Data for 2013

Primary Completion Rate, 2013

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 2013
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 2013 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Japan is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.99. The middle country reads 94.15. Against 2012, 145 values changed (138 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2013

HighestJapan

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

6.99

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

164countries
3measures per country
2013the year it describes
157distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.0000	100.0000
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	99.99	99.9900	99.9900
3	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.97	99.9858	99.9558
=4	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.93	99.9249	99.9349
=4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.93	99.9248	99.9348
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.89	99.8849	99.8949
7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.85	99.8599	99.8399
8	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.84	99.8915	99.7915
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.82	99.8303	99.8103
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.81	99.8561	99.7661
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.79	99.8775	99.7075
12	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.75	99.8218	99.6818
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.74	99.7714	99.7114
=13	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.74	99.7554	99.7254
=15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.72	99.7097	99.7297
=15	United States`USA`Northern America	99.72	99.7303	99.7103
=17	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.71	99.6942	99.7242
=17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.71	99.7202	99.7002
=17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.71	99.6884	99.7284
20	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.69	99.6445	99.7345
21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.68	99.6691	99.6890
22	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.66	99.6292	99.6892
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.64	99.6655	99.6155
24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.59	99.6477	99.5378
25	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.58	99.6309	99.5309
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.56	99.6469	99.4769
27	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.55	99.6093	99.4893
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.54	99.6694	99.4194
29	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.53	99.4449	99.6149
30	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.51	99.5170	99.5070
31	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.49	99.5258	99.4558
32	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.46	99.3776	99.5376
33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.45	99.5172	99.3972
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.43	99.5790	99.2890
35	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.39	99.4893	99.2993
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.35	99.4023	99.2823
37	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.34	99.2807	99.4007
38	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.31	99.4485	99.1785
39	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.26	99.4481	99.0781
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.25	99.3061	99.1961
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.16	99.1450	99.1750
42	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	99.14	99.2868	98.9567
43	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.13	99.4612	98.8112
44	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.11	99.3047	98.9247
45	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.10	99.3581	98.8381
46	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.07	99.0344	99.1044
47	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	98.98	98.9124	99.0424
=48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.94	98.6873	99.1673
=48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.94	98.8588	99.0188
50	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.89	98.8487	98.9287
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.88	98.7568	98.9968
52	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.70	98.9867	98.4067
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.65	98.6269	98.6569
54	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	98.51	98.0367	98.9467
55	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.45	98.4395	98.4795
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.39	98.3951	98.3851
=57	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.38	98.7627	98.0127
=57	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.38	98.2650	98.4950
59	Chile`CHL`South America	98.22	98.3528	98.0928
60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.20	97.7492	98.6692
61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.08	98.3145	97.8345
62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.04	97.9281	98.1481
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	98.03	98.6256	97.4556
64	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	97.99	99.0361	97.0061
65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	97.97	97.7166	98.1966
66	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	97.89	98.3186	97.4686
67	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.83	98.2727	97.4027
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	97.80	98.3556	97.2756
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	97.79	97.8715	97.7115
70	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.55	97.3861	97.6761
71	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	97.34	98.4361	96.4561
72	Uruguay`URY`South America	97.29	97.8721	96.7321
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	97.20	98.1247	96.3047
74	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	97.04	97.5013	96.6413
75	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	96.42	96.1943	96.6343
76	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	96.36	97.1092	95.6392
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	96.17	97.2469	95.1469
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	96.14	96.7174	95.5774
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	95.92	96.3404	95.5104
80	Argentina`ARG`South America	95.77	96.6249	94.9549
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	95.01	94.9792	95.0392
82	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	94.29	96.0902	92.5102
83	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	94.00	94.7617	93.2717
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	93.99	93.4978	94.4578
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	93.92	94.6232	93.2432
86	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	93.89	95.1727	92.6627
87	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	93.44	96.7491	90.1191
