Data for 2021
Primary Completion Rate, 2021
Figures for 2021, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Primary Completion Rate, 2021 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. 4 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.60. The middle country reads 97.32. Against 2020, 152 values changed (150 up, 2 down), the same countries are covered.
Primary Completion Rate · Data for 2021
Highest4 countries share it
100.00LowestSouth Sudan
7.60Shaded 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, 2021, 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
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | 100.00 | 100.0000 | 99.9952 | |
| =1 | 100.00 | 100.0000 | 99.9511 | |
| =1 | 100.00 | 100.0000 | 100.0000 | |
| =1 | 100.00 | 99.9999 | 99.9999 | |
| 5 | 99.99 | 100.0000 | 99.9627 | |
| 6 | 99.95 | 99.9496 | 99.9496 | |
| 7 | 99.94 | 99.9349 | 99.9448 | |
| 8 | 99.92 | 99.9303 | 99.9103 | |
| 9 | 99.90 | 99.9103 | 99.8903 | |
| =10 | 99.89 | 99.9054 | 99.8754 | |
| =10 | 99.89 | 99.8844 | 99.8944 | |
| 12 | 99.87 | 99.9617 | 99.7817 | |
| 13 | 99.86 | 99.9113 | 99.8113 | |
| 14 | 99.80 | 99.7375 | 99.8675 | |
| 15 | 99.79 | 99.8015 | 99.7815 | |
| 16 | 99.78 | 99.7391 | 99.8191 | |
| =17 | 99.77 | 99.7700 | 99.7700 | |
| =17 | 99.77 | 99.7854 | 99.7554 | |
| =17 | 99.77 | 99.7753 | 99.7653 | |
| =17 | 99.77 | 99.8214 | 99.7214 | |
| 21 | 99.75 | 99.7505 | 99.7505 | |
| 22 | 99.74 | 99.7301 | 99.7501 | |
| =23 | 99.73 | 99.7240 | 99.7340 | |
| =23 | 99.73 | 99.8037 | 99.6637 | |
| 25 | 99.71 | 99.8760 | 99.5560 | |
| 26 | 99.68 | 99.6800 | 99.6800 | |
| =27 | 99.66 | 99.6697 | 99.6497 | |
| =27 | 99.66 | 99.5556 | 99.7556 | |
| =29 | 99.64 | 99.6949 | 99.5849 | |
| =29 | 99.64 | 99.7116 | 99.5716 | |
| =29 | 99.64 | 99.5350 | 99.7450 | |
| 32 | 99.63 | 99.7015 | 99.5615 | |
| 33 | 99.57 | 99.5631 | 99.5731 | |
| =34 | 99.54 | 99.6836 | 99.4036 | |
| =34 | 99.54 | 99.5862 | 99.4962 | |
| =36 | 99.49 | 99.4437 | 99.5337 | |
| =36 | 99.49 | 99.6747 | 99.3047 | |
| 38 | 99.48 | 99.5311 | 99.4311 | |
| 39 | 99.47 | 99.4670 | 99.4470 | |
| 40 | 99.45 | 99.6150 | 99.2950 | |
| =41 | 99.43 | 99.4981 | 99.3681 | |
| =41 | 99.43 | 99.4603 | 99.4003 | |
| =43 | 99.41 | 99.4518 | 99.3518 | |
| =43 | 99.41 | 99.6894 | 99.1494 | |
| =45 | 99.39 | 99.4720 | 99.3120 | |
| =45 | 99.39 | 99.4103 | 99.3703 | |
| 47 | 99.34 | 99.4947 | 99.1947 | |
| 48 | 99.29 | 99.2796 | 99.2997 | |
| 49 | 99.28 | 99.5946 | 98.9746 | |
| 50 | 99.12 | 99.1097 | 99.1297 | |
| 51 | 99.04 | 98.9622 | 99.1122 | |
| 52 | 99.03 | 98.9480 | 99.1080 | |
| 53 | 98.95 | 98.9062 | 98.9862 | |
| 54 | 98.87 | 99.2757 | 98.4857 | |
| 55 | 98.82 | 98.9662 | 98.6962 | |
| =56 | 98.80 | 99.4585 | 98.1585 | |
| =56 | 98.80 | 98.8315 | 98.7615 | |
| 58 | 98.79 | 99.2970 | 98.3070 | |
| 59 | 98.78 | 99.0462 | 98.5062 | |
| 60 | 98.76 | 98.8211 | 98.7011 | |
| =61 | 98.66 | 98.8932 | 98.4232 | |
