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

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Middle income was 92.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 92.79 in 2020, while its lowest value was 77.31 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 77.31
1973 77.97
1974 78.23
1975 79.01
1976 79.74
1977 80.57
1978 81.37
1979 82.06
1980 82.96
1981 83.84
1982 84.45
1983 85.17
1984 86.33
1985 86.88
1986 87.09
1987 87.04
1988 87.16
1989 86.75
1990 86.84
1991 87.22
1992 86.47
1993 87.33
1994 88.09
1995 87.28
1996 85.89
1997 85.28
1998 85.39
1999 85.43
2000 86.37
2001 86.75
2002 87.44
2003 87.40
2004 87.83
2005 88.53
2006 88.90
2007 89.78
2008 91.35
2009 91.76
2010 91.46
2011 91.02
2012 91.47
2013 91.59
2014 91.45
2015 91.12
2016 91.32
2017 91.70
2018 91.99
2019 92.13
2020 92.79

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