Arab World - Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Arab World was 85.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 85.56 in 2020, while its lowest value was 36.70 in 1972.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 37.00
1971 36.90
1972 36.70
1973 38.04
1974 39.52
1975 41.84
1976 43.52
1977 45.28
1978 44.24
1979 41.57
1980 45.60
1981 48.84
1982 50.27
1983 51.85
1984 54.27
1985 58.09
1986 57.87
1987 58.28
1988 59.10
1989 59.53
1990 61.12
1991 61.61
1992 62.64
1993 63.14
1994 64.28
1995 65.65
1996 67.02
1997 68.19
1998 69.52
1999 70.78
2000 70.66
2001 71.86
2002 73.18
2003 75.50
2004 77.53
2005 78.25
2006 77.00
2007 78.82
2008 80.15
2009 79.33
2010 80.79
2011 82.03
2012 84.19
2013 82.64
2014 83.48
2015 82.73
2016 82.11
2017 82.73
2018 83.68
2019 84.79
2020 85.56

Development Relevance: The World Bank and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics jointly developed the primary completion rate indicator. Increasingly used as a core indicator of an education system's performance, it reflects an education system's coverage and the educational attainment of students.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Thus this rate is a proxy that should be taken as an upper estimate of the actual primary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Primary completion rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes