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

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Middle income was 92.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 92.86 in 2020, while its lowest value was 71.83 in 1970.

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 71.83
1971 71.86
1972 72.17
1973 72.78
1974 73.01
1975 73.70
1976 74.41
1977 75.37
1978 76.17
1979 76.96
1980 77.98
1981 78.86
1982 79.47
1983 80.18
1984 81.32
1985 81.90
1986 82.13
1987 82.11
1988 82.28
1989 81.93
1990 82.24
1991 82.63
1992 82.10
1993 83.06
1994 83.95
1995 83.34
1996 82.13
1997 81.68
1998 82.00
1999 82.27
2000 83.41
2001 84.23
2002 84.98
2003 85.75
2004 86.39
2005 87.27
2006 87.80
2007 88.89
2008 90.70
2009 91.33
2010 91.10
2011 90.70
2012 91.60
2013 91.96
2014 91.60
2015 91.22
2016 91.48
2017 91.82
2018 92.04
2019 92.26
2020 92.86

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