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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.
Education Statistics > Primary completion rate, total > % of relevant age group (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Kiribati :
128.69 %
2005
Education in Kiribati
# 2
Maldives :
127.32 %
2005
Education in Maldives
# 3
Marshall Islands :
125.04 %
2003
Education in Marshall Islands
# 4
Palau :
115.41 %
2005
Education in Palau
# 5
Ukraine :
114.2 %
2005
Education in Ukraine
# 6
Kazakhstan :
114.08 %
2005
Education in Kazakhstan
# 7
Syria :
110.68 %
2005
Education in Syria
# 8
Hong Kong :
109.56 %
2005
Education in Hong Kong
# 9
Dominica :
109.39 %
2005
Education in Dominica
# 10
Spain :
109.28 %
2004
Education in Spain
# 11
Iceland :
108.81 %
2003
Education in Iceland
# 12
Brazil :
108.23 %
2004
Education in Brazil
# 13
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
107.4 %
2005
Education in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 14
Brunei :
106.88 %
2005
Education in Brunei
# 15
Tonga :
106.86 %
2002
Education in Tonga
# 16
Seychelles :
106.5 %
2004
Education in Seychelles
# 17
Israel :
104.6 %
2004
Education in Israel
# 18
Portugal :
104.43 %
2004
Education in Portugal
# 19
Korea, South :
104.1 %
2005
Education in Korea, South
# 20
Fiji :
104.07 %
2005
Education in Fiji
# 21
Sweden :
103.94 %
1997
Education in Sweden
# 22
Czech Republic :
103.8 %
2004
Education in Czech Republic
# 23
Belize :
102.74 %
2005
Education in Belize
# 24
Andorra :
102.66 %
2004
Education in Andorra
# 25
Slovenia :
102.41 %
2003
Education in Slovenia
# 26
Barbados :
102.36 %
2005
Education in Barbados
# 27
Greece :
102.3 %
2004
Education in Greece
# 28
Tajikistan :
102.14 %
2005
Education in Tajikistan
# 29
Japan :
101.92 %
1995
Education in Japan
# 30
Cayman Islands :
101.86 %
2005
Education in Cayman Islands
# 31
Bahamas, The :
101.62 %
2005
Education in Bahamas, The
# 32
Estonia :
101.47 %
2004
Education in Estonia
# 33
Indonesia :
101.46 %
2004
Education in Indonesia
# 34
Norway :
101.4 %
2004
Education in Norway
# 35
Bahrain :
101.36 %
2005
Education in Bahrain
# 36
Italy :
101.35 %
2004
Education in Italy
# 37
Ireland :
101 %
2004
Education in Ireland
# 38
Netherlands Antilles :
100.9 %
2003
Education in Netherlands Antilles
# 39
Bolivia :
100.88 %
2004
Education in Bolivia
# 40
Ecuador :
100.56 %
2004
Education in Ecuador
= 41
Argentina :
100.49 %
2004
Education in Argentina
= 41
Kuwait :
100.49 %
2005
Education in Kuwait
# 43
Malta :
100.3 %
2004
Education in Malta
# 44
Poland :
100.27 %
2004
Education in Poland
# 45
Netherlands :
99.9 %
2003
Education in Netherlands
# 46
Belarus :
99.73 %
2005
Education in Belarus
# 47
Finland :
99.57 %
2004
Education in Finland
# 48
Peru :
99.54 %
2004
Education in Peru
# 49
Slovakia :
99.43 %
2004
Education in Slovakia
# 50
Denmark :
99.41 %
2004
Education in Denmark
# 51
Mexico :
98.85 %
2004
Education in Mexico
# 52
France :
98.73 %
2000
Education in France
# 53
Trinidad and Tobago :
98.69 %
2005
Education in Trinidad and Tobago
# 54
South Africa :
98.66 %
2004
Education in South Africa
# 55
Bulgaria :
98.24 %
2004
Education in Bulgaria
# 56
Austria :
98.18 %
1999
Education in Austria
# 57
Qatar :
98.01 %
2005
Education in Qatar
# 58
Liechtenstein :
97.92 %
2004
Education in Liechtenstein
# 59
Lithuania :
97.89 %
2004
Education in Lithuania
