Data for 2025

Primary Completion Rate, 2025

Name: Primary Completion Rate, 2025
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
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Primary Completion Rate, 2025 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. 5 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.94. The middle country reads 97.43. Against 2024, 145 values changed (144 up, 1 down), 1 country joined.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2025

Highest5 countries share it

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

7.94

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

165countries
3measures per country
2025the year it describes
138distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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=1	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	100.00	100.00000	100.00000
=1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	100.00	100.00000	99.98048
=1	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	100.00	99.99997	99.99997
=1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	100.00	99.99863	99.99863
=1	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	100.00	100.00000	100.00000
6	United States`USA`Northern America	99.99	99.98998	99.98998
7	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.97	99.97554	99.96554
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	99.95	99.94974	99.94974
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	99.93	99.94550	99.91550
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	99.92	99.91486	99.92487
=11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	99.90	99.98670	99.81670
=11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	99.90	99.91537	99.88536
13	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	99.89	99.84354	99.93354
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	99.88	99.93126	99.83125
15	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.83	99.76237	99.89237
=16	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	99.81	99.82480	99.79480
=16	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	99.81	99.77451	99.84451
=18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	99.80	99.82001	99.78001
=18	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	99.80	99.85160	99.75160
=20	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	99.79	99.78486	99.79485
=20	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	99.79	99.86665	99.71665
=20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	99.79	99.80040	99.78040
=23	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	99.78	99.95222	99.62222
=23	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.78	99.77389	99.78389
=25	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	99.76	99.75567	99.76566
=25	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	99.76	99.74936	99.76936
27	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	99.74	99.75027	99.73026
28	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	99.71	99.91177	99.52177
29	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	99.69	99.77685	99.60685
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	99.68	99.68971	99.66972
31	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	99.67	99.74689	99.59689
=32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	99.66	99.72781	99.59780
=32	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	99.66	99.56402	99.75402
34	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	99.64	99.80659	99.47659
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.60	99.58977	99.60977
=36	France`FRA`Western Europe	99.58	99.73370	99.43370
=36	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	99.58	99.52511	99.60511
38	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	99.56	99.60641	99.51641
39	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	99.52	99.56215	99.48215
=40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	99.51	99.68462	99.34463
=40	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	99.51	99.46703	99.54704
=40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	99.51	99.56634	99.45634
=43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.50	99.54062	99.46062
=43	Ecuador`ECU`South America	99.50	99.47959	99.51959
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	99.48	99.51048	99.45047
46	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.46	99.52793	99.39793
47	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	99.45	99.47149	99.39149
48	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.40	99.56472	99.24472
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	99.37	99.67963	99.06963
50	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	99.36	99.45240	99.27240
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	99.33	99.31944	99.33943
=52	Guyana`GUY`South America	99.22	99.74376	98.70377
=52	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	99.22	99.59538	98.86538
54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99.15	99.14487	99.15487
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99.13	99.07344	99.18344
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	99.07	98.99355	99.14355
=57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	99.02	99.58192	98.46192
=57	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	99.02	99.82847	98.32847
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	99.00	98.95600	99.04601
=60	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	98.94	99.47721	98.42722
=60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	98.94	100.00000	97.80567
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	98.92	99.18042	98.65042
=63	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	98.89	99.24896	98.54896
=63	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	98.89	98.93638	98.84638
65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	98.85	99.13082	98.57082
66	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.82	99.26223	98.37223
67	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	98.77	98.67500	98.86500
=68	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	98.62	98.62903	98.62903
=68	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	98.62	98.86437	98.38437
70	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	98.61	98.61522	98.60522
=71	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	98.53	99.06169	98.00169
=71	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	98.53	99.40025	97.72026
73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	98.47	98.74954	98.19954
=74	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	98.42	98.29853	98.52853
=74	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.42	98.57139	98.23138
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	98.16	98.41923	97.90923
77	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	98.14	98.02936	98.21936
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	98.12	98.73949	97.52950
79	Peru`PER`South America	98.10	98.35947	97.84946
=80	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	98.04	98.64936	97.45937
=80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	98.04	98.68115	97.42116
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	97.93	98.64053	97.25053
=83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.43	98.09637	96.81637
=83	Chile`CHL`South America	97.43	97.28249	97.57249
