Data for 1988
Primary Completion Rate, 1988
Figures for 1988, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Primary Completion Rate, 1988 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 5.25. The middle country reads 81.41. Against 1987, 149 values changed (133 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.
Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1988
HighestGermany
99.99LowestSouth Sudan
5.25Shaded 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, 1988, 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
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99.99 | 99.985 | 99.99490 | |
| 2 | 99.95 | 99.950 | 99.94964 | |
| 3 | 99.93 | 99.931 | 99.93059 | |
| 4 | 99.88 | 99.875 | 99.88489 | |
| 5 | 99.84 | 99.856 | 99.82573 | |
| 6 | 99.82 | 99.805 | 99.83453 | |
| 7 | 99.80 | 99.790 | 99.80972 | |
| 8 | 99.79 | 99.831 | 99.75095 | |
| 9 | 99.78 | 99.801 | 99.76058 | |
| 10 | 99.73 | 99.734 | 99.72439 | |
| 11 | 99.72 | 99.720 | 99.72000 | |
| 12 | 99.71 | 99.746 | 99.67556 | |
| 13 | 99.69 | 99.665 | 99.71491 | |
| =14 | 99.67 | 99.716 | 99.62614 | |
| =14 | 99.67 | 99.670 | 99.67031 | |
| 16 | 99.66 | 99.686 | 99.63557 | |
| 17 | 99.65 | 99.660 | 99.64014 | |
| 18 | 99.64 | 99.677 | 99.60692 | |
| 19 | 99.58 | 99.662 | 99.50191 | |
| 20 | 99.57 | 99.535 | 99.60464 | |
| 21 | 99.56 | 99.555 | 99.56493 | |
| 22 | 99.54 | 99.605 | 99.47528 | |
| 23 | 99.52 | 99.435 | 99.60461 | |
| =24 | 99.48 | 99.559 | 99.39902 | |
| =24 | 99.48 | 99.496 | 99.46626 | |
| =24 | 99.48 | 99.396 | 99.56567 | |
| 27 | 99.43 | 99.490 | 99.37049 | |
| 28 | 99.42 | 99.372 | 99.46205 | |
| 29 | 99.39 | 99.452 | 99.33160 | |
| 30 | 99.37 | 99.370 | 99.37010 | |
| 31 | 99.33 | 99.379 | 99.27878 | |
| 32 | 99.14 | 99.367 | 98.90665 | |
| 33 | 99.10 | 99.120 | 99.08031 | |
| 34 | 99.09 | 99.223 | 98.96345 | |
| 35 | 99.08 | 99.028 | 99.12845 | |
| 36 | 99.04 | 99.066 | 99.01566 | |
| 37 | 99.00 | 99.122 | 98.88192 | |
| 38 | 98.88 | 98.830 | 98.93039 | |
| 39 | 98.79 | 98.735 | 98.83479 | |
| 40 | 98.78 | 98.857 | 98.70685 | |
| 41 | 98.65 | 99.033 | 98.25317 | |
| 42 | 98.63 | 98.184 | 99.05425 | |
| 43 | 98.58 | 98.375 | 98.78534 | |
| 44 | 98.55 | 98.524 | 98.60377 | |
| =45 | 98.44 | 98.337 | 98.53721 | |
| =45 | 98.44 | 98.620 | 98.27013 | |
| 47 | 98.29 | 98.316 | 98.26568 | |
| 48 | 98.25 | 97.811 | 98.70078 | |
| 49 | 98.05 | 98.513 | 97.59331 | |
| 50 | 97.96 | 97.566 | 98.33633 | |
| 51 | 97.87 | 97.309 | 98.43901 | |
| 52 | 97.83 | 98.637 | 97.06705 | |
| 53 | 97.75 | 97.682 | 97.83192 | |
| 54 | 97.74 | 97.609 | 97.84949 | |
| 55 | 97.35 | 97.160 | 97.54000 | |
| 56 | 96.99 | 98.308 | 95.67804 | |
| 57 | 96.96 | 97.326 | 96.59599 | |
| 58 | 96.83 | 97.252 | 96.42245 | |
| 59 | 96.78 | 96.294 | 97.23434 | |
| 60 | 96.57 | 98.165 | 95.21523 | |
| 61 | 96.56 | 96.315 | 96.79472 | |