# 60
China :
97.7 %
2004
Education in China
# 61
Colombia :
97.62 %
2005
Education in Colombia
# 62
Mauritius :
97.49 %
2005
Education in Mauritius
# 63
Kyrgyzstan :
97.47 %
2005
Education in Kyrgyzstan
# 64
Albania :
97.33 %
2004
Education in Albania
# 65
Tunisia :
97.12 %
2004
Education in Tunisia
= 66
Switzerland :
96.94 %
2004
Education in Switzerland
= 66
Bermuda :
96.94 %
2005
Education in Bermuda
# 68
Uzbekistan :
96.7 %
2004
Education in Uzbekistan
= 69
Jordan :
96.69 %
2004
Education in Jordan
= 69
Mongolia :
96.69 %
2005
Education in Mongolia
# 71
Panama :
96.65 %
2005
Education in Panama
# 72
Philippines :
96.55 %
2004
Education in Philippines
# 73
Macedonia, Republic of :
96.4 %
2004
Education in Macedonia, Republic of
# 74
Serbia and Montenegro :
96.37 %
2001
Education in Serbia and Montenegro
# 75
Macau :
96.34 %
2005
Education in Macau
# 76
Samoa :
96.13 %
2004
Education in Samoa
# 77
Guyana :
95.96 %
2003
Education in Guyana
# 78
Germany :
95.81 %
2004
Education in Germany
# 79
Algeria :
95.8 %
2005
Education in Algeria
# 80
Iran :
95.72 %
2005
Education in Iran
# 81
Saint Lucia :
95.52 %
2005
Education in Saint Lucia
# 82
Hungary :
95.42 %
2004
Education in Hungary
# 83
Chile :
95.38 %
2004
Education in Chile
# 84
Kenya :
95.05 %
2005
Education in Kenya
# 85
Egypt :
94.62 %
2004
Education in Egypt
# 86
Malaysia :
94.19 %
2004
Education in Malaysia
# 87
Azerbaijan :
94.11 %
2005
Education in Azerbaijan
= 88
Russia :
93.77 %
2004
Education in Russia
= 88
Cuba :
93.77 %
2005
Education in Cuba
# 90
Vietnam :
93.52 %
2005
Education in Vietnam
# 91
Oman :
93.3 %
2005
Education in Oman
# 92
Romania :
93.28 %
2004
Education in Romania
# 93
New Zealand :
92.91 %
1997
Education in New Zealand
# 94
Aruba :
92.79 %
2005
Education in Aruba
# 95
Grenada :
92.51 %
2005
Education in Grenada
= 96
Latvia :
92.31 %
2004
Education in Latvia
= 96
Cambodia :
92.31 %
2005
Education in Cambodia
# 98
Moldova :
92.11 %
2005
Education in Moldova
# 99
Botswana :
92.04 %
2005
Education in Botswana
# 100
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
92 %
2005
Education in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 101
Costa Rica :
91.99 %
2005
Education in Costa Rica
# 102
Sri Lanka :
91.86 %
1998
Education in Sri Lanka
# 103
Dominican Republic :
91.84 %
2005
Education in Dominican Republic
# 104
Venezuela :
91.6 %
2005
Education in Venezuela
# 105
Uruguay :
90.98 %
2003
Education in Uruguay
# 106
Croatia :
90.73 %
2004
Education in Croatia
# 107
Armenia :
90.69 %
2005
Education in Armenia
# 108
Paraguay :
90.54 %
2003
Education in Paraguay
# 109
Lebanon :
89.75 %
2005
Education in Lebanon
# 110
India :
88.53 %
2004
Education in India
# 111
Turkey :
87.77 %
2004
Education in Turkey
# 112
Cyprus :
87.55 %
2004
Education in Cyprus
# 113
Vanuatu :
87.26 %
2005
Education in Vanuatu
# 114
Suriname :
87.08 %
2005
Education in Suriname
# 115
Georgia :
86.7 %
2005
Education in Georgia
# 116
El Salvador :
86.56 %
2005
Education in El Salvador
# 117
Saudi Arabia :
85.21 %
2005
Education in Saudi Arabia
# 118
Jamaica :
84.39 %
2004
Education in Jamaica
# 119
Thailand :
81.97 %
2003
Education in Thailand
# 120
Nigeria :
81.81 %
2005
Education in Nigeria
# 121
Cape Verde :
81.36 %
2005
Education in Cape Verde
# 122
Morocco :
80.26 %
2005
Education in Morocco
# 123
Zimbabwe :
80.24 %
2003
Education in Zimbabwe