=83	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.43	97.29013	97.55013
86	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	97.11	98.26957	95.95957
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	96.93	98.22984	95.71984
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	96.74	97.10484	96.39484
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	96.67	97.69323	95.70323
90	India`IND`Southern Asia	96.53	97.71323	95.45324
91	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	96.52	98.18480	94.92480
92	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	96.35	97.59991	95.15991
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	96.18	97.82413	94.58413
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	96.11	98.55412	93.76412
95	Colombia`COL`South America	95.48	96.93980	94.07980
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	95.14	95.89656	94.41656
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	94.94	96.86109	93.10109
98	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	94.39	97.12629	91.58629
99	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	93.86	93.28610	94.42610
=100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	93.71	95.38065	92.15064
=100	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	93.71	98.35332	89.06332
102	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	93.56	98.01416	89.50416
103	Brazil`BRA`South America	92.96	95.42275	90.59275
104	Suriname`SUR`South America	91.29	95.50159	87.21159
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	90.83	92.43288	89.32288
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	90.75	96.99799	85.06799
107	Belize`BLZ`Central America	90.24	94.40443	86.25443
108	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	89.80	92.02232	87.68233
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	89.57	92.38556	86.88556
110	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	89.39	90.19437	88.59437
111	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	89.15	92.51464	85.70464
112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	88.36	93.55550	83.21550
113	Venezuela`VEN`South America	88.04	92.26137	84.02136
114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	87.83	87.42554	88.22554
115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	87.05	87.10061	87.00061
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	86.86	90.50771	83.23771
117	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	86.26	93.86019	78.59019
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	86.10	90.50592	81.85593
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	84.61	81.91992	87.15992
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	83.27	81.85623	84.61623
121	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	82.73	88.29883	77.36883
122	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	82.51	88.21253	76.80254
123	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	82.07	87.72474	76.57474
124	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	79.78	90.57413	69.03413
125	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	79.77	82.26609	77.41608
126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	79.09	83.73640	74.52639
127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	78.79	80.14872	77.49872
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	77.78	80.98595	74.59595
129	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	77.73	84.00759	71.62759
130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	77.54	71.80765	83.06764
131	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	76.79	77.35527	76.24527
132	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	75.72	81.97509	69.52509
133	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	75.64	77.60858	73.70858
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	74.78	79.37828	70.25829
135	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	74.77	72.22746	77.19746
136	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	74.25	76.28740	72.22740
137	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	73.56	85.85811	61.43811
138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	72.16	77.62751	66.84751
139	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	71.86	76.64506	67.07506
140	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	70.14	72.63048	67.73048
141	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	70.10	67.48504	72.64503
142	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	68.81	70.90180	66.74180
143	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	68.44	71.86327	65.00327
144	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.40	72.63817	62.12817
145	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	65.98	71.86726	60.62726
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	65.66	72.83801	59.00801
147	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	65.19	66.48258	63.90258
148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	64.57	74.85925	54.56925
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	60.97	57.61650	64.23650
150	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	60.45	66.13779	54.77779
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	59.46	61.34617	57.65617
152	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	57.71	67.33992	47.96992
153	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	55.44	48.08563	62.43563
154	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	54.01	59.64811	48.49811
155	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	53.52	54.21036	52.83036
156	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	51.76	55.04589	48.54589
157	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	50.51	62.52053	38.63054
158	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	50.01	49.70123	50.31123
159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	37.84	37.46505	38.20505
160	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	30.82	29.78065	31.85065
161	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30.50	33.60964	27.44964
162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	30.40	36.23912	24.57912
163	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	29.84	35.56382	24.24382
164	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.75	24.50645	32.87645
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	7.94	7.05235	8.81235

02In 2025

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

165South Sudan7.94
164Somalia28.75
163Liberia29.84
162Uganda30.40
161Guinea-Bissau30.50

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 97.43. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
Highest4 share it
LowestSouth Sudan7.05235
Middle country: 98.29853
Male
Highest2 share it
LowestSouth Sudan8.81235
Middle country: 97.42116

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 164 in both
144 · 1rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda69.33 → 71.86+2.53
Niger75.07 → 77.54+2.47
Senegal63.59 → 65.66+2.07
Mozambique51.57 → 53.52+1.95
Côte d’Ivoire77.02 → 78.79+1.77

Fell most

Zambia67.41 → 67.40−0.01

+ Belize

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

138 distinct values among 165
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 165 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2025). Primary Completion Rate, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2025

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07Questions