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

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 68.99 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 68.99 in 2020, while its lowest value was 32.89 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
1970 32.92
1971 32.89
1972 33.32
1973 33.85
1974 34.29
1975 35.46
1976 36.40
1977 37.97
1978 39.82
1979 40.73
1980 41.84
1981 43.66
1982 44.77
1983 45.15
1984 47.76
1985 44.43
1986 44.25
1987 43.51
1988 42.42
1989 40.86
1990 41.59
1991 42.31
1992 41.48
1993 42.35
1994 41.06
1995 40.97
1996 41.68
1997 41.77
1998 41.40
1999 42.65
2000 43.39
2001 45.92
2002 48.19
2003 50.00
2004 51.74
2005 54.36
2006 56.53
2007 58.90
2008 62.63
2009 65.75
2010 65.86
2011 65.48
2012 65.79
2013 65.58
2014 65.69
2015 65.89
2016 66.33
2017 67.04
2018 68.09
2019 68.21
2020 68.99

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