Data for 2016
Primary Completion Rate, 2016
Figures for 2016, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Primary Completion Rate, 2016 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Japan is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.20. The middle country reads 96.04. Against 2015, 150 values changed (141 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.
Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2016
HighestJapan
100.00LowestSouth Sudan
7.20Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 2016, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 164 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPNEastern Asia | 100.00 | 100.0000 | 100.0000 |
| 2 | DEUWestern Europe | 99.99 | 99.9952 | 99.9852 |
| 3 | KOREastern Asia | 99.98 | 99.9904 | 99.9704 |
| 4 | AUTWestern Europe | 99.93 | 99.9245 | 99.9345 |
| 5 | SWENorthern Europe | 99.92 | 99.9148 | 99.9248 |
| 6 | ISRWestern Asia | 99.91 | 99.9766 | 99.8466 |
| 7 | DNKNorthern Europe | 99.88 | 99.8744 | 99.8844 |
| =8 | CZEEastern Europe | 99.86 | 99.8703 | 99.8503 |
| =8 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.86 | 99.8652 | 99.8552 |
| 10 | GBRNorthern Europe | 99.83 | 99.8761 | 99.7861 |
| 11 | CANNorthern America | 99.82 | 99.9072 | 99.7372 |
| 12 | USANorthern America | 99.78 | 99.7851 | 99.7751 |
| 13 | SVKEastern Europe | 99.77 | 99.7848 | 99.7548 |
| 14 | UZBCentral Asia | 99.75 | 99.8166 | 99.6866 |
| 15 | IRLNorthern Europe | 99.74 | 99.7543 | 99.7243 |
| =16 | BLREastern Europe | 99.73 | 99.7351 | 99.7251 |
| =16 | NLDWestern Europe | 99.73 | 99.7353 | 99.7253 |
| =16 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.73 | 99.7197 | 99.7397 |
| =16 | TKMCentral Asia | 99.73 | 99.6886 | 99.7686 |
| 20 | CHEWestern Europe | 99.72 | 99.6990 | 99.7390 |
| 21 | HRVSouthern Europe | 99.70 | 99.6941 | 99.7041 |
| 22 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.64 | 99.6400 | 99.6400 |
| =23 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.63 | 99.6465 | 99.6165 |
| =23 | GEOWestern Asia | 99.63 | 99.6927 | 99.5727 |
| =25 | BIHSouthern Europe | 99.61 | 99.7540 | 99.4740 |
| =25 | LTUNorthern Europe | 99.61 | 99.6665 | 99.5565 |
| 27 | POLEastern Europe | 99.60 | 99.6766 | 99.5266 |
| 28 | SRBSouthern Europe | 99.59 | 99.5061 | 99.6761 |
| =29 | KAZCentral Asia | 99.58 | 99.6257 | 99.5357 |
| =29 | MUSEastern Africa | 99.58 | 99.4987 | 99.6587 |
| 31 | LVANorthern Europe | 99.53 | 99.5300 | 99.5300 |
| 32 | UKREastern Europe | 99.51 | 99.5564 | 99.4664 |
| 33 | FRAWestern Europe | 99.47 | 99.6134 | 99.3335 |
| 34 | ESTNorthern Europe | 99.46 | 99.3826 | 99.5326 |
| 35 | SVNSouthern Europe | 99.45 | 99.5034 | 99.4034 |
| 36 | ARMWestern Asia | 99.39 | 99.4594 | 99.3294 |
| 37 | BRBCaribbean | 99.37 | 99.4225 | 99.3025 |
| 38 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 99.36 | 99.5137 | 99.2137 |
| 39 | PRTSouthern Europe | 99.34 | 99.3648 | 99.3148 |
