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Primary Completion Rate, 1997

Figures for 1997, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 1997 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.29. The middle country reads 85.31. Against 1996, 141 values changed (119 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

Primary Completion Rate · Data for 1997

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

6.29

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1GermanyDEUWestern Europe99.9999.990199.9901
2AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.9599.950399.9503
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe99.9499.940099.9400
4JapanJPNEastern Asia99.9199.904999.9149
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.8899.874999.8849
6South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.8799.864899.8748
7CzechiaCZEEastern Europe99.8499.855199.8251
8BelarusBLREastern Europe99.8099.810499.7904
9United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.7999.825899.7558
=10ItalyITASouthern Europe99.7499.760599.7205
=10SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe99.7499.750299.7302
12IrelandIRLNorthern Europe99.7299.755599.6855
13SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe99.7199.699799.7197
14NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.7099.673899.7238
=15RussiaRUSEastern Europe99.6999.710399.6703
=15UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia99.6999.720999.6609
17NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe99.6799.664999.6749
18CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.6599.629699.6696
19FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.6499.670799.6107
=20CanadaCANNorthern America99.5799.652499.4924
=20TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.5799.498999.6389
22PolandPOLEastern Europe99.5699.651799.4717
23LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.5399.600799.4607
24LatviaLVANorthern Europe99.5099.520499.4804
25UkraineUKREastern Europe99.4699.460199.4601

02In 1997

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. 4Japan99.91
  5. 5Denmark99.88

Lowest

  1. 164South Sudan6.29
  2. 163Niger11.66
  3. 162Mozambique11.76
  4. 161Burundi11.94
  5. 160Chad13.57

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 85.31. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 141values changed, of 164 in both
  • 119 · 22rose · fell
  • 23unchanged

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
  • 157 distinct values among 164

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 2 countries share 99.74. 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) (1997). Primary Completion Rate, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/1997

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07Questions

Primary Completion Rate, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 1997?

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

What year does Primary Completion Rate, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 1997 cover?

164.

Where can I download Primary Completion Rate, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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