Data for 1982

Primary Completion Rate, 1982

Figures for 1982, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 1982 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.97; South Sudan is lowest, at 4.84. The middle country reads 79.00. Against 1981, 154 values changed (149 up, 5 down), the same countries are covered.

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Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1982

HighestGermany

99.97

LowestSouth Sudan

4.84

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

165countries
3measures per country
1982the year it describes
155distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 12, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Primary Completion Rate, 1982, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Primary Completion Rate, 1982: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	99.97	99.965	99.9748
2	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	99.95	99.950	99.9500
3	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	99.92	99.915	99.9251
4	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	99.86	99.849	99.8694
5	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	99.80	99.821	99.7810
=6	JapanJPNEastern Asia	99.75	99.724	99.7743
=6	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	99.75	99.729	99.7693
=6	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	99.75	99.786	99.7160
9	BelarusBLREastern Europe	99.74	99.766	99.7157
10	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	99.72	99.720	99.7200
11	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	99.70	99.705	99.6947
12	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	99.68	99.711	99.6512
13	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.67	99.644	99.6943
=14	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	99.63	99.630	99.6301
=14	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	99.63	99.650	99.6105
=16	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	99.61	99.641	99.5806
=16	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	99.61	99.615	99.6051
18	ItalyITASouthern Europe	99.60	99.656	99.5462
19	PolandPOLEastern Europe	99.58	99.662	99.5018
20	UkraineUKREastern Europe	99.57	99.550	99.5897
21	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	99.52	99.480	99.5602
=22	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	99.48	99.549	99.4095
=22	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	99.48	99.546	99.4162
24	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	99.47	99.376	99.5659
25	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	99.43	99.345	99.5153
26	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	99.42	99.432	99.4122
27	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	99.38	99.451	99.3112
28	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	99.34	99.323	99.3531
29	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	99.30	99.270	99.3299
30	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	99.29	99.341	99.2407
31	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	99.28	99.350	99.2103
32	CanadaCANNorthern America	99.22	99.287	99.1567
=33	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	99.06	99.312	98.8018
=33	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	99.06	98.983	99.1326
=35	FranceFRAWestern Europe	98.98	99.118	98.8484
=35	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	98.98	99.011	98.9505
37	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	98.74	98.856	98.6263
38	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	98.73	98.663	98.7928
39	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	98.68	98.582	98.7819
40	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	98.61	98.656	98.5658
41	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	98.60	99.007	98.1873
42	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	98.54	98.469	98.6088
43	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	98.37	98.269	98.4793
44	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	98.30	97.906	98.6957
45	United StatesUSANorthern America	98.15	98.308	97.9983
46	IsraelISRWestern Asia	98.14	97.462	98.7724
47	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	98.11	97.420	98.7795
48	SpainESPSouthern Europe	97.95	97.976	97.9256
=49	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	97.73	97.036	98.4362
=49	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	97.73	97.268	98.1675
51	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	97.69	97.545	97.8447
=52	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	97.57	98.063	97.0733
=52	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	97.57	97.504	97.6343
54	CubaCUBCaribbean	97.29	98.333	96.3030
55	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	97.05	96.845	97.2550
56	TongaTONPolynesia	96.68	97.105	96.3049
57	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	96.36	95.898	96.8082
58	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	96.19	98.020	94.4200
59	SamoaWSMPolynesia	96.15	97.845	94.6051
60	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	96.09	95.752	96.4122
61	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	96.04	95.377	96.6572
62	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	96.02	96.497	95.5569
63	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	95.37	96.791	93.9313
64	UruguayURYSouth America	94.15	93.925	94.3654
65	FijiFJIMelanesia	93.55	95.960	91.1196
66	ArgentinaARGSouth America	91.80	91.805	91.7952
67	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	91.47	91.996	90.9365
68	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	90.85	95.103	86.6726
69	JordanJORWestern Asia	90.49	88.688	92.1880
70	ChileCHLSouth America	89.98	89.773	90.1828
71	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	86.21	83.751	88.5106
72	QatarQATWestern Asia	86.09	77.797	91.3073
73	PanamaPANCentral America	85.37	85.948	84.8078
74	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	85.03	77.152	92.5920
75	NauruNRUMicronesia	84.49	87.083	81.5227
76	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	84.09	82.812	85.3119
77	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	83.60	75.558	91.1881
78	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	83.24	79.925	86.4046
79	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	82.55	75.577	89.1873
80	MexicoMEXCentral America	80.81	79.164	82.4442
81	VenezuelaVENSouth America	80.55	81.344	79.7741
82	Costa RicaCRICentral America	79.14	79.490	78.7998
83	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	79.00	81.066	77.0460
84	EcuadorECUSouth America	77.74	76.282	79.1724
85	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	77.63	73.465	81.7347
86	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	77.39	74.067	80.6474
87	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	75.77	73.843	77.6432