| 62 | 96.50 | 96.111 | 96.88110 | |
| 63 | 95.23 | 97.379 | 93.06914 | |
| 64 | 94.90 | 94.931 | 94.87071 | |
| 65 | 94.65 | 96.603 | 92.69314 | |
| 66 | 94.15 | 94.439 | 93.86927 | |
| 67 | 93.64 | 93.924 | 93.36440 | |
| 68 | 93.49 | 93.728 | 93.25767 | |
| 69 | 92.32 | 91.560 | 93.02966 | |
| 70 | 91.37 | 95.329 | 87.38877 | |
| 71 | 89.52 | 83.457 | 93.41656 | |
| 72 | 89.15 | 89.037 | 89.25745 | |
| 73 | 89.13 | 88.526 | 89.69592 | |
| 74 | 88.04 | 82.484 | 93.38358 | |
| 75 | 85.90 | 86.200 | 85.60981 | |
| 76 | 85.69 | 80.388 | 90.71810 | |
| 77 | 85.47 | 79.346 | 91.34606 | |
| 78 | 85.42 | 82.925 | 87.86505 | |
| 79 | 85.20 | 88.052 | 82.30219 | |
| 80 | 84.48 | 83.974 | 84.99441 | |
| 81 | 83.72 | 81.434 | 86.10442 | |
| 82 | 81.54 | 83.182 | 79.94227 | |
| 83 | 81.41 | 82.709 | 80.07909 | |
| 84 | 80.80 | 81.121 | 80.49055 | |
| 85 | 79.84 | 72.067 | 87.14729 | |
| 86 | 79.69 | 82.744 | 76.79386 | |
| 87 | 79.29 | 78.487 | 80.07740 | |
| 88 | 79.28 | 78.643 | 79.90331 | |
| 89 | 77.98 | 79.089 | 76.90915 | |
| 90 | 77.52 | 79.079 | 76.02869 | |
| 91 | 74.94 | 77.020 | 73.26953 | |
| 92 | 74.51 | 70.213 | 78.72277 | |
| 93 | 73.60 | 64.366 | 82.00613 | |
| 94 | 71.89 | 71.325 | 72.43529 | |
| 95 | 70.19 | 71.008 | 69.39829 | |
| 96 | 69.42 | 66.076 | 72.49591 | |
| 97 | 69.06 | 68.192 | 69.87181 | |
| 98 | 68.89 | 74.526 | 63.04638 | |
| 99 | 67.85 | 70.450 | 65.29015 | |
| 100 | 67.48 | 58.929 | 75.43874 | |
| 101 | 66.92 | 64.103 | 69.70319 | |
| 102 | 64.70 | 60.805 | 68.52466 | |
| 103 | 63.21 | 58.235 | 68.16473 | |
| 104 | 62.11 | 56.065 | 67.96503 | |
| 105 | 58.70 | 63.514 | 53.98410 | |
| 106 | 57.17 | 53.230 | 61.10037 | |
| 107 | 56.93 | 49.511 | 63.79065 | |
| 108 | 56.80 | 50.826 | 62.64632 | |
| 109 | 56.28 | 54.144 | 58.40446 | |
| 110 | 55.49 | 56.834 | 54.11351 | |
| 111 | 54.54 | 51.156 | 57.91560 | |
| 112 | 54.08 | 49.977 | 58.23656 | |
| 113 | 53.47 | 53.555 | 53.38483 | |
| 114 | 52.62 | 47.724 | 57.15381 | |
| 115 | 52.39 | 38.523 | 65.28307 | |
| 116 | 51.61 | 58.238 | 44.96827 | |
| 117 | 49.10 | 39.717 | 58.58681 | |
| 118 | 47.64 | 44.173 | 50.95259 | |
| 119 | 47.07 | 32.090 | 61.94020 | |
| 120 | 46.32 | 50.070 | 42.57039 | |
| 121 | 45.14 | 52.233 | 37.91336 | |
| 122 | 44.83 | 38.253 | 50.59341 | |
| 123 | 44.76 | 42.104 | 47.31432 | |
| 124 | 42.83 | 37.677 | 47.91730 | |
| 125 | 42.62 | 53.945 | 31.40548 | |
| 126 | 40.04 | 34.710 | 45.32975 | |
| 127 | 38.93 | 28.514 | 49.29382 | |
| 128 | 37.31 | 28.964 | 45.81360 | |
| 129 | 36.84 | 34.225 | 39.37478 | |
| 130 | 34.64 | 12.393 | 56.17265 | |
| 131 | 34.41 | 26.075 | 43.06473 | |
| 132 | 33.15 | 28.576 | 37.59559 | |
| 133 | 32.89 | 31.444 | 34.18417 | |
| 134 | 30.79 | 21.033 | 40.60294 | |
| 135 | 30.35 | 21.834 | 38.56386 | |
| 136 | 29.94 | 30.676 | 29.21564 | |
| 137 | 29.70 | 18.064 | 40.69356 | |
