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Primary Completion Rate, 2015

Figures for 2015, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Primary Completion Rate, 2015 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Japan is highest, at 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.13. The middle country reads 95.51. Against 2014, 145 values changed (135 up, 10 down), the same countries are covered.

Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2015

HighestJapan

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

7.13

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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1JapanJPNEastern Asia100.00100.00000100.00000
2GermanyDEUWestern Europe99.9999.9900099.99000
3South KoreaKOREastern Asia99.9899.9904699.97045
=4AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.9399.9304099.93040
=4SwedenSWENorthern Europe99.9399.9248299.93481
6IsraelISRWestern Asia99.8999.9512599.83125
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.8899.8748899.88488
8ItalyITASouthern Europe99.8699.8703299.85031
9CzechiaCZEEastern Europe99.8599.8603099.84030
10United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.8299.8661399.77612
11CanadaCANNorthern America99.8199.9026699.72266
=12SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe99.7699.7690099.74900
=12United StatesUSANorthern America99.7699.7651599.75516
14UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia99.7599.8166899.68668
15IrelandIRLNorthern Europe99.7499.7548499.72484
=16BelarusBLREastern Europe99.7299.7196399.71963
=16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe99.7299.7302399.71023
=16NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.7299.7045799.73457
=16SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe99.7299.7045999.73459
=16TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.7299.6737599.76376
21CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.6999.6789699.69895
22RussiaRUSEastern Europe99.6599.6398099.65980
23FinlandFINNorthern Europe99.6399.6498799.60987
24LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe99.6199.6664899.55648
25GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia99.6099.6619099.54190

02In 2015

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 Korea99.98
  4. 4Austriashared99.93
  5. 4Swedenshared99.93

Lowest

  1. 164South Sudan7.13
  2. 163Guinea-Bissau23.97
  3. 162Somalia26.04
  4. 161Central African Republic27.71
  5. 160Chad28.65

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 95.51. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 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
  • 152 distinct values among 164

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 5 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) (2015). Primary Completion Rate, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2015

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07Questions

Primary Completion Rate, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 2015?

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

What year does Primary Completion Rate, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 2015 cover?

164.

Where can I download Primary Completion Rate, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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