Data for 2018

Primary Completion Rate, 2018

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 2018
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 2018 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.38. The middle country reads 96.81. Against 2017, 151 values changed (145 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2018

Highest2 countries share it

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

7.38

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

164countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
147distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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=1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	100.00	100.0000	100.0000
=1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.0000	100.0000
3	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	99.99	99.9951	99.9851
4	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.95	100.0000	99.8867
5	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.94	99.9396	99.9396
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.93	99.9248	99.9348
=7	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.88	99.8759	99.8859
=7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.88	99.8851	99.8752
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.87	99.8803	99.8603
=10	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.84	99.9268	99.7568
=10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.84	99.8862	99.7962
=10	United States`USA`Northern America	99.84	99.8400	99.8400
13	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.78	99.7890	99.7690
=14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.76	99.7702	99.7502
=14	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.76	99.8215	99.7015
=16	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.75	99.7606	99.7406
=16	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.75	99.7084	99.7884
=18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.74	99.7504	99.7304
=18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.74	99.7292	99.7492
20	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.72	99.7049	99.7349
=21	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.71	99.6989	99.7189
=21	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.71	99.6386	99.7786
=23	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.68	99.7480	99.6180
=23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.68	99.6043	99.7543
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.66	99.8145	99.5145
=26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.64	99.6554	99.6254
=26	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.64	99.6451	99.6351
=28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.63	99.6851	99.5751
=28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.63	99.7068	99.5568
30	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.61	99.5139	99.7039
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.59	99.6515	99.5315
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.55	99.5463	99.5463
33	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.52	99.5663	99.4763
34	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.50	99.6433	99.3633
=35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.48	99.4158	99.5358
=35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.48	99.3324	99.6124
37	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.46	99.5219	99.4019
=38	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.40	99.4619	99.3419
=38	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.40	99.5645	99.2445
=40	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.39	99.4416	99.3216
=40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.39	99.4160	99.3660
42	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.36	99.5585	99.1585
43	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	99.35	99.4189	99.3089
44	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.32	99.4831	99.1631
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.29	99.3967	99.1867
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.26	99.2555	99.2654
47	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.25	99.2449	99.2549
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.22	99.5448	98.9048
49	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.10	99.0839	99.1139
50	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	99.06	99.3674	98.7674
51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.00	98.9183	99.0783
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	98.98	98.8925	99.0625
53	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.91	98.8791	98.9391
54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.76	99.0383	98.4783
55	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.73	98.7605	98.7005
56	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.65	99.1161	98.2061
57	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.57	98.4400	98.7000
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	98.52	98.9619	98.1019
=59	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.50	98.4895	98.5195
=59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.50	98.4422	98.5622
61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.49	98.4899	98.4899
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	98.36	98.8002	97.9202
63	Guyana`GUY`South America	98.35	99.1145	97.6245
64	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	98.27	98.5999	97.9999
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	98.26	99.1950	97.3550
=66	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	98.22	98.0666	98.3566
=66	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.22	98.3743	98.0143
68	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.05	97.9121	98.1521
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.03	98.4940	97.5740
70	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	98.01	98.7382	97.3882
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	97.60	98.3390	96.8989
72	Uruguay`URY`South America	97.55	98.2039	96.9239
73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	97.49	97.7246	97.2646
74	Chile`CHL`South America	97.45	97.4806	97.4206
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	97.38	97.9731	96.8031
76	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	97.36	98.4708	96.2608
77	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.32	97.1579	97.4779
78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.29	97.9028	96.7228
79	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	97.25	97.4750	97.0350
=80	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	97.16	98.6123	95.7723
=80	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	97.16	97.8353	96.5153
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	96.98	97.3607	96.6107
83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	96.63	97.0354	96.2454
84	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	96.49	97.0954	95.8954
85	Peru`PER`South America	96.40	96.5716	96.2316
86	Argentina`ARG`South America	96.19	97.1326	95.2926
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	95.30	96.7686	93.8686
