Data for 2019

Primary Completion Rate, 2019

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 2019
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 2019 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.43. The middle country reads 97.07. Against 2018, 145 values changed (141 up, 4 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2019

Highest3 countries share it

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

7.43

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

164countries
3measures per country
2019the year it describes
148distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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=1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	100.00	100.00000	99.9951
=1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.00	99.99997	100.0000
=1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.00000	99.9953
4	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.97	100.00000	99.9063
5	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.94	99.94000	99.9400
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.93	99.92424	99.9342
7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.89	99.90025	99.8802
=8	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.88	99.89542	99.8654
=8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.88	99.87488	99.8849
=8	United States`USA`Northern America	99.88	99.89030	99.8703
=11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.85	99.93665	99.7667
=11	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.85	99.83304	99.8730
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.84	99.89138	99.7914
14	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.79	99.80029	99.7803
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.77	99.77965	99.7597
=16	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.76	99.76477	99.7548
=16	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.76	99.71346	99.8035
=16	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.76	99.82163	99.7016
=19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.74	99.75024	99.7302
=19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.74	99.73329	99.7433
=21	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.73	99.65465	99.8046
=21	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.73	99.71972	99.7397
23	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.72	99.70971	99.7297
24	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.70	99.77242	99.6324
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.68	99.83645	99.5364
26	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.65	99.65514	99.6451
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.64	99.64967	99.6297
=28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.63	99.68997	99.5700
=28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.63	99.70671	99.5567
=28	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.63	99.52982	99.7298
31	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.60	99.66626	99.5363
32	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.56	99.42298	99.6830
33	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.55	99.55183	99.5518
34	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.52	99.56599	99.4760
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.51	99.65344	99.3734
36	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.48	99.40876	99.5488
37	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.47	99.52475	99.4147
=38	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.41	99.46809	99.3581
=38	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.41	99.57475	99.2548
=38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.41	99.44106	99.3811
=41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.40	99.45532	99.3453
=41	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.40	99.58447	99.2145
43	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	99.39	99.41837	99.3384
44	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.33	99.42710	99.2371
45	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.32	99.47767	99.1677
46	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.30	99.30508	99.2951
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.26	99.24931	99.2693
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.24	99.56044	98.9304
49	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	99.20	99.49339	98.9234
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.10	99.08457	99.1146
51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.02	98.93832	99.0983
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.00	98.91773	99.0777
53	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.92	98.89421	98.9542
54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.77	99.04086	98.4909
55	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.76	98.78663	98.7166
56	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.70	99.18723	98.2372
57	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	98.64	99.06108	98.2411
58	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.60	98.47500	98.7250
59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.57	98.60382	98.5338
=60	Guyana`GUY`South America	98.52	99.24244	97.8224
=60	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.52	98.51479	98.5248
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.51	98.51000	98.5100
63	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	98.47	98.73353	98.2735
64	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	98.45	98.85374	98.0437
65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	98.30	99.23685	97.4269
=66	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	98.25	98.11288	98.3729
=66	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.25	98.41158	98.0616
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	98.19	98.94021	97.5502
69	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.09	98.59842	97.5884
70	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.06	97.94703	98.1670
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	98.02	98.19336	97.8534
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	97.88	98.52663	97.2666
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	97.69	98.70011	96.6901
74	Uruguay`URY`South America	97.60	98.25987	96.9699
75	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	97.57	99.01101	96.1910
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	97.54	98.11358	96.9836
77	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	97.38	97.68133	97.0913
78	Chile`CHL`South America	97.35	97.35523	97.3452
79	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.32	97.14883	97.4588
80	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	97.31	97.97877	96.6688
81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.27	97.90023	96.6902
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	97.20	97.54517	96.8652
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	96.94	97.48946	96.3995
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	96.88	97.32090	96.4609
85	Peru`PER`South America	96.75	96.92705	96.5770
86	Argentina`ARG`South America	96.26	97.21334	95.3533
