Data for 2023

Primary Completion Rate, 2023

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 2023
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2023, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 2023 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. 5 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.78. The middle country reads 97.58. Against 2022, 150 values changed (148 up, 2 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2023

Highest5 countries share it

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

7.78

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

164countries
3measures per country
2023the year it describes
146distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: 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	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	100.00	100.0000	99.9658
=1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.0000	100.0000
=1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.00	100.0000	99.9918
=1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.00	99.9999	99.9999
=6	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.96	99.9655	99.9555
=6	United States`USA`Northern America	99.96	99.9600	99.9600
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.94	99.9346	99.9446
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.92	99.9302	99.9102
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.91	99.9049	99.9149
11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.90	99.9156	99.8856
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.89	99.9816	99.8016
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.87	99.9161	99.8261
14	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.85	99.7961	99.9061
=15	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.80	99.8097	99.7897
=15	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.80	99.7596	99.8396
=17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.79	99.8012	99.7812
=17	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.79	99.8414	99.7414
=19	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.78	99.7800	99.7800
=19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.78	99.7849	99.7749
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.77	99.7654	99.7754
=22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.76	99.8382	99.6882
=22	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.76	99.6718	99.8418
=24	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.75	99.9192	99.5892
=24	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.75	99.7449	99.7549
=24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.75	99.7397	99.7597
27	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.71	99.7151	99.7051
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.67	99.6813	99.6613
=29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.66	99.7368	99.5868
=29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.66	99.7162	99.6062
=31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.65	99.7217	99.5817
=31	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.65	99.5496	99.7496
33	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.59	99.5833	99.5933
34	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	99.58	99.8277	99.3477
=35	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.56	99.7086	99.4186
=35	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.56	99.7359	99.3859
37	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.55	99.6016	99.5016
38	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	99.53	99.5145	99.5445
39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.50	99.4618	99.5318
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.49	99.5527	99.4327
41	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.48	99.6497	99.3197
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.46	99.4854	99.4354
=43	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.45	99.5212	99.3812
=43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.45	99.4809	99.4209
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.44	99.5020	99.3820
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.43	99.4799	99.3999
47	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.38	99.5398	99.2298
48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.33	99.6446	99.0246
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.31	99.2997	99.3197
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	99.21	99.2203	99.2003
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.14	99.1294	99.1494
52	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	99.13	99.2368	99.0268
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.09	99.0233	99.1533
54	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.05	99.4509	98.6709
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.04	98.9530	99.1230
56	Guyana`GUY`South America	99.03	99.6216	98.4616
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.97	98.9261	99.0161
=58	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.85	99.3671	98.3571
=58	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.85	98.8939	98.8239
60	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.83	99.1059	98.5459
61	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	98.79	99.0978	98.4778
62	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	98.78	99.5787	98.0987
=63	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.73	99.0845	98.3745
=63	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.73	98.6250	98.8350
65	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.69	99.3939	97.9939
66	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	98.66	99.0550	98.2850
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.64	99.9021	97.4321
68	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.59	98.5798	98.5998
69	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.58	98.5750	98.5850
70	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	98.46	99.3511	97.6111
71	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.38	98.9196	97.8396
72	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.37	98.5109	98.1509
73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	98.36	98.2338	98.4738
74	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	98.24	98.5547	97.9347
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	98.16	98.5260	97.8060
76	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.11	98.0156	98.2256
77	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	97.90	98.4366	97.3866
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	97.88	98.1442	97.6242
79	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	97.85	98.4481	97.2781
80	Uruguay`URY`South America	97.83	98.5221	97.1721
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	97.74	98.3052	97.1952
82	Peru`PER`South America	97.73	97.9636	97.5036
83	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.42	97.2620	97.5320
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.37	98.0437	96.7537
85	Chile`CHL`South America	97.28	97.1525	97.4025
86	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	96.66	97.8932	95.4432
87	Argentina`ARG`South America	96.54	97.5377	95.5977
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	96.33	96.5817	96.0917
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	96.32	97.6705	95.0605
90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	96.06	97.7264	94.4664
=91	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	95.73	96.9892	94.5292
=91	India`IND`Southern Asia	95.73	96.8613	94.7013
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	95.61	97.4853	93.7853
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	95.36	98.0091	92.8191
95	Colombia`COL`South America	94.86	96.3917	93.3917
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	94.84	95.5913	94.1213
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	94.37	96.3365	92.4865
98	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	94.28	97.0370	91.3670
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	92.74	94.4032	91.1832
100	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	92.41	97.2064	87.5764
101	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	92.31	91.9378	92.6778
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	92.21	94.7846	89.7346
103	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	91.48	96.3326	86.9926
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	90.68	94.9154	86.5754
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	89.05	95.3652	83.1852
106	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	88.99	92.6192	85.8092
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	88.66	90.0195	87.3695
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	88.46	91.2704	85.7804
109	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	88.25	90.3949	86.2049
110	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	88.04	88.3439	87.7439
111	Venezuela`VEN`South America	87.83	91.9492	83.9092
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	86.71	90.2141	83.2141
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	86.25	91.6236	80.9036
114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	85.99	85.2369	86.7269
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	85.60	85.4734	85.7234
116	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	85.15	92.8263	77.6263
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	84.08	88.3665	79.9965
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	82.66	79.7091	85.4691
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	81.88	80.4770	83.2170
120	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	81.17	87.1197	75.1897
121	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	80.92	86.1242	75.9342
122	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	80.14	85.7873	74.6173
123	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	79.70	82.1159	77.4159
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	77.67	82.0635	73.3535
125	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	77.49	88.6766	66.3365
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	76.99	79.9873	74.0073
127	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	76.50	82.7296	70.4396
128	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	76.19	76.6178	75.7778
129	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	75.12	81.1012	69.1812
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	75.10	75.4333	74.7833
131	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	74.43	76.1820	72.7120
132	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	73.38	75.5857	71.1858
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	72.98	69.4460	76.3560
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	72.66	76.6326	68.7526
135	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	72.35	83.9276	60.9376
136	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.16	65.9661	78.1361
137	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	68.82	71.1198	66.5898
138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	68.79	73.7388	63.9788
139	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.53	72.6367	62.3767
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	67.30	64.3477	70.1677
141	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	67.23	69.2737	65.2137
142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	66.65	71.8348	61.4448
143	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	66.47	69.4692	63.4592
144	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	64.97	70.3443	60.1143
145	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	63.03	63.6359	62.4259
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	61.45	67.6237	55.7137
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	61.41	70.7533	52.3233
148	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	57.88	58.9561	56.8561
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	57.50	53.5752	61.3252
150	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	56.93	62.4960	51.3760
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	56.19	65.0576	47.1877
152	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	53.35	44.8727	61.4127
153	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	52.97	58.3998	47.6498
154	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	50.42	52.9769	47.8869
155	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	49.26	49.8496	48.6696
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	48.66	59.7155	37.7355
157	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	48.65	47.3336	49.9336
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	35.80	34.8164	36.7564
159	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	30.33	29.0102	31.6502
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	30.30	35.7620	24.8320
161	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	29.35	34.3547	24.4547
162	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	29.24	31.7469	26.7769
163	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.22	23.5963	32.7163
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.78	6.6350	8.9050

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

1Germanyshared100.00
1Israelshared100.00
1Japanshared100.00
1South Koreashared100.00
1Qatarshared100.00

Lowest

164South Sudan7.78
163Somalia28.22
162Guinea-Bissau29.24
161Liberia29.35
160Uganda30.30

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 97.58. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
Highest4 share it
LowestSouth Sudan6.6350
Middle country: 98.0124
Male
Highest2 share it
LowestSouth Sudan8.9050
Middle country: 97.2367

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 164 in both
148 · 2rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Niger69.10 → 72.16+3.06
Rwanda63.80 → 66.65+2.85
Mozambique46.90 → 49.26+2.36
Senegal59.10 → 61.45+2.35
Côte d’Ivoire72.94 → 75.10+2.16

Fell most

Uganda30.41 → 30.30−0.11
Zambia67.55 → 67.53−0.02

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

146 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 5 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.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2023). Primary Completion Rate, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2023

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