Data for 2009

Primary Completion Rate, 2009

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 2009
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 2009 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Japan is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.57. The middle country reads 93.15. Against 2008, 144 values changed (131 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2009

HighestJapan

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

6.57

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

164countries
3measures per country
2009the year it describes
153distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.0000	99.9952
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.9901	99.9901
=3	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.94	99.9396	99.9396
=3	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.94	99.9507	99.9307
=3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.94	99.9349	99.9449
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.89	99.8853	99.8953
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.83	99.8447	99.8148
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.79	99.8311	99.7511
9	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.76	99.8164	99.7064
10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.75	99.7707	99.7307
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.74	99.8220	99.6620
=12	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.73	99.7457	99.7157
=12	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.73	99.7408	99.7208
=14	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.72	99.6939	99.7439
=14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.72	99.7516	99.6916
=14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.72	99.7149	99.7249
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.70	99.6691	99.7291
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.69	99.6951	99.6851
19	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.68	99.6596	99.6996
20	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.66	99.6242	99.6942
=21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.64	99.6701	99.6101
=21	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.64	99.6246	99.6546
23	United States`USA`Northern America	99.63	99.6352	99.6252
=24	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.56	99.6047	99.5147
=24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.56	99.6231	99.5031
=24	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.56	99.6419	99.4819
27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.50	99.5203	99.4803
=28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.46	99.3703	99.5503
=28	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.46	99.4855	99.4355
30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.45	99.3523	99.5423
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.44	99.4964	99.3864
=32	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.43	99.5398	99.3298
=32	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.43	99.4899	99.3699
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.39	99.5228	99.2628
35	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.35	99.4558	99.2458
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.30	99.3414	99.2214
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.25	99.3732	99.1332
38	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.19	99.3729	99.0129
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.16	99.1390	99.1790
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.14	99.2322	99.0522
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.07	99.0194	99.1194
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.03	99.3549	98.7149
=43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.96	99.2722	98.6622
=43	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	98.96	99.2394	98.6794
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.93	98.9051	98.9551
46	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	98.91	99.1942	98.6041
47	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.87	98.8286	98.9186
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.78	98.5902	98.9602
49	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	98.71	98.5843	98.8243
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	98.67	98.7474	98.5974
51	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.63	98.9105	98.3305
52	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.48	98.4289	98.5189
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.47	98.4750	98.4650
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.32	98.3251	98.3151
55	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.30	98.1815	98.4115
56	Chile`CHL`South America	98.27	98.5659	97.9859
57	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.24	98.1450	98.3350
58	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.17	97.8843	98.4343
59	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.13	98.4116	97.8616
60	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.95	98.2587	97.6587
61	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	97.93	98.7252	97.1652
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.92	98.2343	97.6043
63	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.80	97.4646	98.1346
64	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	97.77	96.9185	98.6785
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	97.75	98.9069	96.6669
66	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.71	97.5804	97.8204
67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.65	97.5379	97.7579
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	97.11	97.6405	96.6005
69	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	97.09	96.2103	98.0703
70	Uruguay`URY`South America	96.93	97.4982	96.3882
71	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	96.71	98.8561	95.0961
72	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	96.31	96.2621	96.3521
73	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	96.10	96.8197	95.3997
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	95.75	96.7489	94.7689
75	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	95.60	94.9257	96.2457
76	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	95.59	96.6697	94.5297
77	Argentina`ARG`South America	95.27	96.2730	94.3130
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	95.15	95.8392	94.4692
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	94.52	95.7622	93.3422
80	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	93.33	92.7280	93.8980
81	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	93.19	96.5827	89.7727
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	93.17	91.9856	94.2956
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	93.13	93.6588	92.6188
84	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	93.00	93.3276	92.6976
85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	92.72	92.5478	92.8878
86	Panama`PAN`Central America	92.29	92.9489	91.6589
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	92.13	94.0802	90.2302
