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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

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

5.25

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, 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

Primary Completion Rate, 1988: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1GermanyDEUWestern Europe99.9999.98599.99490
2AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.9599.95099.94964
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe99.9399.93199.93059
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.8899.87599.88489
5CzechiaCZEEastern Europe99.8499.85699.82573
6JapanJPNEastern Asia99.8299.80599.83453
7South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.8099.79099.80972
8United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.7999.83199.75095
9BelarusBLREastern Europe99.7899.80199.76058
10SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe99.7399.73499.72439
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe99.7299.72099.72000
12IrelandIRLNorthern Europe99.7199.74699.67556
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.6999.66599.71491
=14ItalyITASouthern Europe99.6799.71699.62614
=14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe99.6799.67099.67031
16UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia99.6699.68699.63557
17RussiaRUSEastern Europe99.6599.66099.64014
18FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.6499.67799.60692
19PolandPOLEastern Europe99.5899.66299.50191
20CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.5799.53599.60464
21UkraineUKREastern Europe99.5699.55599.56493
22LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.5499.60599.47528
23SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe99.5299.43599.60461
=24ArmeniaARMWestern Asia99.4899.55999.39902
=24LatviaLVANorthern Europe99.4899.49699.46626

02In 1988

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. 5Czechia99.84

Lowest

  1. 165South Sudan5.25
  2. 164Burundi7.91
  3. 163Guinea8.13
  4. 162Mozambique8.40
  5. 161Chad8.72

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

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

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
  • 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

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) (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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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.

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