| =61 | 98.66 | 98.5400 | 98.7800 | |
| 63 | 98.63 | 98.9802 | 98.2702 | |
| 64 | 98.56 | 98.5548 | 98.5648 | |
| 65 | 98.54 | 98.5400 | 98.5400 | |
| 66 | 98.52 | 99.3029 | 97.8529 | |
| 67 | 98.39 | 99.3156 | 97.5256 | |
| 68 | 98.34 | 98.8326 | 97.8726 | |
| =69 | 98.32 | 98.1887 | 98.4387 | |
| =69 | 98.32 | 98.5325 | 98.1625 | |
| 71 | 98.28 | 99.1112 | 97.4612 | |
| 72 | 98.23 | 98.7718 | 97.6918 | |
| 73 | 98.20 | 99.5685 | 96.8885 | |
| 74 | 98.09 | 97.9603 | 98.1802 | |
| 75 | 97.83 | 98.2918 | 97.3818 | |
| 76 | 97.71 | 98.1248 | 97.3048 | |
| 77 | 97.69 | 98.3602 | 97.0502 | |
| 78 | 97.65 | 98.0843 | 97.2343 | |
| 79 | 97.62 | 98.2397 | 97.0197 | |
| 80 | 97.58 | 97.8644 | 97.3044 | |
| 81 | 97.38 | 97.8799 | 96.8999 | |
| 82 | 97.36 | 97.2217 | 97.4917 | |
| 83 | 97.28 | 97.4828 | 97.0828 | |
| 84 | 97.27 | 97.9334 | 96.6634 | |
| 85 | 97.24 | 97.1890 | 97.2890 | |
| 86 | 96.40 | 97.3914 | 95.4614 | |
| 87 | 96.15 | 97.4877 | 94.8377 | |
| 88 | 95.88 | 95.9930 | 95.7730 | |
| 89 | 95.66 | 97.0092 | 94.3992 | |
| 90 | 95.58 | 97.1705 | 94.0605 | |
| 91 | 95.07 | 96.2854 | 93.9054 | |
| 92 | 94.82 | 95.8309 | 93.9009 | |
| 93 | 94.79 | 97.0027 | 92.6327 | |
| 94 | 94.58 | 97.3618 | 91.9118 | |
| 95 | 94.55 | 95.3215 | 93.8115 | |
| 96 | 94.19 | 95.7932 | 92.6532 | |
| 97 | 94.15 | 97.0521 | 91.2421 | |
| 98 | 93.72 | 95.7217 | 91.8017 | |
| 99 | 91.68 | 93.2964 | 90.1564 | |
| 100 | 91.46 | 94.1306 | 88.8906 | |
| 101 | 91.00 | 95.7455 | 86.2055 | |
| 102 | 90.31 | 90.1690 | 90.4490 | |
| 103 | 90.05 | 94.2382 | 85.9782 | |
| 104 | 88.98 | 94.0478 | 84.2378 | |
| 105 | 88.74 | 92.3750 | 85.5350 | |
| 106 | 87.54 | 91.5777 | 83.7277 | |
| 107 | 87.25 | 90.0960 | 84.5360 | |
| 108 | 87.02 | 93.2226 | 80.9826 | |
| 109 | 86.60 | 86.4021 | 86.7921 | |
| 110 | 86.56 | 89.9456 | 83.1556 | |
| 111 | 86.18 | 88.2427 | 84.2127 | |
| 112 | 85.61 | 86.5552 | 84.6952 | |
| 113 | 84.02 | 83.6611 | 84.3711 | |
| 114 | 83.98 | 91.6361 | 76.4961 | |
| 115 | 83.81 | 82.6523 | 84.9423 | |
| 116 | 83.19 | 88.6691 | 77.7091 | |
| 117 | 81.85 | 86.0052 | 77.9352 | |
| 118 | 80.64 | 77.4968 | 83.6468 | |
| 119 | 80.18 | 78.7775 | 81.5174 | |
| 120 | 79.63 | 85.8146 | 73.4846 | |
| 121 | 79.39 | 81.8258 | 77.0758 | |
| 122 | 79.00 | 83.6180 | 74.5780 | |
| 123 | 78.05 | 83.6115 | 72.6415 | |
| 124 | 76.44 | 80.5724 | 72.3824 | |
| 125 | 76.06 | 78.8313 | 73.3013 | |
| 126 | 75.59 | 75.9464 | 75.2464 | |
| 127 | 75.13 | 81.3434 | 69.0834 | |
| 128 | 74.80 | 86.4023 | 63.2123 | |
| 129 | 74.42 | 80.2931 | 68.5831 | |
| 130 | 73.30 | 74.8096 | 71.8196 | |
| 131 | 72.34 | 74.7485 | 69.9385 | |
| 132 | 71.18 | 82.1177 | 60.6277 | |
| 133 | 71.07 | 66.3412 | 75.5912 | |
| 134 | 70.66 | 74.0487 | 67.3287 | |
| 135 | 70.42 | 69.3629 | 71.4229 | |
| 136 | 67.49 | 72.5269 | 62.3969 | |
| 137 | 67.35 | 69.4459 | 65.3159 | |
| 138 | 65.92 | 59.5669 | 72.0469 | |
