Data for 2010

Primary Completion Rate, 2010

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 2010
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 2010 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Japan is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.68. The middle country reads 93.44. Against 2009, 141 values changed (132 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2010

HighestJapan

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

6.68

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

164countries
3measures per country
2010the year it describes
151distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.00	99.99997	100.0000
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.99008	99.9901
=3	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.94	99.94037	99.9404
=3	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.94	99.94530	99.9353
=3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.94	99.94000	99.9400
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.89	99.88441	99.8944
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.84	99.85541	99.8254
8	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.79	99.83628	99.7463
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.77	99.78541	99.7554
=10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.76	99.78562	99.7356
=10	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.76	99.81642	99.7064
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.75	99.83214	99.6721
13	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.73	99.74029	99.7203
=14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.72	99.75547	99.6855
=14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.72	99.70936	99.7294
16	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.71	99.68465	99.7347
=17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.70	99.71040	99.6904
=17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.70	99.67371	99.7237
19	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.68	99.66531	99.6953
20	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.67	99.62979	99.7098
21	United States`USA`Northern America	99.65	99.65517	99.6452
=22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.64	99.66596	99.6160
=22	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.64	99.62978	99.6498
=24	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.57	99.61467	99.5247
=24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.57	99.62719	99.5172
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.56	99.64692	99.4769
27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.50	99.51898	99.4790
28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.47	99.38531	99.5553
=29	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.46	99.57803	99.3480
=29	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.46	99.52102	99.4010
=29	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.46	99.49073	99.4307
=32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.44	99.34264	99.5326
=32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.44	99.49815	99.3782
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.40	99.54317	99.2632
35	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.37	99.48216	99.2622
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.31	99.35574	99.2457
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.26	99.38861	99.1386
38	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.20	99.38786	99.0179
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.17	99.14964	99.1896
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.15	99.23730	99.0673
41	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.07	99.02893	99.1089
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.05	99.38504	98.7250
43	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.00	99.27386	98.7239
=44	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	98.98	99.27093	98.7009
=44	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	98.98	99.24659	98.7266
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.93	98.90004	98.9600
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	98.89	98.91529	98.8653
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.87	98.82491	98.9149
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.81	98.64082	98.9708
50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	98.79	98.67226	98.9023
51	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.65	98.93108	98.3511
52	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.51	98.51130	98.5013
53	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.47	98.43443	98.5144
54	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.42	98.12334	98.6933
55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.32	98.31985	98.3198
56	Chile`CHL`South America	98.30	98.55017	98.0602
57	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.28	98.19000	98.3700
58	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.25	98.11299	98.3530
59	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.19	98.49710	97.8971
60	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.00	98.26405	97.6941
61	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.96	98.30114	97.6211
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	97.94	98.67861	97.2286
63	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	97.93	97.21783	98.6878
64	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.83	97.51784	98.1378
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	97.81	98.93986	96.7499
66	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.69	97.55202	97.8220
67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.68	97.61877	97.7388
68	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	97.47	96.73392	98.3239
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	97.30	97.85167	96.7717
70	Uruguay`URY`South America	97.05	97.61091	96.5109
71	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	96.90	98.75786	95.4979
72	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	96.56	96.64529	96.4853
73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	96.33	97.16253	95.5125
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	96.17	97.14617	95.2062
75	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	96.07	96.81879	95.3488
76	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	95.83	95.27815	96.3582
=77	Argentina`ARG`South America	95.38	96.31660	94.4866
=77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	95.38	96.02547	94.7455
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	94.93	96.20264	93.7226
80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	93.86	93.06531	94.6153
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	93.73	93.72465	93.7346
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	93.47	92.84248	94.0625
83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	93.40	93.85772	92.9777
84	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	93.23	96.64349	89.8235
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	93.22	93.81060	92.6506
86	Panama`PAN`Central America	92.59	93.26910	91.9391