| 40 | QATWestern Asia | 99.33 | 99.1355 | 99.5155 |
| 41 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 99.32 | 99.1248 | 99.4948 |
| 42 | KGZCentral Asia | 99.30 | 99.4727 | 99.1327 |
| 43 | LCACaribbean | 99.27 | 99.3562 | 99.1862 |
| 44 | PSEWestern Asia | 99.26 | 99.4828 | 99.0328 |
| 45 | GRCSouthern Europe | 99.22 | 99.2104 | 99.2304 |
| 46 | CUBCaribbean | 99.21 | 99.3322 | 99.0922 |
| 47 | JAMCaribbean | 99.19 | 99.5046 | 98.8846 |
| 48 | MKDSouthern Europe | 99.14 | 99.1143 | 99.1643 |
| 49 | HUNEastern Europe | 99.08 | 99.0649 | 99.0949 |
| 50 | ROUEastern Europe | 98.98 | 98.9036 | 99.0536 |
| 51 | BGREastern Europe | 98.94 | 98.8425 | 99.0325 |
| 52 | CYPWestern Asia | 98.88 | 98.8413 | 98.9213 |
| 53 | MDAEastern Europe | 98.74 | 99.0238 | 98.4538 |
| 54 | MNGEastern Asia | 98.71 | 99.0348 | 98.3948 |
| 55 | MNESouthern Europe | 98.69 | 98.7001 | 98.6801 |
| 56 | BELWestern Europe | 98.56 | 99.0012 | 98.1412 |
| 57 | TUVPolynesia | 98.49 | 98.3650 | 98.6150 |
| =58 | LUXWestern Europe | 98.46 | 98.4395 | 98.4795 |
| =58 | ESPSouthern Europe | 98.46 | 98.4704 | 98.4504 |
| 60 | TJKCentral Asia | 98.38 | 98.1473 | 98.6173 |
| 61 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 98.23 | 98.7146 | 97.7746 |
| 62 | FJIMelanesia | 98.21 | 98.6883 | 97.7383 |
| 63 | WSMPolynesia | 98.17 | 99.1217 | 97.2516 |
| 64 | TONPolynesia | 98.15 | 98.3340 | 97.9740 |
| 65 | AZEWestern Asia | 98.12 | 97.9280 | 98.2880 |
| 66 | MLTSouthern Europe | 98.01 | 97.8848 | 98.1149 |
| 67 | GUYSouth America | 97.96 | 98.7826 | 97.1626 |
| 68 | JORWestern Asia | 97.89 | 98.1938 | 97.5938 |
| 69 | MDVSouthern Asia | 97.88 | 98.4541 | 97.4341 |
| 70 | CHLSouth America | 97.78 | 97.8463 | 97.7163 |
| 71 | CHNEastern Asia | 97.60 | 98.2624 | 97.0324 |
| 72 | URYSouth America | 97.44 | 98.0647 | 96.8447 |
| 73 | ALBSouthern Europe | 97.43 | 97.9928 | 96.9028 |
| 74 | ISLNorthern Europe | 97.33 | 97.1564 | 97.4864 |
| 75 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 97.03 | 97.9278 | 96.1778 |
| 76 | BOLSouth America | 97.01 | 97.6185 | 96.4185 |
| 77 | SYRWestern Asia | 96.94 | 97.0015 | 96.8815 |
| 78 | TTOCaribbean | 96.81 | 97.5102 | 96.1402 |
| 79 | MEXCentral America | 96.64 | 97.0914 | 96.2014 |
| 80 | BWASouthern Africa | 96.49 | 97.8138 | 95.1838 |
| 81 | ARGSouth America | 96.08 | 96.9863 | 95.2163 |
| 82 | CRICentral America | 96.07 | 97.5592 | 94.6492 |
| 83 | ECUSouth America | 96.02 | 96.4229 | 95.6329 |
| 84 | TURWestern Asia | 95.98 | 96.2981 | 95.6781 |
| 85 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 95.48 | 96.1906 | 94.7906 |
| 86 | PERSouth America | 95.30 | 95.5261 | 95.0761 |
| 87 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 94.69 | 96.2518 | 93.1718 |
| 88 | IRNSouthern Asia | 94.66 | 94.3568 | 94.9468 |
| 89 | DZANorthern Africa | 94.46 | 95.5270 | 93.4370 |
| 90 | PANCentral America | 93.77 | 94.5676 | 93.0076 |
| 91 | KIRMicronesia | 93.75 | 96.9056 | 90.5956 |
