Primary completion rate — all countries

Primary completion rate — Western Asia

Primary completion rate in Western Asia in 2024 — 88.14%. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 20.48 pp.

2024 88.14% +1.54 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 103.3%2011
Period minimum 67.67%1999

Trend over time

1999–2024 · % of the age group

Primary completion rate — Western Asia, 1999–2024607080901001101999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 67.67%2000: 76.15%2001: 75.74%2002: 78.63%2003: 81.4%2004: 78.99%2005: 85.51%2007: 90.09%2008: 88.67%2011: 103.3%2012: 91.99%2013: 85.52%2014: 96.75%2015: 97.43%2016: 100.98%2017: 95.71%2018: 94.45%2019: 96.01%2020: 91.9%2021: 91.97%2022: 95.89%2023: 86.6%2024: 88.14%
Change over the period: +20.48 pp Annual average: 0.82 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 88.14%
World 88.02%
Primary completion rate — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 88.14 +1.54 pp
2023 86.6 −9.29 pp
2022 95.89 +3.92 pp
2021 91.97 +0.07 pp
2020 91.9 −4.1 pp
2019 96.01 +1.56 pp
2018 94.45 −1.26 pp
2017 95.71 −5.27 pp
2016 100.98 +3.55 pp
2015 97.43 +0.68 pp
2014 96.75 +11.23 pp
2013 85.52 −6.47 pp
2012 91.99 −11.31 pp
2011 103.3
2008 88.67 −1.41 pp
2007 90.09
2005 85.51 +6.52 pp
2004 78.99 −2.41 pp
2003 81.4 +2.78 pp
2002 78.63 +2.89 pp
2001 75.74 −0.42 pp
2000 76.15 +8.49 pp
1999 67.67

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.