| 139 | 65.65 | 67.7199 | 63.6099 | |
| 140 | 64.85 | 69.0680 | 60.7480 | |
| 141 | 64.23 | 66.6911 | 61.7611 | |
| 142 | 64.14 | 60.9352 | 67.2452 | |
| 143 | 63.91 | 68.6947 | 59.6047 | |
| 144 | 60.72 | 60.6499 | 60.7899 | |
| 145 | 60.71 | 66.2524 | 55.1024 | |
| 146 | 58.33 | 66.4799 | 50.3899 | |
| 147 | 56.82 | 61.9214 | 52.0114 | |
| 148 | 56.22 | 56.4719 | 55.9819 | |
| 149 | 54.46 | 62.5199 | 46.2699 | |
| 150 | 54.01 | 49.5991 | 58.3091 | |
| 151 | 53.60 | 59.0297 | 48.1797 | |
| 152 | 51.74 | 56.9282 | 46.6482 | |
| 153 | 51.46 | 41.6874 | 60.7574 | |
| 154 | 49.32 | 51.1557 | 47.4757 | |
| 155 | 47.65 | 45.4515 | 49.7915 | |
| 156 | 46.92 | 56.9846 | 36.9746 | |
| 157 | 44.19 | 44.7093 | 43.6693 | |
| 158 | 33.81 | 32.2476 | 35.3276 | |
| 159 | 30.67 | 35.7730 | 25.5430 | |
| 160 | 29.79 | 28.1922 | 31.3622 | |
| 161 | 28.72 | 32.9889 | 24.5389 | |
| 162 | 28.00 | 29.9609 | 26.0709 | |
| 163 | 27.66 | 22.8478 | 32.3478 | |
| 164 | 7.60 | 6.2928 | 8.8828 |
02In 2021
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Germanyshared100.00
- 1
Israelshared100.00
- 1
Japanshared100.00
- 1
South Koreashared100.00
- 5
Qatar99.99
Lowest
- 164
South Sudan7.60
- 163
Somalia27.66
- 162
Guinea-Bissau28.00
- 161
Liberia28.72
- 160
Central African Republic29.79
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 97.32. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest4 share it
Lowest
South Sudan6.2928
Middle country: 97.6761
Male
Highest
Japan100.0000
Lowest
South Sudan8.8828
Middle country: 96.9598
032020 → 2021
Since 2020
What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 152values changed, of 164 in both
- 150 · 2rose · fell
- 12unchanged
Rose most
Niger62.45 → 65.92+3.47
Rwanda57.42 → 60.71+3.29
Côte d’Ivoire67.76 → 70.42+2.66
Mozambique41.62 → 44.19+2.57
Senegal54.65 → 56.82+2.17
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.
145 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 14 decimals. 4 countries share 100.00. 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
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Cite this edition
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2021). Primary Completion Rate, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/primary-completion/2021
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How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Primary Completion Rate, 2021: questions and answers
Which country has the highest primary completion rate in Primary Completion Rate, 2021?
4 countries share the highest reading, 100.00, so no single country is named.
What year does Primary Completion Rate, 2021 describe?
2021.
How many countries does Primary Completion Rate, 2021 cover?
164.
Where can I download Primary Completion Rate, 2021?
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, 2021 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Primary Completion Rate, 2025.