Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 67.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 67.72 in 2020, while its lowest value was 24.89 in 1971.

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
1971 24.89
1972 25.23
1973 25.72
1974 26.11
1975 27.04
1976 27.92
1977 29.39
1978 31.04
1979 31.96
1980 33.15
1981 34.94
1982 36.15
1983 37.24
1984 40.32
1985 37.57
1986 37.66
1987 37.15
1988 36.08
1989 34.61
1990 35.38
1991 36.22
1992 35.57
1993 36.61
1994 35.46
1995 35.37
1996 36.23
1997 36.36
1998 36.01
1999 37.32
2000 37.79
2001 39.91
2002 41.83
2003 43.69
2004 45.18
2005 47.83
2006 50.60
2007 53.03
2008 57.21
2009 60.92
2010 61.70
2011 61.39
2012 62.83
2013 62.83
2014 63.48
2015 64.16
2016 64.76
2017 65.61
2018 66.71
2019 66.93
2020 67.72

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