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Primary Completion Rate, 1981

Figures for 1981, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 1981 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.96; Bhutan is lowest, at 4.24. The middle country reads 78.92.

Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1981

HighestGermany

99.96

LowestBhutan

4.24

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 1981, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 165 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Completion Rate, 1981: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1GermanyDEUWestern Europe99.9699.954899.965
2AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.9499.935299.945
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe99.9199.905299.915
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.8699.854999.865
5CzechiaCZEEastern Europe99.8099.820799.781
6United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.7599.791199.711
=7BelarusBLREastern Europe99.7499.765299.715
=7JapanJPNEastern Asia99.7499.714499.764
9South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.7399.704099.754
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe99.7199.710399.710
11SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe99.7099.705199.695
12IrelandIRLNorthern Europe99.6799.699699.640
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.6699.623599.693
=14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe99.6399.624999.635
=14UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia99.6399.645399.615
=16FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.6099.630699.571
=16RussiaRUSEastern Europe99.6099.600099.600
18ItalyITASouthern Europe99.5999.646199.536
=19PolandPOLEastern Europe99.5799.646899.497
=19UkraineUKREastern Europe99.5799.549799.590
21CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.5199.469299.549
22ArmeniaARMWestern Asia99.4899.549599.410
23LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.4799.541199.401
24SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe99.4699.360299.560
25TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.4299.334999.505

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Germany99.96
  2. 2Austria99.94
  3. 3Sweden99.91
  4. 4Denmark99.86
  5. 5Czechia99.80

Lowest

  1. 165Bhutan4.24
  2. 164Guinea4.43
  3. 163South Sudan4.78
  4. 162Burundi5.43
  5. 161Chad6.25

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 78.92. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method
  • 156 distinct values among 165

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.74. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    UIS publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 165 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1981). Primary Completion Rate, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1981

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06Questions

Primary Completion Rate, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 1981?

Germany, at 99.96, of the 165 countries in the file.

What year does Primary Completion Rate, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 1981 cover?

165.

Where can I download Primary Completion Rate, 1981?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Primary Completion Rate, 1981 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Primary Completion Rate, 2025.

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