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

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 70.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 70.50 in 2009, while its lowest value was 40.78 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 40.78
1972 41.32
1973 41.89
1974 42.39
1975 43.78
1976 44.78
1977 46.46
1978 48.50
1979 49.39
1980 50.42
1981 52.25
1982 53.27
1983 52.95
1984 55.09
1985 51.20
1986 50.74
1987 49.78
1988 48.66
1989 47.02
1990 47.70
1991 48.32
1992 47.32
1993 48.01
1994 46.59
1995 46.49
1996 47.06
1997 47.12
1998 46.73
1999 47.92
2000 48.91
2001 51.85
2002 54.46
2003 56.21
2004 58.20
2005 60.80
2006 62.38
2007 64.68
2008 67.97
2009 70.50
2010 69.95
2011 69.50
2012 68.69
2013 68.28
2014 67.86
2015 67.59
2016 67.87
2017 68.45
2018 69.44
2019 69.47
2020 70.24

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