Data for 2021
Primary Completion Rate, 2021
Figures for 2021, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Primary Completion Rate, 2021 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. 4 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.60. The middle country reads 97.32. Against 2020, 152 values changed (150 up, 2 down), the same countries are covered.
Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2021
Highest4 countries share it
100.00LowestSouth Sudan
7.60Shaded 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, 2021, 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 | DEUWestern Europe | 100.00 | 100.0000 | 99.9952 |
| =1 | ISRWestern Asia | 100.00 | 100.0000 | 99.9511 |
| =1 | JPNEastern Asia | 100.00 | 100.0000 | 100.0000 |
| =1 | KOREastern Asia | 100.00 | 99.9999 | 99.9999 |
| 5 | QATWestern Asia | 99.99 | 100.0000 | 99.9627 |
| 6 | AUTWestern Europe | 99.95 | 99.9496 | 99.9496 |
| 7 | SWENorthern Europe | 99.94 | 99.9349 | 99.9448 |
| 8 | USANorthern America | 99.92 | 99.9303 | 99.9103 |
| 9 | ITASouthern Europe | 99.90 | 99.9103 | 99.8903 |
| =10 | CZEEastern Europe | 99.89 | 99.9054 | 99.8754 |
| =10 | DNKNorthern Europe | 99.89 | 99.8844 | 99.8944 |
| 12 | CANNorthern America | 99.87 | 99.9617 | 99.7817 |
| 13 | GBRNorthern Europe | 99.86 | 99.9113 | 99.8113 |
| 14 | MUSEastern Africa | 99.80 | 99.7375 | 99.8675 |
| 15 | SVKEastern Europe | 99.79 | 99.8015 | 99.7815 |
| 16 | TKMCentral Asia | 99.78 | 99.7391 | 99.8191 |
| =17 | BLREastern Europe | 99.77 | 99.7700 | 99.7700 |
| =17 | IRLNorthern Europe | 99.77 | 99.7854 | 99.7554 |
| =17 | NLDWestern Europe | 99.77 | 99.7753 | 99.7653 |
| =17 | UZBCentral Asia | 99.77 | 99.8214 | 99.7214 |
| 21 | NORNorthern Europe | 99.75 | 99.7505 | 99.7505 |
| 22 | CHEWestern Europe | 99.74 | 99.7301 | 99.7501 |
| =23 | HRVSouthern Europe | 99.73 | 99.7240 | 99.7340 |
| =23 | GEOWestern Asia | 99.73 | 99.8037 | 99.6637 |
| 25 | BIHSouthern Europe | 99.71 | 99.8760 | 99.5560 |
| 26 | RUSEastern Europe | 99.68 | 99.6800 | 99.6800 |
| =27 | FINNorthern Europe | 99.66 | 99.6697 | 99.6497 |
| =27 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 99.66 | 99.5556 | 99.7556 |
| =29 | LTUNorthern Europe | 99.64 | 99.6949 | 99.5849 |
| =29 | POLEastern Europe | 99.64 | 99.7116 | 99.5716 |
| =29 | SRBSouthern Europe | 99.64 | 99.5350 | 99.7450 |
| 32 | KAZCentral Asia | 99.63 | 99.7015 | 99.5615 |
| 33 | LVANorthern Europe | 99.57 | 99.5631 | 99.5731 |
| =34 | FRAWestern Europe | 99.54 | 99.6836 | 99.4036 |
| =34 | UKREastern Europe | 99.54 | 99.5862 | 99.4962 |
| =36 | ESTNorthern Europe | 99.49 | 99.4437 | 99.5337 |
| =36 | PSEWestern Asia | 99.49 | 99.6747 | 99.3047 |
| 38 | SVNSouthern Europe | 99.48 | 99.5311 | 99.4311 |
| 39 | LCACaribbean | 99.47 | 99.4670 | 99.4470 |
| 40 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 99.45 | 99.6150 | 99.2950 |
| =41 | ARMWestern Asia | 99.43 | 99.4981 | 99.3681 |
| =41 | PRTSouthern Europe | 99.43 | 99.4603 | 99.4003 |
| =43 | BRBCaribbean | 99.41 | 99.4518 | 99.3518 |
| =43 | MNGEastern Asia | 99.41 | 99.6894 | 99.1494 |
| =45 | CUBCaribbean | 99.39 | 99.4720 | 99.3120 |
| =45 | MKDSouthern Europe | 99.39 | 99.4103 | 99.3703 |
| 47 | KGZCentral Asia | 99.34 | 99.4947 | 99.1947 |
| 48 | GRCSouthern Europe | 99.29 | 99.2796 | 99.2997 |
| 49 | JAMCaribbean | 99.28 | 99.5946 | 98.9746 |
| 50 | HUNEastern Europe | 99.12 | 99.1097 | 99.1297 |
| 51 | BGREastern Europe | 99.04 | 98.9622 | 99.1122 |
| 52 | ROUEastern Europe | 99.03 | 98.9480 | 99.1080 |
| 53 | CYPWestern Asia | 98.95 | 98.9062 | 98.9862 |
| 54 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 98.87 | 99.2757 | 98.4857 |
| 55 | MDVSouthern Asia | 98.82 | 98.9662 | 98.6962 |
| =56 | GUYSouth America | 98.80 | 99.4585 | 98.1585 |
| =56 | MNESouthern Europe | 98.80 | 98.8315 | 98.7615 |
| 58 | BELWestern Europe | 98.79 | 99.2970 | 98.3070 |
| 59 | MDAEastern Europe | 98.78 | 99.0462 | 98.5062 |
| 60 | ECUSouth America | 98.76 | 98.8211 | 98.7011 |
| =61 | TJKCentral Asia | 98.66 | 98.8932 | 98.4232 |
| =61 | TUVPolynesia | 98.66 | 98.5400 | 98.7800 |
| 63 | FJIMelanesia | 98.63 | 98.9802 | 98.2702 |
| 64 | LUXWestern Europe | 98.56 | 98.5548 | 98.5648 |
| 65 | ESPSouthern Europe | 98.54 | 98.5400 | 98.5400 |
| 66 | CHNEastern Asia | 98.52 | 99.3029 | 97.8529 |
| 67 | WSMPolynesia | 98.39 | 99.3156 | 97.5256 |
| 68 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 98.34 | 98.8326 | 97.8726 |
| =69 | AZEWestern Asia | 98.32 | 98.1887 | 98.4387 |
| =69 | TONPolynesia | 98.32 | 98.5325 | 98.1625 |
| 71 | BWASouthern Africa | 98.28 | 99.1112 | 97.4612 |
| 72 | JORWestern Asia | 98.23 | 98.7718 | 97.6918 |
| 73 | CRICentral America | 98.20 | 99.5685 | 96.8885 |
| 74 | MLTSouthern Europe | 98.09 | 97.9603 | 98.1802 |
| 75 | BOLSouth America | 97.83 | 98.2918 | 97.3818 |
| 76 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 97.71 | 98.1248 | 97.3048 |
| 77 | URYSouth America | 97.69 | 98.3602 | 97.0502 |
| 78 | SYRWestern Asia | 97.65 | 98.0843 | 97.2343 |
| 79 | TTOCaribbean | 97.62 | 98.2397 | 97.0197 |
| 80 | MEXCentral America | 97.58 | 97.8644 | 97.3044 |
| 81 | TURWestern Asia | 97.38 | 97.8799 | 96.8999 |
| 82 | ISLNorthern Europe | 97.36 | 97.2217 | 97.4917 |
| 83 | PERSouth America | 97.28 | 97.4828 | 97.0828 |
| 84 | ALBSouthern Europe | 97.27 | 97.9334 | 96.6634 |
| 85 | CHLSouth America | 97.24 | 97.1890 | 97.2890 |
| 86 | ARGSouth America | 96.40 | 97.3914 | 95.4614 |
| 87 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 96.15 | 97.4877 | 94.8377 |
| 88 | IRNSouthern Asia | 95.88 | 95.9930 | 95.7730 |
| 89 | TUNNorthern Africa | 95.66 | 97.0092 | 94.3992 |
| 90 | DZANorthern Africa | 95.58 | 97.1705 | 94.0605 |
| 91 | EGYNorthern Africa | 95.07 | 96.2854 | 93.9054 |
| 92 | INDSouthern Asia | 94.82 | 95.8309 | 93.9009 |
