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Primary Completion Rate, 1987

Figures for 1987, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 1987 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.20. The middle country reads 80.43. Against 1986, 147 values changed (129 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1987

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

5.20

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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1GermanyDEUWestern Europe99.9999.99099.990
2AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.9599.95099.950
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe99.9399.92599.935
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.8899.87499.884
5CzechiaCZEEastern Europe99.8399.84699.816
6JapanJPNEastern Asia99.8199.79599.825
7South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.7999.78099.800
8United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.7899.82199.741
9BelarusBLREastern Europe99.7799.79699.746
10SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe99.7399.73599.725
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe99.7299.72099.720
12IrelandIRLNorthern Europe99.7199.74699.676
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.6999.66499.714
=14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe99.6699.66099.660
=14UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia99.6699.68599.635
16ItalyITASouthern Europe99.6599.70199.601
=17FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.6499.67699.606
=17RussiaRUSEastern Europe99.6499.65099.630
19PolandPOLEastern Europe99.5999.66799.517
20CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.5799.53099.610
21UkraineUKREastern Europe99.5699.55099.570
22LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.5399.60199.461
23SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe99.5199.42599.595
24ArmeniaARMWestern Asia99.4899.55999.399
=25LatviaLVANorthern Europe99.4799.47899.458

02In 1987

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Germany99.99
  2. 2Austria99.95
  3. 3Sweden99.93
  4. 4Denmark99.88
  5. 5Czechia99.83

Lowest

  1. 165South Sudan5.20
  2. 164Burundi7.29
  3. 163Guinea7.55
  4. 162Mozambique8.15
  5. 161Chad8.35

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 80.43. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 147values changed, of 165 in both
  • 129 · 18rose · fell
  • 18unchanged

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
  • 159 distinct values among 165

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.66. 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) (1987). Primary Completion Rate, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1987

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07Questions

Primary Completion Rate, 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 1987?

Germany, at 99.99, of the 165 countries in the file.

What year does Primary Completion Rate, 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 1987 cover?

165.

Where can I download Primary Completion Rate, 1987?

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, 1987 the newest?

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

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