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Primary Completion Rate, 2013

Figures for 2013, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 2013 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Japan is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 6.99. The middle country reads 94.15. Against 2012, 145 values changed (138 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2013

HighestJapan

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

6.99

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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1JapanJPNEastern Asia100.00100.0000100.0000
2GermanyDEUWestern Europe99.9999.990099.9900
3South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.9799.985899.9558
=4AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.9399.924999.9349
=4SwedenSWENorthern Europe99.9399.924899.9348
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.8999.884999.8949
7CzechiaCZEEastern Europe99.8599.859999.8399
8IsraelISRWestern Asia99.8499.891599.7915
9ItalyITASouthern Europe99.8299.830399.8103
10United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.8199.856199.7661
11CanadaCANNorthern America99.7999.877599.7075
12UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia99.7599.821899.6818
=13IrelandIRLNorthern Europe99.7499.771499.7114
=13SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe99.7499.755499.7254
=15SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe99.7299.709799.7297
=15United StatesUSANorthern America99.7299.730399.7103
=17BelarusBLREastern Europe99.7199.694299.7242
=17NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe99.7199.720299.7002
=17NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.7199.688499.7284
20TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.6999.644599.7345
21CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.6899.669199.6890
22RussiaRUSEastern Europe99.6699.629299.6892
23FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.6499.665599.6155
24LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.5999.647799.5378
25KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia99.5899.630999.5309

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Japan100.00
  2. 2Germany99.99
  3. 3South Korea99.97
  4. 4Austriashared99.93
  5. 4Swedenshared99.93

Lowest

  1. 164South Sudan6.99
  2. 163Guinea-Bissau22.75
  3. 162Somalia25.66
  4. 161Central African Republic26.83
  5. 160Chad27.33

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 94.15. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 145values changed, of 164 in both
  • 138 · 7rose · 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
  • 157 distinct values among 164

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 3 countries share 99.71. 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) (2013). Primary Completion Rate, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2013

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07Questions

Primary Completion Rate, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 2013?

Japan, at 100.00, of the 164 countries in the file.

What year does Primary Completion Rate, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 2013 cover?

164.

Where can I download Primary Completion Rate, 2013?

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, 2013 the newest?

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

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