| 92 | TUNNorthern Africa | 93.15 | 94.5114 | 91.8714 |
| 93 | EGYNorthern Africa | 93.02 | 93.9164 | 92.1664 |
| 94 | COLSouth America | 92.44 | 94.1385 | 90.8085 |
| 95 | PRYSouth America | 91.92 | 94.1255 | 89.8055 |
| 96 | INDSouthern Asia | 91.53 | 91.8550 | 91.2350 |
| 97 | DOMCaribbean | 91.44 | 95.0714 | 87.9414 |
| 98 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 91.30 | 94.7722 | 88.0022 |
| 99 | SLVCentral America | 88.42 | 89.8356 | 87.0756 |
| 100 | BRASouth America | 88.34 | 91.4810 | 85.3110 |
| 101 | NRUMicronesia | 88.27 | 91.5279 | 84.6879 |
| 102 | SURSouth America | 88.01 | 92.1622 | 83.9822 |
| 103 | VENSouth America | 86.80 | 90.5230 | 83.2830 |
| 104 | STPMiddle Africa | 85.77 | 89.8412 | 81.6012 |
| 105 | ZWEEastern Africa | 85.33 | 88.6066 | 81.9666 |
| 106 | COGMiddle Africa | 82.74 | 83.0416 | 82.4416 |
| 107 | DJIEastern Africa | 82.42 | 80.5902 | 84.2202 |
| 108 | HNDCentral America | 82.36 | 85.5854 | 79.2754 |
| 109 | NAMSouthern Africa | 80.68 | 87.9160 | 73.3760 |
| 110 | BTNSouthern Asia | 80.40 | 85.2093 | 76.0593 |
| 111 | BGDSouthern Asia | 80.26 | 86.4910 | 74.2210 |
| 112 | GTMCentral America | 79.45 | 78.3977 | 80.4777 |
| 113 | VUTMelanesia | 78.69 | 81.1056 | 76.3256 |
| 114 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 78.30 | 80.3771 | 76.3171 |
| 115 | NPLSouthern Asia | 75.91 | 75.7316 | 76.0816 |
| 116 | COMEastern Africa | 75.28 | 78.7831 | 71.9631 |
| 117 | MARNorthern Africa | 75.06 | 71.3734 | 78.5034 |
| 118 | KENEastern Africa | 74.75 | 79.8735 | 69.5935 |
| 119 | SWZSouthern Africa | 74.71 | 81.6269 | 68.0069 |
| 120 | TZAEastern Africa | 74.41 | 79.9384 | 68.9384 |
| 121 | TGOWestern Africa | 74.27 | 71.7912 | 76.7012 |
| 122 | NGAWestern Africa | 73.94 | 73.7873 | 74.0873 |
| 123 | IRQWestern Asia | 73.51 | 71.8741 | 75.0741 |
| 124 | CMRMiddle Africa | 73.34 | 75.4695 | 71.2195 |
| 125 | GHAWestern Africa | 73.22 | 76.7821 | 69.7321 |
| 126 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 72.40 | 77.5749 | 67.4349 |
| 127 | NICCentral America | 71.62 | 77.7061 | 65.6861 |
| 128 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 71.32 | 74.9439 | 67.7939 |
| 129 | SDNNorthern Africa | 70.44 | 71.4099 | 69.4899 |
| 130 | GABMiddle Africa | 68.30 | 72.0569 | 64.5569 |
| 131 | GNQMiddle Africa | 68.13 | 76.9743 | 59.9043 |
| 132 | ZMBEastern Africa | 67.34 | 71.0748 | 63.5448 |
| 133 | LSOSouthern Africa | 67.07 | 79.2747 | 54.8447 |
| 134 | YEMWestern Asia | 66.46 | 58.5602 | 74.0002 |
| 135 | GMBWestern Africa | 65.83 | 67.7394 | 63.9494 |
| 136 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 63.42 | 64.7969 | 62.0769 |
| 137 | PNGMelanesia | 61.49 | 64.9384 | 58.4084 |
| 138 | SLEWestern Africa | 61.10 | 63.6995 | 58.5494 |
| 139 | CODMiddle Africa | 58.48 | 59.2699 | 57.6899 |
| 140 | BENWestern Africa | 58.13 | 54.2446 | 61.8846 |
| 141 | AGOMiddle Africa | 55.85 | 53.8418 | 57.8618 |