88	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	91.27	92.1797	90.3997
89	Peru`PER`South America	91.17	91.0852	91.2552
90	Colombia`COL`South America	90.21	92.0504	88.4304
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	89.39	90.0875	88.7175
92	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	88.91	88.7914	89.0214
93	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	88.63	89.4990	87.7990
94	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	88.59	91.6138	85.5838
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	87.93	89.9761	85.9661
96	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	87.73	91.0517	84.7217
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	86.14	90.6933	81.8733
98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	85.70	89.0625	82.5125
99	India`IND`Southern Asia	84.99	82.8218	86.9618
100	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	84.61	87.4316	81.6616
101	Brazil`BRA`South America	83.74	87.4593	80.1393
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	82.72	83.7025	81.7725
103	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	81.98	87.1728	76.9528
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	81.95	84.5774	79.4474
105	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	77.62	79.9049	75.3949
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	76.62	80.0607	73.3107
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	76.33	82.9210	69.5010
108	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	75.20	70.4994	79.8194
109	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	73.53	74.8774	72.1874
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	73.15	72.2743	73.9943
111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	70.54	75.2046	66.0046
112	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	69.01	72.2181	65.9281
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	68.45	69.1516	67.7516
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	68.14	65.5785	70.6385
115	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	67.53	71.1795	63.8795
116	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	67.04	68.9771	65.1472
117	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	66.92	68.0946	65.7545
118	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	66.27	71.8497	60.7597
119	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	66.12	65.7693	66.4693
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	66.09	61.6568	70.2868
121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	65.64	66.4682	64.7982
122	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	64.09	71.3129	56.4829
123	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	63.78	68.8242	58.8841
124	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	63.27	64.6186	62.0986
125	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	63.06	69.9096	56.2296
126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	62.43	59.4240	65.3240
127	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	62.19	65.8301	58.6801
128	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	62.13	64.1742	60.1842
129	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	61.93	64.3651	59.5951
130	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	61.37	59.3201	63.3401
131	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	60.97	62.2842	59.7242
132	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	59.27	46.6689	71.3389
133	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	58.69	70.9056	46.3356
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	58.42	57.4621	59.3721
135	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	57.79	58.3974	57.1974
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.76	52.9495	60.5095
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	56.52	57.8045	55.3845
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	49.19	48.9295	49.4495
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	48.93	42.8202	54.8602
140	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	48.79	43.8720	53.7220
141	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	47.64	44.3614	50.9114
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	47.26	43.8931	50.4131
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	44.84	48.4322	41.0622
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	42.37	44.5728	40.2128
145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	39.11	43.0327	35.1527
146	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	38.04	32.6911	43.4211
147	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	37.16	34.7263	39.6263
148	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.65	41.5721	31.7521
149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.42	34.6414	38.1814
150	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	35.95	20.3852	50.8452
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	35.56	35.7736	35.3536
152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.11	28.7859	41.2859
153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	34.92	37.6810	32.0410
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	34.73	27.8800	41.3900
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	30.64	28.7291	32.5091
156	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	29.16	29.3353	28.9853
157	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	27.69	27.6301	27.7501
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.24	26.2487	28.2387
159	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.74	18.7979	30.5179
160	Niger`NER`Western Africa	24.70	19.5740	29.6240
161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	24.59	22.0706	27.1006
162	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	23.76	19.5406	27.8806
163	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	20.72	19.2985	22.1285
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6.57	4.3527	8.7527

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

1Japan100.00
2Germany99.99
3Austriashared99.94
3South Koreashared99.94
3Swedenshared99.94

Lowest

164South Sudan6.57
163Guinea-Bissau20.72
162Chad23.76
161Central African Republic24.59
160Niger24.70

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 93.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestJapan100.0000
LowestSouth Sudan4.3527
Middle country: 93.4932
Male
HighestJapan99.9952
LowestSouth Sudan8.7527
Middle country: 92.7927

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 164 in both
131 · 13rose · fell
20unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe65.80 → 69.01+3.21
Bhutan60.22 → 63.27+3.05
Sierra Leone46.28 → 49.19+2.91
Burundi24.91 → 27.69+2.78
Afghanistan33.35 → 35.95+2.60

Fell most

Zimbabwe84.68 → 84.61−0.07
Trinidad and Tobago96.16 → 96.10−0.06
Malta98.35 → 98.30−0.05
Iceland97.73 → 97.71−0.02
Spain98.34 → 98.32−0.02

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

153 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 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) (2009). Primary Completion Rate, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2009

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