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	92.43	94.34011	90.5701
88	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	91.86	92.83109	90.9311
89	Peru`PER`South America	91.66	91.76448	91.5545
90	Colombia`COL`South America	90.65	92.42500	88.9350
91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	90.28	92.92242	87.6524
92	Ecuador`ECU`South America	89.98	90.72849	89.2585
93	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	89.58	89.70357	89.4636
94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	89.42	90.41042	88.4704
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	88.55	90.69257	86.4926
96	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	87.79	91.21453	84.7045
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	86.74	91.21878	82.5488
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	86.15	84.45129	87.6913
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	85.86	89.30342	82.5934
=100	Brazil`BRA`South America	84.57	88.20418	81.0542
=100	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	84.57	87.46464	81.5446
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	83.85	84.99708	82.7471
103	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	83.48	88.48789	78.6379
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	83.19	85.95122	80.5412
105	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	77.77	80.06430	75.5343
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	77.63	81.05186	74.3419
107	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	76.97	83.61330	70.0933
108	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	76.31	72.02181	80.5218
109	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	74.62	76.66271	72.5827
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	73.08	72.21441	73.9144
111	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	72.17	75.58329	68.8533
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	71.90	76.86874	67.0587
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	70.22	67.92794	72.4579
114	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.36	70.23211	68.4921
115	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	69.01	69.69238	68.3324
116	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	68.98	72.95814	64.9981
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.11	70.28973	65.9797
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	67.39	63.03350	71.5135
119	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	67.06	72.76180	61.4518
120	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	66.85	66.74442	66.9544
121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	66.67	67.88471	65.4347
122	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	66.16	68.25240	64.3624
123	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	65.74	72.88559	58.2456
124	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	64.73	62.14139	67.2214
125	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	64.39	69.98786	58.9579
126	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.90	67.80522	60.1452
127	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	63.56	70.11194	57.0319
128	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	63.31	65.12846	61.5685
129	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	63.16	65.70341	60.7234
130	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	62.77	60.98464	64.4846
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	62.68	65.17598	60.2960
132	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	60.51	48.56985	71.9398
133	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	59.68	72.02122	47.2212
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	59.44	58.97829	59.8983
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	58.94	55.31557	62.5056
136	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	58.60	59.32345	57.8934
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	57.39	59.06116	55.9112
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.70	52.32534	51.0753
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	51.25	45.63432	56.6943
140	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	49.97	45.52090	54.4309
141	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	49.82	47.22676	52.4068
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	48.08	44.99778	50.9678
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	45.55	49.59829	41.3383
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	43.78	46.32101	41.2910
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.46	33.94200	45.0020
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38.95	37.83968	40.0497
147	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38.93	36.90482	41.0148
148	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	38.88	43.01462	34.7146
149	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	38.66	23.36825	53.2882
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.60	38.84048	36.4005
151	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.35	42.59159	32.1416
152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	37.13	31.01574	43.0957
153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	36.36	39.69551	32.8955
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.25	29.48216	42.8222
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	32.90	31.44443	34.3244
156	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	30.61	31.29456	29.9246
157	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	29.34	29.93076	28.7508
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28.41	27.72283	29.1028
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	26.91	21.64750	31.9675
160	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	25.17	22.63266	27.7127
161	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25.00	19.14726	30.6873
162	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	24.74	20.74615	28.6361
163	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	21.16	20.01484	22.2948
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6.68	4.51055	8.8105

02In 2010

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 Sudan6.68
163Guinea-Bissau21.16
162Chad24.74
161Somalia25.00
160Central African Republic25.17

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 93.44. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestJapan99.99997
LowestSouth Sudan4.51055
Middle country: 93.83416
Male
HighestJapan100.0000
LowestSouth Sudan8.8105
Middle country: 93.3502

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
141values changed, of 164 in both
132 · 9rose · fell
23unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe69.01 → 72.17+3.16
Burundi27.69 → 30.61+2.92
Bhutan63.27 → 66.16+2.89
Afghanistan35.95 → 38.66+2.71
Senegal36.42 → 38.95+2.53

Fell most

Uganda39.11 → 38.88−0.23
Nigeria73.15 → 73.08−0.07
Malta98.30 → 98.25−0.05
Zimbabwe84.61 → 84.57−0.04
Trinidad and Tobago96.10 → 96.07−0.03

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

151 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) (2010). Primary Completion Rate, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2010

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