High income - Primary completion rate

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

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in High income was 100.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 100.18 in 2020, while its lowest value was 95.85 in 1979.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 96.27
1971 96.40
1972 96.11
1973 96.48
1975 97.17
1976 97.47
1977 97.59
1978 96.95
1979 95.85
1980 97.48
1981 97.29
1982 96.56
1983 96.53
1984 97.24
1985 97.40
1986 97.61
1987 97.40
1988 97.13
1989 96.68
1990 97.28
1991 97.05
1992 97.72
1993 97.85
1994 97.48
1995 97.21
1996 97.28
1997 97.26
1998 97.62
1999 97.89
2000 98.15
2001 98.53
2002 98.15
2003 98.43
2004 98.28
2005 97.68
2006 97.72
2007 98.39
2008 98.45
2009 98.59
2010 98.57
2011 98.73
2012 99.22
2013 98.97
2014 99.05
2015 99.21
2016 98.37
2017 98.30
2018 97.19
2019 100.05
2020 100.18

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

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in High income was 97.84 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 99.64 in 2014, while its lowest value was 96.08 in 1979.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 96.53
1971 96.61
1972 96.36
1973 96.64
1975 97.30
1976 97.63
1977 97.60
1978 97.08
1979 96.08
1980 97.51
1981 97.43
1982 96.63
1983 96.67
1984 97.39
1985 97.58
1986 97.75
1987 97.55
1988 97.36
1989 97.20
1990 97.51
1991 97.31
1992 97.90
1993 97.92
1994 97.47
1995 97.40
1996 97.46
1997 97.42
1998 97.73
1999 97.99
2000 98.19
2001 98.67
2002 98.30
2003 98.50
2004 98.42
2005 97.90
2006 98.04
2007 98.70
2008 98.85
2009 98.90
2010 98.98
2011 99.07
2012 99.50
2013 99.42
2014 99.64
2015 99.51
2016 99.21
2017 98.78
2018 99.62
2019 97.77
2020 97.84

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

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in High income was 98.98 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 99.37 in 2015, while its lowest value was 95.96 in 1979.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 96.40
1971 96.51
1972 96.24
1973 96.56
1974 96.62
1975 97.23
1976 97.55
1977 97.60
1978 97.01
1979 95.96
1980 97.49
1981 97.36
1982 96.59
1983 96.60
1984 97.31
1985 97.49
1986 97.68
1987 97.48
1988 97.25
1989 96.95
1990 97.40
1991 97.19
1992 97.82
1993 97.88
1994 97.47
1995 97.30
1996 97.37
1997 97.34
1998 97.68
1999 97.94
2000 98.17
2001 98.60
2002 98.22
2003 98.46
2004 98.35
2005 97.79
2006 97.88
2007 98.55
2008 98.65
2009 98.75
2010 98.78
2011 98.90
2012 99.36
2013 99.20
2014 99.35
2015 99.37
2016 98.80
2017 98.55
2018 98.44
2019 98.89
2020 98.98

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes