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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

100.00

LowestSouth Sudan

7.60

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, 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

Primary Completion Rate, 2021: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
=1GermanyDEUWestern Europe100.00100.000099.9952
=1IsraelISRWestern Asia100.00100.000099.9511
=1JapanJPNEastern Asia100.00100.0000100.0000
=1South KoreaKOREastern Asia100.0099.999999.9999
5QatarQATWestern Asia99.99100.000099.9627
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe99.9599.949699.9496
7SwedenSWENorthern Europe99.9499.934999.9448
8United StatesUSANorthern America99.9299.930399.9103
9ItalyITASouthern Europe99.9099.910399.8903
=10CzechiaCZEEastern Europe99.8999.905499.8754
=10DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe99.8999.884499.8944
12CanadaCANNorthern America99.8799.961799.7817
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe99.8699.911399.8113
14MauritiusMUSEastern Africa99.8099.737599.8675
15SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe99.7999.801599.7815
16TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia99.7899.739199.8191
=17BelarusBLREastern Europe99.7799.770099.7700
=17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe99.7799.785499.7554
=17NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe99.7799.775399.7653
=17UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia99.7799.821499.7214
21NorwayNORNorthern Europe99.7599.750599.7505
22SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe99.7499.730199.7501
=23CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe99.7399.724099.7340
=23GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia99.7399.803799.6637
25Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe99.7199.876099.5560

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. 1Germanyshared100.00
  2. 1Israelshared100.00
  3. 1Japanshared100.00
  4. 1South Koreashared100.00
  5. 5Qatar99.99

Lowest

  1. 164South Sudan7.60
  2. 163Somalia27.66
  3. 162Guinea-Bissau28.00
  4. 161Liberia28.72
  5. 160Central 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

    LowestSouth Sudan6.2928

    Middle country: 97.6761

  • Male

    HighestJapan100.0000

    LowestSouth 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

Fell most

  • Uganda31.01 → 30.67−0.34
  • Chile97.27 → 97.24−0.03

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
  • 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

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) (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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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.

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