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

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in IDA only was 75.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 75.18 in 2020, while its lowest value was 27.07 in 1972.

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
1972 27.07
1973 27.91
1974 28.23
1975 28.87
1976 29.51
1977 29.11
1978 30.12
1979 30.90
1980 31.76
1981 33.03
1982 34.47
1983 35.76
1984 38.26
1985 37.14
1986 37.83
1987 38.11
1988 38.08
1989 37.91
1990 38.87
1991 39.98
1992 40.09
1993 41.00
1994 40.79
1995 41.16
1996 42.02
1997 42.41
1998 43.00
1999 44.59
2000 45.56
2001 47.40
2002 49.31
2003 51.44
2004 52.87
2005 55.74
2006 57.75
2007 58.94
2008 61.11
2009 64.87
2010 66.18
2011 67.61
2012 69.50
2013 69.23
2014 70.44
2015 71.46
2016 72.36
2017 73.54
2018 74.76
2019 74.74
2020 75.18

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