Pacific island small states - Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Pacific island small states was 97.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 99.85 in 2015, while its lowest value was 83.14 in 1985.

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
1979 89.22
1980 88.80
1981 91.12
1982 87.28
1983 86.45
1984 83.78
1985 83.14
1986 84.22
1987 85.07
1988 86.28
1989 87.70
1990 88.71
1991 90.64
1992 91.46
1993 91.52
1994 90.89
1995 91.91
1996 92.14
1997 93.33
1998 94.68
1999 91.79
2000 89.86
2001 94.32
2002 96.53
2003 97.04
2004 97.82
2005 98.65
2006 98.60
2007 97.64
2008 96.33
2009 96.24
2010 96.72
2011 97.24
2012 97.61
2013 97.92
2014 98.68
2015 99.85
2016 98.07
2017 98.05
2018 97.05
2019 97.11
2020 97.01

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