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Primary Completion Rate, 1983

Figures for 1983, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 1983 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.97; South Sudan is lowest, at 4.92. The middle country reads 78.93. Against 1982, 153 values changed (145 up, 8 down), the same countries are covered.

Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1983

HighestGermany

99.97

LowestSouth Sudan

4.92

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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1GermanyDEUWestern Europe99.9799.964999.9749
2AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.9599.949799.9497
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe99.9299.914699.9246
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.8799.859899.8798
5CzechiaCZEEastern Europe99.8199.825199.7951
6South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.7799.754599.7845
=7JapanJPNEastern Asia99.7699.734399.7843
=7United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.7699.795999.7259
9BelarusBLREastern Europe99.7599.775799.7257
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe99.7299.719099.7190
11SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe99.7199.720799.7007
12IrelandIRLNorthern Europe99.6899.710899.6508
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.6799.644399.6943
=14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe99.6499.640099.6400
=14UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia99.6499.660499.6204
16FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.6299.651099.5910
=17ItalyITASouthern Europe99.6199.661199.5611
=17RussiaRUSEastern Europe99.6199.615299.6052
19PolandPOLEastern Europe99.5999.671799.5117
20UkraineUKREastern Europe99.5899.559799.5997
21CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.5299.474099.5640
=22ArmeniaARMWestern Asia99.4999.560099.4200
=22LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.4999.557299.4272
24SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe99.4899.384999.5749
25TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.4499.359399.5193

02In 1983

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Germany99.97
  2. 2Austria99.95
  3. 3Sweden99.92
  4. 4Denmark99.87
  5. 5Czechia99.81

Lowest

  1. 165South Sudan4.92
  2. 164Guinea5.33
  3. 163Bhutan5.68
  4. 162Burundi5.77
  5. 161Chad6.92

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 78.93. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Female

    HighestGermany99.9649

    LowestBhutan0.5184

    Middle country: 76.6636

  • Male

    HighestGermany99.9749

    LowestBurundi5.1398

    Middle country: 80.7720

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 153values changed, of 165 in both
  • 145 · 8rose · fell
  • 12unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

Read before you use

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

The site’s method
  • 158 distinct values among 165

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.76. 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.

05The 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) (1983). Primary Completion Rate, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1983

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07Questions

Primary Completion Rate, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 1983?

Germany, at 99.97, of the 165 countries in the file.

What year does Primary Completion Rate, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 1983 cover?

165.

Where can I download Primary Completion Rate, 1983?

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, 1983 the newest?

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

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