| 138 | 29.18 | 27.565 | 30.80450 | |
| 139 | 27.77 | 21.809 | 33.83873 | |
| 140 | 27.12 | 18.709 | 35.44858 | |
| 141 | 25.86 | 15.376 | 36.47554 | |
| 142 | 25.32 | 20.408 | 30.75799 | |
| 143 | 23.50 | 15.072 | 31.92189 | |
| 144 | 21.13 | 13.780 | 28.61969 | |
| 145 | 21.03 | 17.322 | 24.78170 | |
| 146 | 20.15 | 15.389 | 24.94889 | |
| 147 | 20.07 | 16.664 | 23.46432 | |
| 148 | 19.78 | 12.196 | 27.22562 | |
| 149 | 19.07 | 13.290 | 24.87010 | |
| 150 | 18.83 | 13.533 | 24.16282 | |
| 151 | 18.47 | 16.171 | 20.79114 | |
| 152 | 18.46 | 9.387 | 27.06704 | |
| 153 | 15.88 | 10.143 | 21.50344 | |
| 154 | 13.40 | 9.531 | 17.22108 | |
| =155 | 12.31 | 7.925 | 16.73505 | |
| =155 | 12.31 | 8.690 | 15.86036 | |
| 157 | 12.23 | 2.978 | 21.21829 | |
| 158 | 11.39 | 7.254 | 15.57390 | |
| 159 | 11.08 | 4.285 | 17.64488 | |
| 160 | 10.24 | 7.856 | 12.53635 | |
| 161 | 8.72 | 4.502 | 12.94204 | |
| 162 | 8.40 | 6.720 | 9.96998 | |
| 163 | 8.13 | 3.254 | 12.92401 | |
| 164 | 7.91 | 8.425 | 7.39536 | |
| 165 | 5.25 | 1.722 | 8.74218 |
02In 1988
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Lowest
- 165
South Sudan5.25
- 164
Burundi7.91
- 163
Guinea8.13
- 162
Mozambique8.40
- 161
Chad8.72
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 81.41. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest
Germany99.985
Lowest
South Sudan1.722
Middle country: 81.121
Male
Highest
Germany99.99490
Lowest
Burundi7.39536
Middle country: 82.00613
031987 → 1988
Since 1987
What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 149values changed, of 165 in both
- 133 · 16rose · fell
- 16unchanged
Rose most
Maldives50.09 → 52.62+2.53
Botswana67.05 → 68.89+1.84
India50.62 → 52.39+1.77
Tunisia55.17 → 56.93+1.76
Bangladesh28.90 → 30.35+1.45
Fell most
Benin19.81 → 19.07−0.74
Madagascar30.67 → 29.94−0.73
Sierra Leone19.04 → 18.47−0.57
Iraq62.61 → 62.11−0.50
Tanzania69.92 → 69.42−0.50
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.
160 distinct values among 165
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 99.48. 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
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Cite this edition
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1988). Primary Completion Rate, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1988
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Primary Completion Rate, 1988: questions and answers
Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 1988?
Germany, at 99.99, of the 165 countries in the file.
What year does Primary Completion Rate, 1988 describe?
1988.
How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 1988 cover?
165.
Where can I download Primary Completion Rate, 1988?
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, 1988 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Primary Completion Rate, 2025.