
67	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	96.95	95.5095	98.4895
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	96.69	97.2377	96.1677
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	96.52	96.9042	96.1542
70	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	96.25	96.8332	95.6832
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	95.97	94.5716	97.2716
72	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	95.96	98.8978	93.4378
73	Argentina`ARG`South America	95.32	96.2821	94.4021
74	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	95.27	94.6957	95.7857
75	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	94.87	93.8181	95.8781
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	94.29	95.3692	93.2192
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	94.22	94.8563	93.5863
78	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	93.24	92.5436	93.8936
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	93.22	94.0666	92.4166
80	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	93.06	96.5557	89.6457
81	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	93.05	95.1472	90.9672
82	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	92.55	92.7790	92.3290
83	Panama`PAN`Central America	91.31	91.9029	90.7429
84	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	90.98	90.7772	91.1672
85	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	90.50	92.7284	88.3284
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	90.06	87.2225	92.7525
87	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	89.87	90.9193	88.8693
88	Peru`PER`South America	89.58	88.9967	90.1567
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	88.90	88.2101	89.5701
90	Colombia`COL`South America	88.06	90.0018	86.1818
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	87.60	87.9310	87.2810
92	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	87.37	90.5596	84.4696
93	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	86.44	85.2966	87.5166
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	86.14	87.9215	84.4315
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	85.68	86.1116	85.2716
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	85.20	88.3724	82.1824
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	84.94	89.4266	80.7266
98	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	84.92	87.1908	82.5308
99	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	84.69	88.6238	80.7538
100	Brazil`BRA`South America	81.93	85.7218	78.2518
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	80.90	77.2338	84.2638
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	78.73	78.9709	78.4909
103	Suriname`SUR`South America	78.13	80.5225	75.8925
104	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	77.94	83.6090	72.4290
105	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	77.29	79.5222	75.1322
106	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	73.99	80.3304	67.4104
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.31	76.5664	70.1764
108	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	72.81	71.5199	74.0599
109	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	71.70	65.6033	77.6833
110	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	68.92	68.9350	68.9050
111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	66.49	70.4999	62.6199
112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	65.93	66.1453	65.7153
113	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	63.89	69.1597	58.5997
114	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	63.48	62.6480	64.3180
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	63.25	64.2018	62.3218
116	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.27	65.0340	59.5040
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	61.95	58.6020	65.2120
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	61.92	57.2490	66.3190
119	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.80	65.0118	58.7918
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	61.65	63.8659	59.4559
121	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	61.63	68.6326	54.6426
122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	61.09	61.0158	61.1658
123	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.03	61.8868	58.2468
124	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	59.74	61.4290	58.1090
125	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	58.89	56.0364	61.6364
126	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.76	58.8160	58.7060
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.69	65.8795	50.9896
128	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	57.62	60.4832	54.8832
129	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	55.39	55.6229	55.1629
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	55.30	40.7465	69.2565
131	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	54.97	66.0665	43.6965
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	54.82	52.2962	57.3362
133	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	54.68	54.9868	54.4068
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	54.51	50.0630	58.7930
135	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	54.13	54.0529	54.2029
136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	53.52	52.2158	54.7458
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	51.11	46.7957	55.3557
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	45.55	39.4165	51.7065
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	44.48	40.2484	48.4484
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	42.40	37.8716	46.9216
141	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	41.69	44.0348	39.1648
142	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.79	33.3825	48.0125
143	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.78	36.8543	42.6843
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	38.55	41.2222	35.8422
145	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.52	38.2289	34.8489
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	35.22	39.0190	31.4390
147	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	34.89	29.6864	40.0965
148	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	33.09	29.6890	36.4590
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	29.83	22.5156	36.9756
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	29.51	23.3753	35.4953
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	29.26	26.5007	31.9207
152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	28.73	29.9841	27.4141
153	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	28.69	25.1068	32.2568
154	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	28.52	13.1586	43.2386
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	26.27	25.0550	27.4850
156	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.61	22.7274	28.4174
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.10	17.8340	30.1740
158	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	22.94	20.3400	25.5100
159	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	22.67	20.5479	24.8079
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	20.47	15.7332	25.1232
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	20.39	19.1844	21.5944
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	19.46	14.7294	23.9994
163	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	19.15	16.9560	21.3260
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6.35	3.9620	8.7320

02In 2006

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
163Guinea-Bissau19.15
162Niger19.46
161Burundi20.39
160Chad20.47

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 91.93. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestJapan99.9851
LowestSouth Sudan3.9620
Middle country: 92.6360
Male
HighestGermany99.9948
LowestSouth Sudan8.7320
Middle country: 91.0672

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 164 in both
134 · 9rose · fell
21unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan50.16 → 53.52+3.36
Sierra Leone36.49 → 39.78+3.29
Nepal51.63 → 54.51+2.88
São Tomé and Príncipe57.00 → 59.74+2.74
Benin38.05 → 40.79+2.74

Fell most

Zimbabwe85.02 → 84.92−0.10
Argentina95.37 → 95.32−0.05
Malta98.47 → 98.44−0.03
Kyrgyzstan99.23 → 99.21−0.02
Russia99.69 → 99.67−0.02

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

159 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.72. 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) (2006). Primary Completion Rate, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2006

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