Primary completion rate — all countries

Primary completion rate — Euro area

Primary completion rate in the Euro area in 2024 — 97.42%. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 0.82 pp.

2024 97.42% −0.07 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 100.24%2001
Period minimum 96.64%2022

Trend over time

1999–2024 · % of the age group

Primary completion rate — Euro area, 1999–2024969798991001011999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 98.24%2000: 98.25%2001: 100.24%2002: 99.02%2003: 98.88%2004: 99.57%2005: 99.08%2006: 98.53%2007: 99.17%2008: 99.56%2009: 99%2010: 98.57%2011: 98.41%2012: 97.69%2013: 97.7%2014: 97.08%2015: 97.66%2016: 96.84%2017: 96.87%2018: 96.81%2019: 97.2%2020: 96.98%2021: 97.59%2022: 96.64%2023: 97.49%2024: 97.42%
Change over the period: −0.82 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Euro area

Euro area 97.42%
World 88.02%
Primary completion rate — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 97.42 −0.07 pp
2023 97.49 +0.85 pp
2022 96.64 −0.95 pp
2021 97.59 +0.61 pp
2020 96.98 −0.22 pp
2019 97.2 +0.39 pp
2018 96.81 −0.06 pp
2017 96.87 +0.03 pp
2016 96.84 −0.82 pp
2015 97.66 +0.58 pp
2014 97.08 −0.63 pp
2013 97.7 +0.02 pp
2012 97.69 −0.72 pp
2011 98.41 −0.17 pp
2010 98.57 −0.43 pp
2009 99 −0.55 pp
2008 99.56 +0.39 pp
2007 99.17 +0.63 pp
2006 98.53 −0.55 pp
2005 99.08 −0.49 pp
2004 99.57 +0.69 pp
2003 98.88 −0.15 pp
2002 99.02 −1.22 pp
2001 100.24 +1.99 pp
2000 98.25 +0.01 pp
1999 98.24

About the indicator

The number of pupils in the last grade of primary school as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age. The indicator adds dropout to the picture that enrollment gives: almost everyone can enroll, while noticeably fewer make it to the end. Values above one hundred percent are not an error but a consequence of repetition and late entry: children older than the official age end up in the final grade.

Important: It can exceed 100% because of repeaters and of pupils older than the official age — a property of the methodology, not a sign of universal coverage. The aggregate is weighted by the number of children, not by total population.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.