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Primary completion rate — all countries

Primary completion rate — OECD

Primary completion rate in the OECD in 2024 — 98.49%. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 0.54 pp.

2024 98.49% −0.05 pp vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 102.1%2016
Period minimum 97.94%2022

Trend over time

1999–2024 · % of the age group

Primary completion rate — OECD, 1999–202496981001021041999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 97.95%2000: 98.04%2001: 98.53%2002: 98.27%2003: 98.55%2004: 99.11%2005: 99.56%2006: 99.56%2007: 99.88%2008: 99.77%2009: 99.77%2010: 99.69%2011: 99.74%2012: 100.45%2013: 100.75%2014: 100.16%2015: 99.59%2016: 102.1%2017: 99.02%2018: 98.46%2019: 99.08%2020: 99.4%2021: 99.87%2022: 97.94%2023: 98.54%2024: 98.49%
Change over the period: +0.54 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 98.49%
World 88.02%
Primary completion rate — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 98.49 −0.05 pp
2023 98.54 +0.6 pp
2022 97.94 −1.93 pp
2021 99.87 +0.48 pp
2020 99.4 +0.32 pp
2019 99.08 +0.62 pp
2018 98.46 −0.57 pp
2017 99.02 −3.07 pp
2016 102.1 +2.5 pp
2015 99.59 −0.57 pp
2014 100.16 −0.59 pp
2013 100.75 +0.3 pp
2012 100.45 +0.71 pp
2011 99.74 +0.05 pp
2010 99.69 −0.08 pp
2009 99.77 −0 pp
2008 99.77 −0.11 pp
2007 99.88 +0.32 pp
2006 99.56 −0 pp
2005 99.56 +0.45 pp
2004 99.11 +0.56 pp
2003 98.55 +0.28 pp
2002 98.27 −0.26 pp
2001 98.53 +0.49 pp
2000 98.04 +0.09 pp
1999 97.95 —

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.

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