Data for 2020

Primary Completion Rate, 2020

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 2020
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 2020 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.50. The middle country reads 97.26. Against 2019, 147 values changed (144 up, 3 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2020

Highest3 countries share it

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

7.50

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

164countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
151distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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=1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	100.00	100.0000	99.9951
=1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.0000	100.0000
=1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.0000	99.9952
4	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	99.99	100.0000	99.9362
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	99.95	99.9619	99.9419
6	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.94	99.9400	99.9400
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.93	99.9297	99.9297
8	United States`USA`Northern America	99.90	99.9052	99.8951
=9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.89	99.8900	99.8900
=9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.89	99.8952	99.8852
11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.88	99.8954	99.8654
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.86	99.9465	99.7765
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.85	99.9013	99.8013
14	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.79	99.7997	99.7797
=15	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.77	99.7697	99.7697
=15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.77	99.7848	99.7548
=15	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.77	99.6932	99.8432
=15	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.77	99.7236	99.8136
=15	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.77	99.8265	99.7165
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.76	99.7704	99.7504
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.75	99.7449	99.7549
22	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.73	99.7257	99.7357
=23	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.72	99.7165	99.7265
=23	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.72	99.7872	99.6572
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.69	99.8478	99.5378
26	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.66	99.6651	99.6551
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.65	99.6602	99.6402
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.64	99.7117	99.5717
=29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.63	99.6861	99.5761
=29	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.63	99.5307	99.7307
31	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.62	99.4993	99.7293
32	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.61	99.6813	99.5413
33	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.56	99.5600	99.5600
34	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.53	99.5762	99.4862
35	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.52	99.6688	99.3788
36	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.48	99.4238	99.5438
37	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.47	99.5229	99.4229
38	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.45	99.6290	99.2690
39	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.43	99.6001	99.2701
=40	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.42	99.4812	99.3612
=40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.42	99.4504	99.3904
=40	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	99.42	99.4274	99.3874
43	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.40	99.4319	99.3319
44	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.36	99.4516	99.2716
45	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.34	99.3568	99.3268
46	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.33	99.4793	99.1893
47	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	99.32	99.6049	99.0549
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.28	99.2699	99.2899
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.25	99.5704	98.9404
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.11	99.0997	99.1197
51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.03	98.9484	99.1084
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.02	98.9376	99.0976
53	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.94	98.8988	98.9688
=54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.78	99.0509	98.5009
=54	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.78	98.8164	98.7364
56	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	98.76	99.1759	98.3659
57	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.75	99.2480	98.2780
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	98.66	99.3619	97.9819
59	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	98.65	98.8371	98.4871
60	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.63	98.5000	98.7600
61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.62	98.7564	98.4764
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	98.54	98.9247	98.1547
63	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.53	98.5198	98.5298
64	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.52	98.5200	98.5200
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	98.44	98.5572	98.3272
66	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	98.36	99.1320	97.7020
67	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	98.35	99.2864	97.4764
68	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	98.29	98.1473	98.4173
69	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.28	98.4513	98.0813
70	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.16	98.6926	97.6326
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	98.13	98.6945	97.5945
72	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.08	97.9806	98.2006
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.01	98.9342	97.0942
74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	97.92	99.3388	96.5588
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	97.68	98.2076	97.1676
76	Uruguay`URY`South America	97.64	98.3000	97.0100
77	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	97.53	97.8978	97.1778
78	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	97.46	98.1118	96.8318
79	Mexico`MEX`Central America	97.40	97.7097	97.0997
=80	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.35	97.1976	97.4976
=80	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	97.35	97.8346	96.8746
82	Chile`CHL`South America	97.27	97.2346	97.3046
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.25	97.8992	96.6592
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	97.15	97.6257	96.6957
85	Peru`PER`South America	97.03	97.2224	96.8424
86	Argentina`ARG`South America	96.34	97.3097	95.4197