| 93 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 94.79 | 97.0027 | 92.6327 |
| 94 | DOMCaribbean | 94.58 | 97.3618 | 91.9118 |
| 95 | PANCentral America | 94.55 | 95.3215 | 93.8115 |
| 96 | COLSouth America | 94.19 | 95.7932 | 92.6532 |
| 97 | KIRMicronesia | 94.15 | 97.0521 | 91.2421 |
| 98 | PRYSouth America | 93.72 | 95.7217 | 91.8017 |
| 99 | SLVCentral America | 91.68 | 93.2964 | 90.1564 |
| 100 | BRASouth America | 91.46 | 94.1306 | 88.8906 |
| 101 | STPMiddle Africa | 91.00 | 95.7455 | 86.2055 |
| 102 | COGMiddle Africa | 90.31 | 90.1690 | 90.4490 |
| 103 | SURSouth America | 90.05 | 94.2382 | 85.9782 |
| 104 | BTNSouthern Asia | 88.98 | 94.0478 | 84.2378 |
| 105 | NRUMicronesia | 88.74 | 92.3750 | 85.5350 |
| 106 | VENSouth America | 87.54 | 91.5777 | 83.7277 |
| 107 | HNDCentral America | 87.25 | 90.0960 | 84.5360 |
| 108 | BGDSouthern Asia | 87.02 | 93.2226 | 80.9826 |
| 109 | DJIEastern Africa | 86.60 | 86.4021 | 86.7921 |
| 110 | ZWEEastern Africa | 86.56 | 89.9456 | 83.1556 |
| 111 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 86.18 | 88.2427 | 84.2127 |
| 112 | NPLSouthern Asia | 85.61 | 86.5552 | 84.6952 |
| 113 | GTMCentral America | 84.02 | 83.6611 | 84.3711 |
| 114 | NAMSouthern Africa | 83.98 | 91.6361 | 76.4961 |
| 115 | TGOWestern Africa | 83.81 | 82.6523 | 84.9423 |
| 116 | KENEastern Africa | 83.19 | 88.6691 | 77.7091 |
| 117 | COMEastern Africa | 81.85 | 86.0052 | 77.9352 |
| 118 | MARNorthern Africa | 80.64 | 77.4968 | 83.6468 |
| 119 | IRQWestern Asia | 80.18 | 78.7775 | 81.5174 |
| 120 | SWZSouthern Africa | 79.63 | 85.8146 | 73.4846 |
| 121 | VUTMelanesia | 79.39 | 81.8258 | 77.0758 |
| 122 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 79.00 | 83.6180 | 74.5780 |
| 123 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 78.05 | 83.6115 | 72.6415 |
| 124 | GHAWestern Africa | 76.44 | 80.5724 | 72.3824 |
| 125 | CMRMiddle Africa | 76.06 | 78.8313 | 73.3013 |
| 126 | NGAWestern Africa | 75.59 | 75.9464 | 75.2464 |
| 127 | NICCentral America | 75.13 | 81.3434 | 69.0834 |
| 128 | LSOSouthern Africa | 74.80 | 86.4023 | 63.2123 |
| 129 | TZAEastern Africa | 74.42 | 80.2931 | 68.5831 |
| 130 | SDNNorthern Africa | 73.30 | 74.8096 | 71.8196 |
| 131 | GABMiddle Africa | 72.34 | 74.7485 | 69.9385 |
| 132 | GNQMiddle Africa | 71.18 | 82.1177 | 60.6277 |
| 133 | YEMWestern Asia | 71.07 | 66.3412 | 75.5912 |
| 134 | GMBWestern Africa | 70.66 | 74.0487 | 67.3287 |
| 135 | CIVWestern Africa | 70.42 | 69.3629 | 71.4229 |
| 136 | ZMBEastern Africa | 67.49 | 72.5269 | 62.3969 |
| 137 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 67.35 | 69.4459 | 65.3159 |
| 138 | NERWestern Africa | 65.92 | 59.5669 | 72.0469 |
| 139 | SLEWestern Africa | 65.65 | 67.7199 | 63.6099 |
| 140 | BFAWestern Africa | 64.85 | 69.0680 | 60.7480 |
| 141 | CODMiddle Africa | 64.23 | 66.6911 | 61.7611 |
| 142 | BENWestern Africa | 64.14 | 60.9352 | 67.2452 |
