Primary completion rate — all countries

Primary completion rate — G20

Primary completion rate in the G20 in 2021 — 100.05%. Since 2018, the indicator has risen by 0.33 pp.

2021 100.05% +0.94 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 100.05%2021
Period minimum 98.02%2019

Trend over time

2018–2021 · % of the age group

Primary completion rate — G20, 2018–2021989910010120182019202020212018: 99.72%2019: 98.02%2020: 99.12%2021: 100.05%
Change over the period: +0.33 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 100.05%
World 88.7%
Primary completion rate — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 100.05 +0.94 pp
2020 99.12 +1.1 pp
2019 98.02 −1.7 pp
2018 99.72

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.