| 142 | CIVWestern Africa | 55.35 | 50.3936 | 59.8236 |
| 143 | PAKSouthern Asia | 52.25 | 50.4237 | 53.9637 |
| 144 | BFAWestern Africa | 51.68 | 53.7581 | 49.6581 |
| 145 | SENWestern Africa | 49.68 | 52.1579 | 47.2479 |
| 146 | ETHEastern Africa | 49.63 | 55.1242 | 44.2742 |
| 147 | MWIEastern Africa | 49.08 | 55.4325 | 42.6325 |
| 148 | MDGEastern Africa | 48.77 | 52.9938 | 44.6238 |
| 149 | AFGSouthern Asia | 48.34 | 35.9314 | 60.1314 |
| 150 | NERWestern Africa | 46.68 | 40.7619 | 52.3819 |
| 151 | MRTWestern Africa | 46.58 | 46.7656 | 46.3856 |
| 152 | GINWestern Africa | 46.11 | 40.3353 | 51.7253 |
| 153 | RWAEastern Africa | 45.66 | 51.3497 | 39.7797 |
| 154 | BDIEastern Africa | 45.20 | 49.2682 | 41.1482 |
| 155 | MLIWestern Africa | 44.01 | 39.7959 | 48.1059 |
| 156 | HTICaribbean | 42.36 | 50.1663 | 34.6163 |
| 157 | UGAEastern Africa | 34.19 | 38.5655 | 29.7955 |
| 158 | MOZEastern Africa | 34.17 | 34.4590 | 33.8790 |
| 159 | TCDMiddle Africa | 29.34 | 26.7412 | 31.8712 |
| 160 | LBRWestern Africa | 28.81 | 31.7104 | 25.9504 |
| 161 | CAFMiddle Africa | 28.11 | 25.8208 | 30.3608 |
| 162 | SOMEastern Africa | 26.35 | 21.0855 | 31.4755 |
| 163 | GNBWestern Africa | 24.62 | 25.3296 | 23.9196 |
| 164 | SSDEastern Africa | 7.20 | 5.4297 | 8.9297 |
02In 2016
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Japan100.00
- 2
Germany99.99
- 3
South Korea99.98
- 4
Austria99.93
- 5
Sweden99.92
Lowest
- 164
South Sudan7.20
- 163
Guinea-Bissau24.62
- 162
Somalia26.35
- 161
Central African Republic28.11
- 160
Liberia28.81
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 96.04. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest
Japan100.0000
Lowest
South Sudan5.4297
Middle country: 96.9459
Male
Highest
Japan100.0000
Lowest
South Sudan8.9297
Middle country: 95.2000
032015 → 2016
Since 2015
What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 150values changed, of 164 in both
- 141 · 9rose · fell
- 14unchanged
Rose most
Niger42.80 → 46.68+3.88
Côte d’Ivoire51.94 → 55.35+3.41
Burkina Faso48.30 → 51.68+3.38
Togo71.51 → 74.27+2.76
Cambodia68.97 → 71.32+2.35
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.
156 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 4 countries share 99.73. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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Every one of the 164 countries has every column.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2016). Primary Completion Rate, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2016
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07Questions
Primary Completion Rate, 2016: questions and answers
Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 2016?
Japan, at 100.00, of the 164 countries in the file.
What year does Primary Completion Rate, 2016 describe?
2016.
How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 2016 cover?
164.
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