Primary completion rate — all countries

Primary completion rate — Southern Asia

Primary completion rate in Southern Asia in 2024 — 91.06%. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 24.85 pp.

2024 91.06% +0.87 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 99.9%2015
Period minimum 62.6%2010

Trend over time

2005–2024 · % of the age group

Primary completion rate — Southern Asia, 2005–202460708090100200520072009201120132015201720192021202320242005: 66.21%2006: 64.86%2008: 86.92%2009: 88.28%2010: 62.6%2011: 88.84%2012: 67.61%2013: 90.08%2014: 91.94%2015: 99.9%2016: 91.85%2017: 98.33%2019: 89.99%2021: 94.09%2022: 80.47%2023: 90.19%2024: 91.06%
Change over the period: +24.85 pp Annual average: 1.31 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 91.06%
World 88.02%
Primary completion rate — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 91.06 +0.87 pp
2023 90.19 +9.72 pp
2022 80.47 −13.62 pp
2021 94.09
2019 89.99
2017 98.33 +6.48 pp
2016 91.85 −8.05 pp
2015 99.9 +7.97 pp
2014 91.94 +1.85 pp
2013 90.08 +22.47 pp
2012 67.61 −21.23 pp
2011 88.84 +26.23 pp
2010 62.6 −25.67 pp
2009 88.28 +1.36 pp
2008 86.92
2006 64.86 −1.34 pp
2005 66.21

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.