Primary completion rate — all countries

Primary completion rate — Upper-middle-income countries

Primary completion rate in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 98.25%. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 4.32 pp.

2024 98.25% −0.03 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 104.92%2014
Period minimum 93.92%2006

Trend over time

2002–2024 · % of the age group

Primary completion rate — Upper-middle-income countries, 2002–20249095100105200220052008201120142017202020232002: 93.93%2004: 95.05%2005: 97.83%2006: 93.92%2007: 96.21%2008: 102.24%2009: 102.41%2010: 102.44%2011: 100.81%2012: 104.2%2013: 104%2014: 104.92%2015: 102.39%2016: 104.64%2017: 100.46%2018: 98.63%2019: 98.96%2020: 99.38%2021: 100.18%2022: 99.37%2023: 98.28%2024: 98.25%
Change over the period: +4.32 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 98.25%
World 88.02%
Primary completion rate — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 98.25 −0.03 pp
2023 98.28 −1.09 pp
2022 99.37 −0.82 pp
2021 100.18 +0.8 pp
2020 99.38 +0.42 pp
2019 98.96 +0.33 pp
2018 98.63 −1.83 pp
2017 100.46 −4.18 pp
2016 104.64 +2.25 pp
2015 102.39 −2.53 pp
2014 104.92 +0.92 pp
2013 104 −0.2 pp
2012 104.2 +3.4 pp
2011 100.81 −1.64 pp
2010 102.44 +0.03 pp
2009 102.41 +0.17 pp
2008 102.24 +6.03 pp
2007 96.21 +2.29 pp
2006 93.92 −3.91 pp
2005 97.83 +2.77 pp
2004 95.05
2002 93.93

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.