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Primary Completion Rate, 2005

Figures for 2005, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 2005 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Germany is highest, at 99.99; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.35. The middle country reads 91.50. Against 2004, 145 values changed (135 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2005

HighestGermany

99.99

LowestSouth Sudan

6.35

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1GermanyDEUWestern Europe99.9999.984999.9949
2JapanJPNEastern Asia99.9899.985199.9751
3AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.9599.949799.9497
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe99.9499.939599.9395
5South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.9299.925499.9154
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.8899.875499.8854
7CzechiaCZEEastern Europe99.8499.860599.8205
8United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.7999.830999.7509
9BelarusBLREastern Europe99.7799.765199.7751
10ItalyITASouthern Europe99.7599.770599.7305
11SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe99.7399.741199.7211
=12SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe99.7299.709499.7293
=12UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia99.7299.755999.6859
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe99.7199.741299.6812
15NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.7099.674499.7244
=16CanadaCANNorthern America99.6999.772199.6121
=16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe99.6999.695099.6850
=16RussiaRUSEastern Europe99.6999.710499.6704
19CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.6799.655399.6853
=20FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.6499.670799.6107
=20TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.6499.599399.6793
=22IsraelISRWestern Asia99.5899.554499.6044
=22PolandPOLEastern Europe99.5899.666999.4969
24LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.5499.591199.4911
25KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia99.5299.584699.4546

02In 2005

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. 2Japan99.98
  3. 3Austria99.95
  4. 4Sweden99.94
  5. 5South Korea99.92

Lowest

  1. 164South Sudan6.35
  2. 163Niger18.10
  3. 162Guinea-Bissau18.65
  4. 161Burundi18.70
  5. 160Chad19.45

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 91.50. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 145values changed, of 164 in both
  • 135 · 10rose · fell
  • 19unchanged

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 99.69. 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) (2005). Primary Completion Rate, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2005

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07Questions

Primary Completion Rate, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 2005?

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

What year does Primary Completion Rate, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 2005 cover?

164.

Where can I download Primary Completion Rate, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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