FACTOID # 6: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
 
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Education Statistics > Primary completion rate, male > % of relevant age group (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Kiribati: 132.44 %   2005 Time series
# 2   Maldives: 128.98 %   2005 Time series
# 3   Marshall Islands: 122.63 %   2003 Time series
# 4   Kazakhstan: 114.8 %   2005 Time series
# 5   Syria: 112.47 %   2005 Time series
# 6   Hong Kong: 112.41 %   2005 Time series
# 7   Dominica: 110.69 %   2005 Time series
# 8   Brazil: 109.95 %   2001 Time series
# 9   Spain: 109.54 %   2004 Time series
# 10   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 108.61 %   2005 Time series
# 11   Iceland: 108.23 %   2003 Time series
# 12   Tonga: 108.04 %   2002 Time series
# 13   Palau: 106.74 %   2000 Time series
# 14   Seychelles: 105.64 %   2004 Time series
# 15   Bermuda: 104.63 %   2003 Time series
# 16   Tajikistan: 104.24 %   2005 Time series
# 17   Andorra: 104.18 %   2004 Time series
# 18   Korea, South: 104.13 %   2005 Time series
# 19   Israel: 104.1 %   2004 Time series
# 20   Fiji: 103.9 %   2005 Time series
# 21   Vietnam: 103.86 %   2003 Time series
# 22   Kuwait: 103.65 %   2005 Time series
# 23   Czech Republic: 103.58 %   2004 Time series
# 24   Greece: 103.39 %   2004 Time series
# 25   Brunei: 103.11 %   2005 Time series
# 26   Sweden: 102.91 %   1997 Time series
# 27   Slovenia: 102.86 %   2003 Time series
# 28   Estonia: 102.69 %   2004 Time series
# 29   Bolivia: 102.48 %   2004 Time series
# 30   Belarus: 102.31 %   2005 Time series
# 31   Japan: 101.94 %   1995 Time series
# 32   Belize: 101.87 %   2005 Time series
# 33   Portugal: 101.58 %   2004 Time series
# 34   Italy: 101.47 %   2004 Time series
# 35   Norway: 101.41 %   2004 Time series
# 36   Bahrain: 100.86 %   2005 Time series
# 37   Netherlands: 100.85 %   2003 Time series
# 38   Barbados: 100.83 %   2005 Time series
# 39   Indonesia: 100.8 %   2004 Time series
# 40   Malta: 100.15 %   2004 Time series
# 41   Peru: 100.14 %   2004 Time series
# 42   Bahamas, The: 100.1 %   2005 Time series
# 43   Guyana: 100 %   2003 Time series
# 44   Ecuador: 99.99 %   2004 Time series
# 45   Ireland: 99.72 %   2004 Time series
# 46   Argentina: 99.45 %   2004 Time series
# 47   Finland: 99.35 %   2004 Time series
# 48   China: 99.33 %   1997 Time series
# 49   Slovakia: 99.31 %   2004 Time series
# 50   France: 99.27 %   2000 Time series
# 51   Denmark: 99.21 %   2004 Time series
# 52   Bulgaria: 99.04 %   2004 Time series
# 53   South Africa: 98.63 %   2004 Time series
# 54   Lithuania: 98.57 %   2004 Time series
# 55   Saint Lucia: 98.4 %   2005 Time series
# 56   Mexico: 98.08 %   2004 Time series
# 57   Austria: 97.99 %   1999 Time series
# 58   Liechtenstein: 97.65 %   2004 Time series
# 59   Trinidad and Tobago: 97.44 %   2005 Time series
# 60   Albania: 97.39 %   2004 Time series
# 61   Kyrgyzstan: 97.19 %   2005 Time series
# 62   Jordan: 97.02 %   2004 Time series
# 63   Uzbekistan: 96.93 %   2004 Time series
# 64   Serbia and Montenegro: 96.83 %   2001 Time series
# 65   Tunisia: 96.73 %   2004 Time series
# 66   Panama: 96.72 %   2005 Time series
# 67   Qatar: 96.65 %   2005 Time series
= 68   Cayman Islands: 96.62 %   2005 Time series
= 68   Mauritius: 96.62 %   2005 Time series
# 70   Egypt: 96.4 %   2004 Time series
# 71   Macau: 96.34 %   2005 Time series
# 72   Chile: 96.18 %   2004 Time series
# 73   Algeria: 96.12 %   2005 Time series
# 74   Kenya: 96.11 %   2005 Time series
# 75   Germany: 96.05 %   2004 Time series
# 76   Switzerland: 95.81 %   2004 Time series
# 77   Colombia: 95.79 %   2005 Time series
# 78   Macedonia, Republic of: 95.59 %   2004 Time series
# 79   Hungary: 94.99 %   2004 Time series
# 80   Azerbaijan: 94.78 %   2005 Time series
# 81   Cuba: 94.64 %   2005 Time series
# 82   Netherlands Antilles: 94.46 %   2003 Time series
# 83   Mongolia: 94.31 %   2005 Time series
# 84   Samoa: 94.22 %   2004 Time series
# 85   Cambodia: 94.19 %   2005 Time series
# 86   Ukraine: 93.8 %   1994 Time series
# 87   Romania: 93.77 %   2004 Time series
# 88   Oman: 93.53 %   2005 Time series
# 89   Philippines: 93.37 %   2004 Time series
# 90   Turkey: 93.08 %   2004 Time series
# 91   India: 92.87 %   2004 Time series
= 92   Grenada: 92.85 %   2005 Time series
