OECD members - Primary completion rate

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

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in OECD members was 100.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 100.51 in 2012, while its lowest value was 91.78 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 91.78
1971 92.42
1972 92.18
1973 92.56
1974 92.63
1975 93.15
1976 93.50
1977 94.14
1978 93.60
1979 93.07
1980 94.74
1981 94.86
1982 94.55
1983 94.86
1984 95.90
1985 95.92
1986 96.65
1987 96.46
1988 96.97
1989 95.38
1990 96.17
1991 95.67
1992 97.45
1993 97.04
1994 96.80
1995 97.04
1996 97.25
1997 97.26
1998 97.68
1999 97.96
2000 98.30
2001 98.58
2002 98.46
2003 98.81
2004 99.07
2005 99.08
2006 99.11
2007 99.67
2008 99.69
2009 99.87
2010 99.86
2011 99.94
2012 100.51
2013 99.86
2014 99.34
2015 99.03
2016 98.51
2017 98.51
2018 97.53
2019 100.08
2020 100.10

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

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in OECD members was 98.24 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 100.76 in 2012, while its lowest value was 93.40 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
1970 94.01
1971 93.64
1972 93.40
1973 93.69
1974 93.67
1975 94.22
1976 94.60
1977 95.04
1978 94.62
1979 94.17
1980 95.72
1981 95.94
1982 95.58
1983 95.93
1984 97.02
1985 96.88
1986 97.61
1987 97.12
1988 97.61
1989 96.22
1990 95.95
1991 96.15
1992 97.54
1993 97.27
1994 97.08
1995 97.32
1996 97.57
1997 97.70
1998 98.05
1999 98.31
2000 98.59
2001 98.94
2002 98.75
2003 99.08
2004 99.30
2005 99.33
2006 99.34
2007 99.82
2008 99.83
2009 99.90
2010 99.98
2011 100.20
2012 100.76
2013 100.16
2014 99.72
2015 99.49
2016 99.06
2017 98.93
2018 99.49
2019 98.24
2020 98.24

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

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in OECD members was 99.15 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 100.64 in 2012, while its lowest value was 92.80 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
1970 92.92
1971 93.05
1972 92.80
1973 93.14
1974 93.16
1975 93.70
1976 94.06
1977 94.60
1978 94.12
1979 93.63
1980 95.23
1981 95.41
1982 95.08
1983 95.41
1984 96.47
1985 96.41
1986 97.14
1987 96.80
1988 97.29
1989 95.81
1990 96.06
1991 95.92
1992 97.50
1993 97.15
1994 96.94
1995 97.18
1996 97.41
1997 97.48
1998 97.87
1999 98.14
2000 98.44
2001 98.76
2002 98.61
2003 98.95
2004 99.19
2005 99.21
2006 99.23
2007 99.75
2008 99.76
2009 99.89
2010 99.93
2011 100.08
2012 100.64
2013 100.02
2014 99.54
2015 99.27
2016 98.79
2017 98.72
2018 98.53
2019 99.14
2020 99.15

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes