Primary completion rate — all countries

Primary completion rate — Northern Europe

Primary completion rate in Northern Europe in 2023 — 100.59%. Since 2001, the indicator has risen by 1.13 pp.

2023 100.59% +0.87 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 100.59%2023
Period minimum 98.88%2018

Trend over time

2001–2023 · % of the age group

Primary completion rate — Northern Europe, 2001–202398.59999.5100100.5101200120042007201020132016201920222001: 99.46%2002: 99.84%2004: 99.91%2005: 99.22%2013: 99.19%2014: 99.62%2015: 99.08%2016: 99.04%2017: 98.92%2018: 98.88%2019: 100.04%2020: 99.47%2021: 99.39%2022: 99.71%2023: 100.59%
Change over the period: +1.13 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Northern Europe 100.59%
World 87.32%
Primary completion rate — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 100.59 +0.87 pp
2022 99.71 +0.33 pp
2021 99.39 −0.08 pp
2020 99.47 −0.57 pp
2019 100.04 +1.17 pp
2018 98.88 −0.04 pp
2017 98.92 −0.12 pp
2016 99.04 −0.04 pp
2015 99.08 −0.54 pp
2014 99.62 +0.43 pp
2013 99.19
2005 99.22 −0.69 pp
2004 99.91
2002 99.84 +0.38 pp
2001 99.46

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.