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	95.60	97.02848	94.2085
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	95.40	95.34353	95.4535
89	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	95.08	96.53239	93.6924
90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	94.81	96.15634	93.5463
91	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	94.32	95.44216	93.2422
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	94.23	95.03706	93.4571
93	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	93.99	96.98211	90.9821
94	India`IND`Southern Asia	93.69	94.47613	92.9761
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	93.64	96.65552	90.7455
96	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	93.60	96.22437	91.0344
97	Colombia`COL`South America	93.50	95.15363	91.9136
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	93.05	95.12244	91.0624
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	90.50	93.25615	87.8461
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	90.47	91.99654	89.0265
101	Suriname`SUR`South America	89.33	93.49856	85.2886
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	89.22	93.76157	84.5616
103	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	88.59	91.96958	85.1396
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	87.90	87.94499	87.8550
105	Venezuela`VEN`South America	87.31	91.22393	83.6339
106	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	86.22	89.52798	82.8780
107	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	85.94	91.06560	81.1356
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	85.58	88.52769	82.7677
109	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	85.05	84.28622	85.7962
110	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	84.67	90.87180	78.4618
111	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	83.74	85.73604	81.8360
112	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	82.68	90.23645	75.1764
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	82.26	81.70341	82.8034
114	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	81.81	82.36497	81.2750
115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	80.72	79.13827	82.2683
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	79.48	83.43476	75.7748
117	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	79.40	84.86636	73.9064
118	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	79.10	81.49327	76.8133
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	78.49	75.07501	81.7450
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	78.01	76.53588	79.4159
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	77.93	84.38320	71.5332
122	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	76.85	80.85311	73.0031
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	75.83	81.28551	70.5955
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	75.26	79.18810	71.4081
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.08	77.54084	72.6308
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	75.03	75.14706	74.9171
127	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	73.76	79.97717	67.7072
128	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	73.75	79.53175	68.0117
129	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	72.12	73.42688	70.8369
130	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	72.08	84.01838	60.1484
131	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	70.89	73.56844	68.2184
132	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	70.02	80.30534	60.4353
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	69.15	63.11557	74.9156
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	68.79	71.62462	66.0046
135	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.17	71.85797	62.4180
136	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	65.72	67.52293	63.9729
137	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	64.92	62.25536	67.3954
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.26	66.51706	62.0371
139	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	62.90	67.21159	59.0316
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	62.14	64.14751	60.1275
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	60.96	57.53935	64.2694
142	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	60.50	63.92148	57.1715
143	Niger`NER`Western Africa	58.69	52.33353	64.8135
144	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	58.53	57.67469	59.3847
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	55.12	62.21904	48.1890
146	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	54.56	53.89543	55.1854
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	54.15	59.98183	48.1818
148	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	52.99	57.11234	49.0223
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	52.30	59.76007	44.7201
150	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	50.62	55.43858	45.8886
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	50.58	45.59109	55.4411
152	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	50.19	55.21169	45.1817
153	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	49.88	38.93892	60.2789
154	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	48.27	49.34353	47.1735
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	46.45	43.45013	49.3701
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	45.15	54.29142	36.1014
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	39.27	39.75883	38.7788
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	31.93	29.91217	33.8922
159	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	31.53	36.32586	26.7059
160	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	29.22	27.35467	31.0547
161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	28.59	32.21290	25.0329
162	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.04	22.04265	31.9126
163	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	26.77	28.20625	25.3563
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.43	5.95505	8.8750

02In 2019

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
1South Koreashared100.00
4Israel99.97
5Austria99.94

Lowest

164South Sudan7.43
163Guinea-Bissau26.77
162Somalia27.04
161Liberia28.59
160Central African Republic29.22

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 97.07. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
Highest3 share it
LowestSouth Sudan5.95505
Middle country: 97.33807
Male
HighestJapan100.0000
LowestSouth Sudan8.8750
Middle country: 96.5190

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 164 in both
141 · 4rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Niger54.71 → 58.69+3.98
Rwanda50.92 → 54.15+3.23
Côte d’Ivoire61.88 → 64.92+3.04
Burkina Faso57.84 → 60.50+2.66
Nepal79.74 → 81.81+2.07

Fell most

Uganda32.34 → 31.53−0.81
Chile97.45 → 97.35−0.10
Liberia28.67 → 28.59−0.08
Albania97.29 → 97.27−0.02

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

148 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 100.00. 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) (2019). Primary Completion Rate, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2019

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