# 124
Luxembourg :
80.18 %
2004
Education in Luxembourg
# 125
Honduras :
79.4 %
2004
Education in Honduras
# 126
Burma :
78.95 %
2005
Education in Burma
# 127
Belgium :
78.73 %
1991
Education in Belgium
# 128
Zambia :
77.53 %
2005
Education in Zambia
# 129
São Tomé and Príncipe :
77.19 %
2005
Education in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 130
Bangladesh :
76.6 %
2004
Education in Bangladesh
# 131
United Arab Emirates :
76.46 %
2005
Education in United Arab Emirates
# 132
Nicaragua :
76.3 %
2005
Education in Nicaragua
# 133
Laos :
75.88 %
2005
Education in Laos
# 134
Namibia :
75.32 %
2005
Education in Namibia
# 135
Nepal :
74.71 %
2005
Education in Nepal
# 136
Iraq :
74.31 %
2005
Education in Iraq
# 137
Guatemala :
74.04 %
2005
Education in Guatemala
# 138
Ghana :
72.05 %
2005
Education in Ghana
# 139
Solomon Islands :
68.8 %
1995
Education in Solomon Islands
# 140
Lesotho :
66.87 %
2005
Education in Lesotho
# 141
Gabon :
66.19 %
2003
Education in Gabon
# 142
Togo :
65.32 %
2005
Education in Togo
# 143
Benin :
64.96 %
2005
Education in Benin
# 144
Swaziland :
64.31 %
2004
Education in Swaziland
# 145
Pakistan :
63.25 %
2005
Education in Pakistan
# 146
Cameroon :
62.38 %
2005
Education in Cameroon
# 147
Yemen :
62.28 %
2004
Education in Yemen
# 148
Malawi :
60.7 %
2005
Education in Malawi
# 149
Madagascar :
57.75 %
2005
Education in Madagascar
# 150
Congo, Republic of the :
57.47 %
2005
Education in Congo, Republic of the
# 151
Uganda :
57.12 %
2004
Education in Uganda
# 152
Ethiopia :
54.99 %
2005
Education in Ethiopia
# 153
Guinea :
54.54 %
2005
Education in Guinea
# 154
Equatorial Guinea :
54.28 %
2005
Education in Equatorial Guinea
# 155
Tanzania :
54.19 %
2005
Education in Tanzania
# 156
Papua New Guinea :
53.88 %
2003
Education in Papua New Guinea
# 157
Gambia, The :
53.73 %
1999
Education in Gambia, The
# 158
Senegal :
52.25 %
2005
Education in Senegal
# 159
Eritrea :
50.87 %
2005
Education in Eritrea
# 160
Comoros :
50.51 %
2005
Education in Comoros
# 161
Sudan :
49.66 %
2005
Education in Sudan
# 162
Mauritania :
44.54 %
2005
Education in Mauritania
# 163
Côte d'Ivoire :
42.91 %
2001
Education in Côte d'Ivoire
# 164
Mozambique :
42.02 %
2005
Education in Mozambique
# 165
Rwanda :
38.95 %
2005
Education in Rwanda
# 166
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
38.87 %
2003
Education in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 167
Mali :
38.06 %
2005
Education in Mali
# 168
Burundi :
35.74 %
2005
Education in Burundi
# 169
Angola :
34.74 %
1991
Education in Angola
# 170
Afghanistan :
32.25 %
2005
Education in Afghanistan
# 171
Djibouti :
31.79 %
2005
Education in Djibouti
# 172
Chad :
31.64 %
2005
Education in Chad
# 173
Burkina Faso :
30.87 %
2005
Education in Burkina Faso
# 174
Niger :
28.12 %
2005
Education in Niger
# 175
Haiti :
27.37 %
1991
Education in Haiti
# 176
Guinea-Bissau :
26.93 %
2001
Education in Guinea-Bissau
# 177
Central African Republic :
22.52 %
2005
Education in Central African Republic
Weighted average:
85.3 %
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.
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"Primary completion rate, total > % of relevant age group by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/edu_pri_com_rat_tot_of_rel_age_gro-rate-total-relevant-age-group
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