Primary completion rate — all countries

Primary completion rate — Lower-middle-income countries

Primary completion rate in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 88.11%. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 17.18 pp.

2023 88.11% +5.17 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 95.67%2015
Period minimum 70.92%1999

Trend over time

1999–2023 · % of the age group

Primary completion rate — Lower-middle-income countries, 1999–20237080901001999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 70.92%2000: 75.99%2001: 77.01%2002: 79.11%2003: 82.3%2004: 79.01%2005: 76.74%2006: 77.62%2007: 75.13%2008: 83.95%2009: 85.15%2010: 72.43%2011: 87.19%2012: 77.29%2013: 88.68%2014: 90.72%2015: 95.67%2016: 89.96%2017: 94.57%2019: 88.29%2020: 93.62%2021: 90.69%2022: 82.94%2023: 88.11%
Change over the period: +17.18 pp Annual average: 0.72 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 88.11%
World 87.32%
Primary completion rate — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 88.11 +5.17 pp
2022 82.94 −7.75 pp
2021 90.69 −2.93 pp
2020 93.62 +5.33 pp
2019 88.29
2017 94.57 +4.61 pp
2016 89.96 −5.71 pp
2015 95.67 +4.95 pp
2014 90.72 +2.04 pp
2013 88.68 +11.39 pp
2012 77.29 −9.91 pp
2011 87.19 +14.76 pp
2010 72.43 −12.72 pp
2009 85.15 +1.2 pp
2008 83.95 +8.81 pp
2007 75.13 −2.49 pp
2006 77.62 +0.88 pp
2005 76.74 −2.26 pp
2004 79.01 −3.29 pp
2003 82.3 +3.19 pp
2002 79.11 +2.1 pp
2001 77.01 +1.02 pp
2000 75.99 +5.07 pp
1999 70.92

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.