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Primary Completion Rate, 2004

Figures for 2004, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 2004 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.40. The middle country reads 90.87. Against 2003, 140 values changed (131 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2004

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

6.40

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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1GermanyDEUWestern Europe99.9999.990099.9900
2JapanJPNEastern Asia99.9799.975299.9652
3AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.9599.950399.9503
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe99.9499.934999.9449
5South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.9199.910199.9101
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.8899.870399.8903
7CzechiaCZEEastern Europe99.8499.855699.8256
8United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.7999.830899.7508
9BelarusBLREastern Europe99.7899.774699.7846
10ItalyITASouthern Europe99.7599.770499.7304
11SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe99.7499.750799.7307
=12IrelandIRLNorthern Europe99.7299.749599.6895
=12SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe99.7299.710199.7301
=14RussiaRUSEastern Europe99.7199.715199.7051
=14UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia99.7199.740899.6808
16NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.7099.674499.7244
=17CanadaCANNorthern America99.6899.762199.6021
=17NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe99.6899.680099.6800
19CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.6799.659199.6791
20FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.6499.670799.6107
21TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.6399.589099.6690
22PolandPOLEastern Europe99.5799.657199.4871
23IsraelISRWestern Asia99.5699.524199.5941
24LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.5499.591199.4911
25LatviaLVANorthern Europe99.5199.526299.4962

02In 2004

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. 2Japan99.97
  3. 3Austria99.95
  4. 4Sweden99.94
  5. 5South Korea99.91

Lowest

  1. 164South Sudan6.40
  2. 163Niger16.84
  3. 162Burundi17.26
  4. 161Guinea-Bissau18.14
  5. 160Chad18.47

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 90.87. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 140values changed, of 164 in both
  • 131 · 9rose · fell
  • 24unchanged

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 99.72. 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) (2004). Primary Completion Rate, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2004

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07Questions

Primary Completion Rate, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 2004?

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

What year does Primary Completion Rate, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 2004 cover?

164.

Where can I download Primary Completion Rate, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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