= 92   Sri Lanka: 92.85 %   1998 Time series
# 94   Moldova: 92.83 %   2005 Time series
# 95   Latvia: 92.58 %   2004 Time series
# 96   New Zealand: 92.57 %   1997 Time series
# 97   Croatia: 91.98 %   2004 Time series
# 98   Russia: 91.47 %   1995 Time series
# 99   Iran: 91.42 %   2005 Time series
# 100   Costa Rica: 90.99 %   2005 Time series
# 101   Aruba: 90.9 %   2005 Time series
# 102   Malaysia: 90.84 %   2003 Time series
# 103   Paraguay: 90.02 %   2003 Time series
# 104   Botswana: 89.63 %   2005 Time series
# 105   Zambia: 89.29 %   2005 Time series
# 106   Uruguay: 89.18 %   2003 Time series
# 107   Armenia: 89.05 %   2005 Time series
# 108   Nigeria: 88.91 %   2005 Time series
# 109   Venezuela: 88.78 %   2005 Time series
# 110   Lebanon: 88.3 %   2005 Time series
# 111   Vanuatu: 88.18 %   2004 Time series
# 112   Cyprus: 88.09 %   2004 Time series
# 113   Dominican Republic: 87.89 %   2005 Time series
# 114   Georgia: 86.46 %   2005 Time series
# 115   El Salvador: 86.03 %   2005 Time series
# 116   Iraq: 85.31 %   2005 Time series
# 117   Saudi Arabia: 84.87 %   2005 Time series
# 118   Morocco: 83.65 %   2005 Time series
# 119   Jamaica: 83.08 %   2004 Time series
# 120   Thailand: 82.66 %   2003 Time series
# 121   Zimbabwe: 81.83 %   2003 Time series
# 122   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 80.6 %   2005 Time series
# 123   Laos: 80.09 %   2005 Time series
# 124   Nepal: 79.62 %   2005 Time series
# 125   Luxembourg: 79.46 %   2004 Time series
# 126   Cape Verde: 79.38 %   2005 Time series
# 127   Guatemala: 78.58 %   2005 Time series
# 128   Yemen: 78.25 %   2004 Time series
# 129   United Arab Emirates: 78.09 %   2005 Time series
# 130   Benin: 77.95 %   2005 Time series
# 131   Suriname: 77.85 %   2005 Time series
# 132   Burma: 77.63 %   2005 Time series
# 133   Honduras: 77.08 %   2004 Time series
# 134   Togo: 76.24 %   2005 Time series
# 135   Belgium: 75.95 %   1991 Time series
# 136   Ghana: 75.22 %   2005 Time series
# 137   São Tomé and Príncipe: 74.77 %   2005 Time series
# 138   Bangladesh: 74.4 %   2004 Time series
# 139   Pakistan: 73.41 %   2005 Time series
# 140   Nicaragua: 73.06 %   2005 Time series
# 141   Namibia: 71.06 %   2005 Time series
# 142   Cameroon: 68.1 %   2005 Time series
# 143   Gabon: 64.79 %   2003 Time series
# 144   Guinea: 63.78 %   2005 Time series
# 145   Malawi: 62.33 %   2005 Time series
# 146   Swaziland: 62.16 %   2004 Time series
# 147   Gambia, The: 61.59 %   1999 Time series
# 148   Ethiopia: 61.12 %   2005 Time series
# 149   Uganda: 60.88 %   2004 Time series
# 150   Congo, Republic of the: 59.73 %   2005 Time series
# 151   Eritrea: 57.98 %   2005 Time series
# 152   Papua New Guinea: 57.88 %   2003 Time series
# 153   Madagascar: 57.79 %   2005 Time series
# 154   Senegal: 55.9 %   2005 Time series
# 155   Equatorial Guinea: 55.8 %   2005 Time series
# 156   Tanzania: 55.27 %   2005 Time series
# 157   Lesotho: 55.15 %   2005 Time series
# 158   Sudan: 53.16 %   2005 Time series
# 159   Côte d'Ivoire: 52.15 %   2001 Time series
# 160   Comoros: 51.85 %   2005 Time series
# 161   Mozambique: 49.42 %   2005 Time series
# 162   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 46.6 %   2003 Time series
# 163   Afghanistan: 45.84 %   2005 Time series
# 164   Mauritania: 45.82 %   2005 Time series
# 165   Mali: 45.06 %   2005 Time series
# 166   Chad: 42.06 %   2005 Time series
# 167   Burundi: 40.26 %   2005 Time series
# 168   Rwanda: 39.54 %   2005 Time series
# 169   Djibouti: 36.14 %   2005 Time series
# 170   Burkina Faso: 34.93 %   2005 Time series
# 171   Guinea-Bissau: 34.59 %   2001 Time series
# 172   Niger: 33.62 %   2005 Time series
# 173   Central African Republic: 28.7 %   2005 Time series
# 174   Haiti: 28.63 %   1991 Time series
Weighted average: 86.6 %   



DEFINITION: Primary completion rate is the percentage of students completing the last year of primary school. It is calculated by taking the total number of students in the last grade of primary school, minus the number of repeaters in that grade, divided by the total number of children of official graduation age.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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