| 143 | PNGMelanesia | 63.91 | 68.6947 | 59.6047 |
| 144 | AGOMiddle Africa | 60.72 | 60.6499 | 60.7899 |
| 145 | RWAEastern Africa | 60.71 | 66.2524 | 55.1024 |
| 146 | ETHEastern Africa | 58.33 | 66.4799 | 50.3899 |
| 147 | SENWestern Africa | 56.82 | 61.9214 | 52.0114 |
| 148 | PAKSouthern Asia | 56.22 | 56.4719 | 55.9819 |
| 149 | MWIEastern Africa | 54.46 | 62.5199 | 46.2699 |
| 150 | GINWestern Africa | 54.01 | 49.5991 | 58.3091 |
| 151 | BDIEastern Africa | 53.60 | 59.0297 | 48.1797 |
| 152 | MDGEastern Africa | 51.74 | 56.9282 | 46.6482 |
| 153 | AFGSouthern Asia | 51.46 | 41.6874 | 60.7574 |
| 154 | MRTWestern Africa | 49.32 | 51.1557 | 47.4757 |
| 155 | MLIWestern Africa | 47.65 | 45.4515 | 49.7915 |
| 156 | HTICaribbean | 46.92 | 56.9846 | 36.9746 |
| 157 | MOZEastern Africa | 44.19 | 44.7093 | 43.6693 |
| 158 | TCDMiddle Africa | 33.81 | 32.2476 | 35.3276 |
| 159 | UGAEastern Africa | 30.67 | 35.7730 | 25.5430 |
| 160 | CAFMiddle Africa | 29.79 | 28.1922 | 31.3622 |
| 161 | LBRWestern Africa | 28.72 | 32.9889 | 24.5389 |
| 162 | GNBWestern Africa | 28.00 | 29.9609 | 26.0709 |
| 163 | SOMEastern Africa | 27.66 | 22.8478 | 32.3478 |
| 164 | SSDEastern Africa | 7.60 | 6.2928 | 8.8828 |
02In 2021
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Germanyshared100.00
- 1
Israelshared100.00
- 1
Japanshared100.00
- 1
South Koreashared100.00
- 5
Qatar99.99
Lowest
- 164
South Sudan7.60
- 163
Somalia27.66
- 162
Guinea-Bissau28.00
- 161
Liberia28.72
- 160
Central African Republic29.79
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 97.32. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest4 share it
Lowest
South Sudan6.2928
Middle country: 97.6761
Male
Highest
Japan100.0000
Lowest
South Sudan8.8828
Middle country: 96.9598
032020 → 2021
Since 2020
What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 152values changed, of 164 in both
- 150 · 2rose · fell
- 12unchanged
Rose most
Niger62.45 → 65.92+3.47
Rwanda57.42 → 60.71+3.29
Côte d’Ivoire67.76 → 70.42+2.66
Mozambique41.62 → 44.19+2.57
Senegal54.65 → 56.82+2.17
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.
145 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 4 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) (2021). Primary Completion Rate, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2021
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07Questions
Primary Completion Rate, 2021: questions and answers
Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 2021?
4 countries share the highest reading, 100.00, so no single country is named.
What year does Primary Completion Rate, 2021 describe?
2021.
How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 2021 cover?
164.
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Is Primary Completion Rate, 2021 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Primary Completion Rate, 2025.