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Primary Completion Rate, 1996

Figures for 1996, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 1996 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.12. The middle country reads 84.95. Against 1995, 143 values changed (119 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1996

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

6.12

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, 1996, 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 164 countries · select a heading to sort

Primary Completion Rate, 1996: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1GermanyDEUWestern Europe99.9999.99099.9900
2AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.9599.95099.9500
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe99.9499.94099.9397
4JapanJPNEastern Asia99.9099.90099.9000
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.8899.87599.8849
6South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.8799.86599.8749
7CzechiaCZEEastern Europe99.8499.85699.8258
8BelarusBLREastern Europe99.8099.81099.7901
9United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.7999.83199.7509
=10ItalyITASouthern Europe99.7499.76099.7204
=10SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe99.7499.75099.7299
=12IrelandIRLNorthern Europe99.7299.75699.6864
=12SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe99.7299.71099.7301
14NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.7099.67499.7244
15UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia99.6999.72199.6608
16RussiaRUSEastern Europe99.6899.70099.6602
17NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe99.6799.67099.6696
18CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.6599.62599.6745
19FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.6499.67199.6111
=20CanadaCANNorthern America99.5699.64299.4823
=20PolandPOLEastern Europe99.5699.65299.4718
=20TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.5699.48499.6338
23LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.5499.60699.4761
24LatviaLVANorthern Europe99.5099.51999.4794
25UkraineUKREastern Europe99.4899.48099.4800

02In 1996

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. 3Sweden99.94
  4. 4Japan99.90
  5. 5Denmark99.88

Lowest

  1. 164South Sudan6.12
  2. 163Mozambique10.97
  3. 162Niger11.39
  4. 161Burundi11.84
  5. 160Chad12.99

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 84.95. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 143values changed, of 164 in both
  • 119 · 24rose · fell
  • 21unchanged

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
  • 154 distinct values among 164

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 99.56. 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 164 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) (1996). Primary Completion Rate, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1996

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07Questions

Primary Completion Rate, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 1996?

Germany, at 99.99, of the 164 countries in the file.

What year does Primary Completion Rate, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 1996 cover?

164.

Where can I download Primary Completion Rate, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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