Primary completion rate — all countries

Primary completion rate — North Korea

Primary completion rate in North Korea in 2009 — 97.09%. Ranked 55 in the world out of 135.

2009 97.09%
World rank 55of 135
Period maximum 97.09%2009
Period minimum 97.09%2009

Trend over time

2009–2009 · % of the age group

Change over the period: +0 pp

Comparison, 2009

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

North Korea 97.09%
World 89%
Eastern Asia computed 104.08%
Low-income countries computed 58.71%
Primary completion rate — North Korea, by year North Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2009 97.09

Eastern Asia, 2009

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.