Primary school completion rate worldwide

The completion rate of primary schools worldwide stood at around 90 percent in 2020. The completion rate increased over the past two decades as only about 82 percent of children in lower secondary age finished school in 2000. By comparison, the completion rate of lower secondary school was around 76 percent in 2019.

Primary school completion rate worldwide from 2000 to 2020

Characteristic	Completion rate
2020	90.41%
2019	89.86%
2018	89.57%
2017	89.26%
2016	89.35%
2015	88.72%
2014	89.05%
2013	89.28%
2012	89.24%
2011	88.49%
2010	88.91%
2009	89.15%
2008	88.45%
2007	86.9%
2006	85.93%
2005	85.47%
2004	84.68%
2003	84.16%
2002	83.43%
2001	82.76%
2000	81.95%

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2000 to 2020

Special properties

as a percentage of relevant age group

Supplementary notes

Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

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