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

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in World was 89.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 89.94 in 2020, while its lowest value was 69.79 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 69.79
1973 70.21
1974 70.31
1975 70.80
1976 71.28
1977 72.07
1978 72.53
1979 72.96
1980 74.02
1981 74.67
1982 75.03
1983 75.54
1984 76.52
1985 76.92
1986 77.08
1987 76.93
1988 76.90
1989 76.49
1990 76.93
1991 77.18
1992 76.98
1993 77.81
1994 78.42
1995 77.96
1996 77.14
1997 76.85
1998 77.28
1999 77.68
2000 78.81
2001 79.94
2002 80.61
2003 82.01
2004 82.69
2005 83.62
2006 84.25
2007 85.38
2008 87.16
2009 88.10
2010 87.94
2011 87.54
2012 88.73
2013 89.06
2014 88.69
2015 88.38
2016 88.60
2017 88.86
2018 88.93
2019 89.47
2020 89.94

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