Primary completion rate — all countries

Primary completion rate — Central America

Primary completion rate in Central America in 2024 — 97.24%. Since 1982, the indicator has risen by 52.77 pp.

2024 97.24% −0.85 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 104.54%2014
Period minimum 44.47%1982

Trend over time

1982–2024 · % of the age group

Primary completion rate — Central America, 1982–20244060801001201982198719921997200220072012201720221982: 44.47%1984: 45.94%2000: 89.76%2001: 90.53%2002: 92.17%2003: 94.93%2004: 94.16%2005: 93.98%2006: 94.67%2007: 96.62%2008: 95.53%2009: 96.28%2010: 96.27%2011: 97.52%2012: 101.76%2013: 103.96%2014: 104.54%2015: 102.35%2016: 99.13%2017: 98.63%2018: 98.62%2019: 97.03%2020: 96.82%2021: 97.8%2022: 95.94%2023: 98.1%2024: 97.24%
Change over the period: +52.77 pp Annual average: 1.26 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Central America 97.24%
World 88.02%
Primary completion rate — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 97.24 −0.85 pp
2023 98.1 +2.15 pp
2022 95.94 −1.85 pp
2021 97.8 +0.98 pp
2020 96.82 −0.21 pp
2019 97.03 −1.6 pp
2018 98.62 −0.01 pp
2017 98.63 −0.5 pp
2016 99.13 −3.22 pp
2015 102.35 −2.19 pp
2014 104.54 +0.58 pp
2013 103.96 +2.19 pp
2012 101.76 +4.24 pp
2011 97.52 +1.25 pp
2010 96.27 −0.01 pp
2009 96.28 +0.75 pp
2008 95.53 −1.08 pp
2007 96.62 +1.95 pp
2006 94.67 +0.69 pp
2005 93.98 −0.18 pp
2004 94.16 −0.77 pp
2003 94.93 +2.76 pp
2002 92.17 +1.64 pp
2001 90.53 +0.76 pp
2000 89.76
1984 45.94
1982 44.47

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.