China - Primary completion rate

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

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in China was 97.66 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 13 years was 98.78 in 2008, while its lowest value was 88.27 in 1997.

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
1996 90.37
1997 88.27
2006 91.42
2007 93.02
2008 98.78
2009 97.66

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

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in China was 98.85 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 13 years was 99.72 in 2008, while its lowest value was 91.82 in 2006.

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
1996 96.10
1997 92.87
2006 91.82
2007 93.64
2008 99.72
2009 98.85

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

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in China was 98.29 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 103.51 in 1994, while its lowest value was 90.64 in 1997.

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
1989 100.41
1990 101.57
1991 102.95
1992 99.28
1993 101.10
1994 103.51
1995 98.77
1996 93.32
1997 90.64
2006 91.63
2007 93.35
2008 99.28
2009 98.29

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes