Data for 2024

Primary Completion Rate, 2024

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 2024
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2024, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 2024 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. 5 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.86. The middle country reads 97.65. Against 2023, 146 values changed (145 up, 1 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2024

Highest5 countries share it

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

7.86

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

164countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
145distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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=1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	100.00	100.000	100.0000
=1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	100.00	100.000	99.9707
=1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.000	100.0000
=1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.00	100.000	100.0000
=1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.000	100.0000
6	United States`USA`Northern America	99.98	99.980	99.9800
7	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.96	99.960	99.9600
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.95	99.945	99.9551
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.93	99.940	99.9203
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.91	99.905	99.9149
=11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.90	99.987	99.8166
=11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.90	99.920	99.8805
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.88	99.926	99.8362
14	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.87	99.819	99.9188
=15	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.81	99.825	99.7953
=15	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.81	99.769	99.8492
17	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.80	99.727	99.8672
=18	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.79	99.785	99.7949
=18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.79	99.805	99.7754
=18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.79	99.800	99.7801
=18	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.79	99.836	99.7464
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.78	99.856	99.7060
23	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.77	99.770	99.7700
=24	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.76	99.931	99.6012
=24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.76	99.750	99.7701
26	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.75	99.746	99.7557
27	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.73	99.740	99.7203
=28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.67	99.685	99.6553
=28	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.67	99.752	99.5920
=30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.66	99.715	99.6052
=30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.66	99.732	99.5918
=30	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.66	99.559	99.7590
33	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	99.65	99.884	99.4336
34	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.61	99.776	99.4461
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.59	99.580	99.5998
36	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.57	99.719	99.4285
37	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.56	99.612	99.5116
38	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	99.55	99.497	99.5473
=39	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.50	99.664	99.3444
=39	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.50	99.455	99.5348
=39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.50	99.561	99.4505
42	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.49	99.522	99.4620
=43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.47	99.516	99.4263
=43	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.47	99.495	99.4454
45	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.46	99.534	99.3939
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.44	99.477	99.3867
47	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.39	99.550	99.2396
48	Ecuador`ECU`South America	99.38	99.375	99.3851
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.36	99.671	99.0611
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.32	99.310	99.3297
51	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	99.25	99.352	99.1522
=52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.14	99.135	99.1445
=52	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.14	99.526	98.7756
54	Guyana`GUY`South America	99.12	99.679	98.5788
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.11	99.048	99.1680
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.06	98.983	99.1334
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	98.99	98.938	99.0385
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	98.91	99.714	98.2237
59	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.90	99.428	98.3976
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	98.88	99.503	98.2629
61	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.87	98.907	98.8271
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	98.86	99.146	98.5756
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.84	99.112	98.5619
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.80	100.000	97.6212
65	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	98.78	99.154	98.4244
66	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.77	99.169	98.3686
67	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.75	98.650	98.8500
=68	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.60	98.614	98.6043
=68	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.60	98.605	98.5952
70	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	98.50	99.388	97.6578
=71	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.46	98.990	97.9303
=71	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	98.46	98.740	98.1896
73	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.40	98.594	98.2438
74	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	98.39	98.264	98.5036
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	98.31	98.635	97.9952
76	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.12	98.030	98.2196
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	98.03	98.294	97.7742
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	98.01	98.583	97.4627
79	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	97.94	98.543	97.3529
80	Peru`PER`South America	97.92	98.164	97.6840
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	97.89	98.491	97.3106
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	97.88	98.576	97.2163
83	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.42	97.288	97.5578
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.40	98.061	96.7913
85	Chile`CHL`South America	97.35	97.207	97.4872
86	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	96.88	98.071	95.7013
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	96.64	97.971	95.4005
88	Argentina`ARG`South America	96.60	97.608	95.6479
89	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	96.51	96.834	96.2036
90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	96.32	97.996	94.7159
91	India`IND`Southern Asia	96.15	97.313	95.0927
92	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	96.04	97.290	94.8498
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	95.91	97.650	94.2196
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	95.74	98.277	93.3070
95	Colombia`COL`South America	95.18	96.681	93.7409
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	94.98	95.731	94.2608
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	94.65	96.596	92.7857
98	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	94.35	97.083	91.4626
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	93.25	94.926	91.6859
100	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	93.19	92.677	93.6967
101	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	93.06	97.814	88.2942
102	Brazil`BRA`South America	92.61	95.134	90.1839
103	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	92.56	97.243	88.2727
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	91.00	95.220	86.9098
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	89.93	96.243	84.1526
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	89.83	91.302	88.4423
107	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	89.07	92.599	85.7191
108	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	89.05	91.154	87.0442
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	89.03	91.881	86.3112
110	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	88.75	89.341	88.1714
111	Venezuela`VEN`South America	87.93	92.103	83.9530
112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	87.40	92.665	82.1753
113	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	86.96	86.419	87.4889
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	86.78	90.369	83.2095
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	86.36	86.330	86.3896
116	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	85.70	93.349	78.0894
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	85.13	89.503	80.9328
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	83.65	80.814	86.3437
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	82.65	81.267	83.9671
120	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	81.87	87.262	76.6921
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	81.82	87.614	75.9843
122	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	81.10	86.715	75.6151
123	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	79.75	82.191	77.4609
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	78.68	89.660	67.7396
125	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	78.39	82.930	73.9299
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	77.38	80.484	74.2940
127	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	77.14	83.422	71.0318
128	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	77.02	77.897	76.1868
129	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	76.47	76.954	76.0038
130	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	75.48	81.585	69.4253
131	Niger`NER`Western Africa	75.07	69.033	80.8932
132	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	75.03	76.878	73.2177
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	73.88	70.821	76.8010
134	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	73.84	75.992	71.7018
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	73.75	78.051	69.5206
136	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	72.94	84.863	61.1827
137	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	70.57	75.763	65.5229
138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	69.50	71.888	67.1879
139	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	69.33	74.256	64.3960
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	68.77	65.971	71.4914
141	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	67.99	70.158	65.8483
142	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	67.51	70.704	64.3036
143	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.41	72.540	62.2400
144	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	65.52	71.139	60.4287
145	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.10	65.062	63.1417
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	63.59	70.302	57.3621
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	62.96	72.812	53.3818
148	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	59.28	55.644	62.8236
149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	58.73	64.392	53.0817
150	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	58.66	60.164	57.2245
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	57.00	66.208	47.6678
152	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.39	46.486	61.9062
153	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	53.56	59.094	48.1441
154	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	51.57	52.180	50.9599
155	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	51.12	54.033	48.2528
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	49.56	61.116	38.1357
157	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	49.32	48.475	50.1447
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	36.84	36.146	37.5157
159	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	30.55	29.358	31.7380
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	30.35	35.968	24.7379
161	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	29.85	32.645	27.1050
162	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	29.61	34.974	24.3644
163	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.50	24.057	32.8170
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.86	6.856	8.8464

02In 2024

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 Sudan7.86
163Somalia28.50
162Liberia29.61
161Guinea-Bissau29.85
160Uganda30.35

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 97.65. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
Highest6 share it
LowestSouth Sudan6.856
Middle country: 98.118
Male
Highest4 share it
LowestSouth Sudan8.8464
Middle country: 97.3318

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 164 in both
145 · 1rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Niger72.16 → 75.07+2.91
Rwanda66.65 → 69.33+2.68
Mozambique49.26 → 51.57+2.31
Senegal61.45 → 63.59+2.14
Côte d’Ivoire75.10 → 77.02+1.92

Fell most

Zambia67.53 → 67.41−0.12

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

145 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) (2024). Primary Completion Rate, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2024

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