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	95.15	95.0268	95.2668
89	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	94.84	96.1742	93.5642
90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	94.29	95.6413	93.0213
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	94.08	94.8765	93.3165
92	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	93.91	96.9716	90.8817
93	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	93.90	94.9621	92.8820
94	Colombia`COL`South America	93.14	94.8087	91.5387
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	93.02	96.2220	89.9420
96	India`IND`Southern Asia	93.00	93.6499	92.4099
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92.89	95.7724	90.0924
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	92.70	94.8083	90.6783
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	89.84	92.6769	87.1069
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	89.81	91.2793	88.4193
101	Suriname`SUR`South America	88.95	93.1506	84.8706
102	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	88.49	91.9361	85.1261
103	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	88.19	92.5782	83.6682
104	Venezuela`VEN`South America	87.14	91.0257	83.4857
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	86.37	86.4504	86.2904
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	85.94	89.2313	82.6013
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	84.52	87.5486	81.6286
108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	84.27	89.3614	79.5214
109	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	84.17	83.0910	85.2310
110	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	83.33	89.5962	77.0863
111	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	82.24	84.2410	80.3309
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	82.03	89.5026	74.5726
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	81.35	80.6518	82.0318
114	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	79.74	80.0563	79.4363
115	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	78.96	81.3293	76.6693
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	78.82	76.9106	80.6906
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	78.21	82.0429	74.6129
118	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	77.59	82.9959	72.1559
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	77.43	73.8830	80.7830
120	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.00	83.6467	70.4567
121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	76.70	75.1650	78.1650
122	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	75.40	79.1695	71.7595
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	74.70	80.0854	69.5454
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	74.69	74.7256	74.6556
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	74.67	78.5136	70.9036
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	74.57	76.8903	72.2603
127	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	73.70	79.4369	68.0169
128	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	73.03	79.1787	67.0387
129	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	71.51	72.6503	70.3903
130	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	70.62	82.6653	58.5753
131	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	70.11	73.0452	67.1852
132	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	69.40	79.2230	60.2930
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	68.24	61.5636	74.6136
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	67.82	70.3969	65.2869
135	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.05	71.4679	62.5679
136	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	64.99	66.6757	63.3557
137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	63.38	65.7908	61.0108
138	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	62.39	66.4511	58.7511
139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	61.88	58.4146	65.0546
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.02	62.6983	59.3383
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	59.73	56.1667	63.1767
142	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	57.84	60.8459	54.9159
143	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	57.59	56.3701	58.8101
144	Niger`NER`Western Africa	54.71	48.4964	60.6964
145	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	53.73	52.6835	54.7135
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	53.41	59.9619	47.0119
147	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	51.70	55.3221	48.1821
148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	51.08	58.2235	43.8235
149	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.92	56.8053	44.8653
150	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	50.13	54.8372	45.5072
151	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	49.36	37.9095	60.2395
152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	48.97	43.7420	54.0620
153	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	48.49	53.2741	43.7241
154	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	47.78	48.5679	46.9679
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	45.66	42.2387	48.9887
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	44.27	52.9347	35.6847
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	37.27	37.7137	36.8237
158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	32.34	36.9622	27.6922
159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	31.01	28.8205	33.1405
160	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	28.90	26.9277	30.8377
161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	28.67	32.0738	25.3238
162	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	26.77	21.7315	31.6815
163	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26.10	27.3292	24.8892
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.38	5.8074	8.9174

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1Germanyshared100.00
1Japanshared100.00
3South Korea99.99
4Israel99.95
5Austria99.94

Lowest

164South Sudan7.38
163Guinea-Bissau26.10
162Somalia26.77
161Liberia28.67
160Central African Republic28.90

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 96.81. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
Highest3 share it
LowestSouth Sudan5.8074
Middle country: 97.1453
Male
Highest2 share it
LowestSouth Sudan8.9174
Middle country: 96.2385

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 164 in both
145 · 6rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Niger50.68 → 54.71+4.03
Côte d’Ivoire58.68 → 61.88+3.20
Burkina Faso54.91 → 57.84+2.93
Rwanda48.08 → 50.92+2.84
Togo76.70 → 78.82+2.12

Fell most

Uganda33.15 → 32.34−0.81
Tanzania73.92 → 73.70−0.22
Chile97.61 → 97.45−0.16
Zambia67.12 → 67.05−0.07
Liberia28.72 → 28.67−0.05

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

147 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 99.84. 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) (2018). Primary Completion Rate, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2018

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