Arab World - Primary completion rate

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

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Arab World was 89.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 89.76 in 2012, while its lowest value was 60.16 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 60.74
1971 60.67
1972 60.16
1973 61.83
1974 63.34
1975 67.00
1976 68.54
1977 70.89
1978 70.63
1979 64.90
1980 67.01
1981 70.63
1982 70.71
1983 71.51
1984 73.80
1985 78.09
1986 76.47
1987 75.89
1988 76.00
1989 75.96
1990 77.07
1991 76.65
1992 77.20
1993 77.18
1994 77.77
1995 78.48
1996 79.22
1997 79.80
1998 80.51
1999 81.01
2000 80.24
2001 81.07
2002 81.48
2003 83.97
2004 85.64
2005 86.95
2006 84.65
2007 86.44
2008 88.81
2009 86.30
2010 87.78
2011 88.19
2012 89.76
2013 87.38
2014 88.40
2015 86.98
2016 86.49
2017 86.19
2018 87.07
2019 88.19
2020 89.03

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Arab World was 87.33 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 87.33 in 2020, while its lowest value was 48.69 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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 49.14
1971 49.05
1972 48.69
1973 50.21
1974 51.70
1975 54.70
1976 56.31
1977 58.37
1978 57.72
1979 53.50
1980 56.55
1981 59.98
1982 60.72
1983 61.89
1984 64.25
1985 68.31
1986 67.37
1987 67.27
1988 67.73
1989 67.92
1990 69.26
1991 69.29
1992 70.07
1993 70.30
1994 71.16
1995 72.20
1996 73.25
1997 74.11
1998 75.12
1999 76.00
2000 75.55
2001 76.56
2002 77.42
2003 79.83
2004 81.67
2005 82.70
2006 80.90
2007 82.71
2008 84.57
2009 82.89
2010 84.37
2011 85.18
2012 87.04
2013 85.06
2014 86.00
2015 84.90
2016 84.35
2017 84.50
2018 85.41
2019 86.53
2020 87.33

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes