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Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Primary completion rate

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/)

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

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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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

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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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

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