88	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	93.43	95.1787	91.7187
89	Panama`PAN`Central America	93.28	94.0213	92.5713
90	Peru`PER`South America	93.09	93.4736	92.7036
91	Ecuador`ECU`South America	92.86	93.5125	92.2325
92	Colombia`COL`South America	91.57	93.1896	90.0096
93	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	91.44	92.6429	90.2929
94	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	91.39	91.9959	90.8159
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	90.37	92.6719	88.1619
96	India`IND`Southern Asia	89.20	88.7329	89.6229
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	88.76	93.0053	84.7953
98	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	88.02	91.2644	84.4944
99	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	87.87	92.3186	83.5786
100	Brazil`BRA`South America	86.53	89.9083	83.2683
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	86.38	89.9447	83.0047
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	86.32	87.7328	84.9728
103	Suriname`SUR`South America	86.28	89.8606	82.8106
104	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	84.55	87.6500	81.3000
105	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	80.47	84.2598	76.6698
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	80.27	83.5681	77.1081
107	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	79.48	76.5325	82.3825
108	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	78.68	85.5542	71.6142
109	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	78.26	80.5792	75.9592
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.07	76.2409	75.9009
111	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	75.99	80.3995	71.6095
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	75.87	81.5263	70.3763
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	75.85	74.1307	77.5307
114	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	73.73	77.6021	70.4121
115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	73.11	72.4126	73.7826
116	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	72.11	76.8821	67.3121
117	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	71.43	72.9982	69.8682
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	71.42	67.3701	75.2201
119	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	70.88	69.6887	72.0287
120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	70.71	73.6771	67.8071
121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	70.39	72.7115	68.1715
122	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	70.27	77.3339	63.1739
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	69.74	72.6721	66.8921
124	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	69.43	75.3699	63.6299
125	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	68.88	69.4817	68.2917
126	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	68.62	73.2969	64.1869
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.99	70.6066	65.3266
128	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	67.95	66.4847	69.3547
129	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	66.32	73.5889	59.4189
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	66.01	62.8885	69.0785
131	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	65.59	70.8886	60.3186
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	65.02	68.6446	61.5546
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	63.57	53.5073	73.1873
134	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	62.72	75.0146	50.3746
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	62.45	63.2948	61.6148
136	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	61.06	62.1775	59.9775
137	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	59.83	62.4404	57.5104
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	57.10	59.5408	54.6808
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	55.84	51.2540	60.2740
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	54.89	54.0792	55.6992
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	53.32	50.1296	56.5196
142	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.15	47.7023	52.4423
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	47.68	53.0980	42.1680
144	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	46.71	50.2358	43.2558
145	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	45.67	39.6378	51.3478
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	45.62	46.2192	45.0292
147	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	45.34	31.4098	58.6298
148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	43.72	47.4655	40.0855
149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.71	42.9312	44.5412
150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	41.53	41.6969	41.3669
151	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	41.30	36.1574	46.2974
152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	41.16	34.7400	47.3900
153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	40.32	45.0667	35.4167
154	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	39.48	45.9640	33.0440
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.17	41.9301	36.4101
156	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.25	41.7547	32.7247
157	Niger`NER`Western Africa	35.71	30.0795	41.1195
158	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	31.24	31.1006	31.3806
159	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	29.12	30.9325	27.3225
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	27.33	24.0438	30.5338
161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	26.83	24.3773	29.2573
162	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25.66	20.0833	31.0833
163	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	22.75	22.4884	23.0084
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	6.99	4.9783	8.9583

02In 2013

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
3South Korea99.97
4Austriashared99.93
4Swedenshared99.93

Lowest

164South Sudan6.99
163Guinea-Bissau22.75
162Somalia25.66
161Central African Republic26.83
160Chad27.33

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 94.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestJapan100.0000
LowestSouth Sudan4.9783
Middle country: 95.6344
Male
HighestJapan100.0000
LowestSouth Sudan8.9583
Middle country: 93.8648

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 164 in both
138 · 7rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Niger32.47 → 35.71+3.24
Burkina Faso38.35 → 41.53+3.18
Myanmar67.53 → 70.39+2.86
Burundi36.56 → 39.17+2.61
Côte d’Ivoire43.18 → 45.67+2.49

Fell most

Uganda37.94 → 37.25−0.69
Liberia29.27 → 29.12−0.15
Albania97.90 → 97.83−0.07
Chile98.29 → 98.22−0.07
Iceland97.62 → 97.55−0.07

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

157 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 99.71. 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.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2013). Primary Completion Rate, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2013

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