87	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	95.88	97.2513	94.5413
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	95.66	95.6755	95.6455
89	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	95.33	96.8694	93.8594
90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	95.28	96.6231	94.0231
91	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	94.70	95.8581	93.5881
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	94.39	95.1825	93.6325
93	India`IND`Southern Asia	94.29	95.1912	93.4712
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	94.22	96.6269	91.8669
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	94.14	97.0596	91.3396
96	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	94.09	96.9964	91.1064
97	Colombia`COL`South America	93.85	95.4886	92.2786
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	93.39	95.4064	91.4564
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	91.11	92.6894	89.6194
100	Brazil`BRA`South America	91.02	93.7258	88.4157
101	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	90.14	94.8248	85.3748
102	Suriname`SUR`South America	89.70	93.8841	85.6441
103	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	89.20	89.1395	89.2594
104	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	88.65	92.2267	85.3967
105	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	87.47	92.5733	82.6833
106	Venezuela`VEN`South America	87.41	91.3824	83.6724
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	86.50	89.3764	83.7564
108	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	86.43	89.7524	83.0824
109	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	85.89	92.0669	79.7569
110	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	85.86	85.4338	86.2838
111	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	85.10	87.1780	83.1180
112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	83.80	84.5408	83.0808
113	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	83.32	90.9340	75.8140
114	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	83.20	82.7550	83.6350
115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.34	81.0055	83.6455
116	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	81.32	86.8328	75.7928
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	80.66	84.7164	76.8464
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	79.55	76.2896	82.6696
119	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	79.24	81.6782	76.9082
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	79.16	77.7165	80.5365
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	78.81	85.1323	72.5323
122	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	78.00	82.2863	73.8863
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	76.94	82.4524	71.6224
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	75.85	79.9028	71.8728
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.55	78.2013	72.9113
126	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	75.28	75.5040	75.0640
127	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	74.41	80.6330	68.3530
128	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	74.01	79.8237	68.2337
129	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	73.46	85.2348	61.6948
130	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	72.71	74.1485	71.2985
131	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	71.73	74.2688	69.1988
132	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	70.58	81.2164	60.5164
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	70.11	64.7165	75.2665
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	69.76	72.8222	66.7522
135	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.76	65.9262	69.4862
136	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.36	72.2940	62.3640
137	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	66.54	68.5049	64.6349
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	64.96	67.1005	62.8505
139	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.36	67.9058	59.2757
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	63.17	65.4218	60.9118
141	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	62.75	66.5013	59.1013
142	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	62.46	59.1418	65.6718
143	Niger`NER`Western Africa	62.45	55.9930	68.6730
144	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	59.57	59.0996	60.0396
145	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	57.42	63.1357	51.6056
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	56.73	64.3435	49.3035
147	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	55.42	55.2450	55.5850
148	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	54.65	59.2544	50.2644
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	53.38	61.1522	45.4822
150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	52.26	47.5350	56.8650
151	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	51.85	57.0551	46.6551
152	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	51.19	56.2108	46.2608
153	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	50.56	40.2106	60.4006
154	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	48.82	50.2807	47.3407
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	47.14	44.5764	49.6364
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	46.00	55.5985	36.5085
157	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	41.62	42.1241	41.1141
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	32.87	31.0544	34.6344
159	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	31.01	35.9162	26.0762
160	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	29.55	27.8064	31.2664
161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	28.59	32.5386	24.7186
162	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27.41	29.0831	25.7631
163	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	27.30	22.3780	32.0979
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.50	6.1269	8.8469

02In 2020

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
4Israel99.99
5Qatar99.95

Lowest

164South Sudan7.50
163Somalia27.30
162Guinea-Bissau27.41
161Liberia28.59
160Central African Republic29.55

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 97.26. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
Highest4 share it
LowestSouth Sudan6.1269
Middle country: 97.4677
Male
HighestJapan100.0000
LowestSouth Sudan8.8469
Middle country: 96.7638

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
147values changed, of 164 in both
144 · 3rose · fell
17unchanged

Rose most

Niger58.69 → 62.45+3.76
Rwanda54.15 → 57.42+3.27
Côte d’Ivoire64.92 → 67.76+2.84
Mozambique39.27 → 41.62+2.35
Burkina Faso60.50 → 62.75+2.25

Fell most

Uganda31.53 → 31.01−0.52
Chile97.35 → 97.27−0.08
Albania97.27 → 97.25−0.02

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

151 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 5 countries share 99.77. 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) (2020). Primary Completion Rate, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2020

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