88	GuyanaGUYSouth America	74.69	75.597	73.7765
89	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	74.04	75.887	72.4870
90	IranIRNSouthern Asia	73.71	62.464	84.0941
91	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	69.64	70.083	69.2032
92	SurinameSURSouth America	69.12	68.536	69.6756
93	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	68.75	62.240	75.7900
94	PeruPERSouth America	68.12	62.025	74.1252
95	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	68.01	55.124	79.5937
96	ParaguayPRYSouth America	67.26	65.937	68.5569
97	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	67.17	61.838	72.5779
98	ColombiaCOLSouth America	64.50	64.937	64.0768
99	BrazilBRASouth America	63.68	65.431	61.9510
100	IraqIRQWestern Asia	63.07	53.069	72.7692
101	BelizeBLZCentral America	62.10	57.336	66.7759
102	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	60.97	54.909	67.0692
103	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	59.47	49.119	69.2090
104	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	57.34	63.091	51.2310
105	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	56.56	59.505	53.6654
106	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	54.94	48.507	61.4573
107	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	52.90	48.887	56.8973
108	BoliviaBOLSouth America	52.56	46.476	58.5563
109	KenyaKENEastern Africa	52.27	44.890	59.6403
110	HondurasHNDCentral America	49.78	48.594	50.9736
111	GabonGABMiddle Africa	49.61	56.184	42.9840
112	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	49.44	47.762	51.1619
113	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	49.06	43.516	54.4356
114	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	46.21	36.265	55.5246
115	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	44.41	30.989	58.0688
116	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	43.50	39.384	47.4140
117	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	43.13	38.748	47.3483
118	NicaraguaNICCentral America	42.58	45.240	39.9299
119	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	41.83	32.935	49.3254
120	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	41.76	25.081	57.3208
121	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	41.01	52.442	29.1616
122	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	40.40	28.485	52.3047
123	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	40.23	36.488	43.7277
124	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	39.27	22.068	56.4581
125	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	38.85	45.264	31.8843
126	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	37.09	30.780	43.3597
127	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	34.76	29.314	40.2042
128	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	34.28	31.559	36.9290
129	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	33.89	22.606	45.5962
130	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	33.54	22.575	43.5654
131	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	32.21	32.366	32.0562
132	YemenYEMWestern Asia	28.41	5.028	51.3582
133	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	26.87	23.128	30.4878
134	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	25.74	12.732	37.9924
135	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	25.36	22.700	27.9200
136	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	25.02	14.064	36.1743
137	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	24.71	15.078	34.2783
138	BeninBENWestern Africa	23.98	17.485	30.4948
139	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	23.41	17.762	29.5322
140	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	22.80	14.062	31.1016
141	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	22.79	19.739	25.8491
142	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	22.58	15.747	29.4770
143	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	20.88	14.956	26.8659
144	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	20.84	9.418	32.1381
145	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	20.78	16.473	25.1525
146	TogoTGOWestern Africa	18.94	10.707	27.2269
147	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	18.91	13.417	24.5166
148	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	18.62	10.801	26.3111
149	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	18.09	12.021	24.3606
150	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	17.77	11.578	24.0382
151	HaitiHTICaribbean	16.18	11.587	20.7872
152	SenegalSENWestern Africa	12.90	5.954	19.6935
153	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	12.56	4.430	20.2801
154	MaliMLIWestern Africa	12.43	8.702	16.1418
155	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	11.24	7.044	15.4136
156	NigerNERWestern Africa	9.77	7.788	11.6779
=157	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	9.61	3.544	15.7537
=157	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	9.61	4.908	14.0475
159	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	9.54	1.427	17.4172
160	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	6.75	4.987	8.4274
161	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	6.56	3.042	10.0817
162	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	5.57	6.225	4.9147
163	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	4.89	0.089	9.5292
164	GuineaGINWestern Africa	4.87	1.217	8.4966
165	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	4.84	1.329	8.3094

02In 1982

At either end

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

Highest

1Germany99.97
2Austria99.95
3Sweden99.92
4Denmark99.86
5Czechia99.80

Lowest

165South Sudan4.84
164Guinea4.87
163Bhutan4.89
162Burundi5.57
161Chad6.56

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 79.00. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestGermany99.965
LowestBhutan0.089
Middle country: 75.887
Male
HighestGermany99.9748
LowestBurundi4.9147
Middle country: 80.6474

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
154values changed, of 165 in both
149 · 5rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Tunisia44.33 → 46.21+1.88
India39.94 → 41.76+1.82
Botswana55.88 → 57.34+1.46
Indonesia76.31 → 77.63+1.32
Djibouti37.97 → 39.27+1.30

Fell most

Benin24.47 → 23.98−0.49
Costa Rica79.38 → 79.14−0.24
Sierra Leone20.89 → 20.78−0.11
Republic of the Congo67.20 → 67.17−0.03
DR Congo40.43 → 40.40−0.03

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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

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155 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 99.75. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 165 countries has every column.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1982). Primary Completion Rate, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1982

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