Primary completion rate, total - Primary - Education Statistics

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Primary completion rate is the percentage of students completing the last year of primary school. It is calculated by taking the total number of students in the last grade of primary school, minus the number of repeaters in that grade, divided by the total number of children of official graduation age.
Primary completion rate, total - Primary - Education Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Kiribati (2005)124.81
2Azerbaijan (2008)121.1
3Seychelles (2008)120.02
4Palau (2004)119.1
5Iran (2007)116.82
6Qatar (2008)115.44
7Grenada (2008)114.38
8Algeria (2008)113.86
9Syria (2008)113.56
10Maldives (2008)112.91
11Colombia (2008)110.47
12Guyana (2008)109.73
13St. Kitts and Nevis (2005)109.19
14St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008)109.17
15Spain (2008)107.08
16Indonesia (2008)106.4
17Brazil (2005)105.84
18Brunei Darussalam (2008)105.71
19Ecuador (2008)105.57
20United Arab Emirates (2007)104.96
21Tonga (2006)104.87
22Kazakhstan (2009)104.81
23Mexico (2008)104.09
24Uruguay (2007)103.62
25Germany (2008)103.51
26Portugal (2004)103.12
27Antigua and Barbuda (2008)102.77
28Netherlands Antilles (2003)102.73
29Andorra (2004)102.66
30Argentina (2007)102.44
31Vietnam (2001)102.34
32Japan (1995)101.92
33Panama (2008)101.85
34Croatia (2007)101.63
35Greece (2007)101.39
36Macau (2008)101.28
37Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008)100.98
38Peru (2008)100.96
39Italy (2007)100.9
40Denmark (2007)100.64
41Cyprus (2008)100.25
42Euro area (1999)100.2
43Western Samoa (2007)100.14
44Upper middle income (2008)100.1
45Serbia (2008)100.03
46Estonia (2008)100.03
47Georgia (2008)99.73
48Netherlands (2003)99.72
49Jordan (2008)99.57
50Belize (2008)99.27
51East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2007)99.16
52Israel (2008)99.14
53Burma (2008)99.05
54Botswana (2006)98.99
55Austria (2008)98.89
56Ukraine (2008)98.89
57South Korea (2008)98.69
58North Korea (2008)98.69
59Ireland (2008)98.65
60Sri Lanka (2008)98.38
61Malta (2007)98.35
62Kuwait (2007)98.16
63France (2000)98.09
64High income: OECD (2008)98.01
65Armenia (2007)97.93
66Finland (2008)97.86
67Bahrain (2008)97.84
68Bolivia (2007)97.74
69High income (2008)97.73
70Tajikistan (2008)97.72
71Norway (2008)97.57
72St. Lucia (2008)97.5
73Liechtenstein (2008)97.04
74Belarus (2008)96.36
75Poland (2007)96.32
76Slovenia (2008)96.23
77Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008)96.07
78Romania (2008)96.01
79Malaysia (2007)96
80China (2008)95.99
81Bermuda (2006)95.79
82Canada (2006)95.75
83Slovakia (2008)95.64
84United States (2008)95.48
85Hungary (2008)95.42
86Venezuela (2008)95.38
87Hong Kong (2005)95.31
88Czech Republic (2008)95.28
89Russia (2008)95.24
90Egypt (2007)95.22
91Saudi Arabia (2008)95.15
92Latvia (2008)95.06
93Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)94.87
94Chile (2007)94.84
95Bahamas (2008)94.71
96Uzbekistan (2008)94.68
97Aruba (2008)94.64
98Iceland (2008)94.62
99Albania (2004)94.54
100Paraguay (2007)94.52
101Sweden (2008)94.07
102Switzerland (2008)94.01
103India (2007)93.56
104Turkey (2008)93.43
105Mongolia (2008)93.32
106Zambia (2008)92.98
107New Zealand (1997)92.91
108Costa Rica (2008)92.87
109Tunisia (2008)92.82
110Philippines (2007)92.32
111Middle income (2008)92.32
112Macedonia (2007)92.3
113Lithuania (2008)92.16
114Kyrgyzstan (2008)92.1
115Cape Verde (2008)91.99
116Fiji (2008)91.85
117Trinidad and Tobago (2008)91.78
118Moldova (2008)91.38
119Dominican Republic (2008)90.74
120Marshall Islands (2007)90.7
121Mauritius (2008)90.14
122Lower middle income (2008)89.97
123Kenya (2005)89.95
124Bulgaria (2008)89.93
125Cuba (2008)89.91
126Honduras (2008)89.73
127El Salvador (2008)89.35
128Jamaica (2007)89.22
129Cayman Islands (2007)88.87
130Bhutan (2009)88.47
131Suriname (2008)88.27
132Sierra Leone (2007)87.73
133Thailand (2007)87.5
134Low & middle income (2008)86.92
135Lebanon (2008)86.6
136Belgium (2008)86.05
137South Africa (2007)85.76
138Sao Tome and Principe (2009)84.79
139Luxembourg (2008)83.67
140Tanzania (2007)82.64
141Ghana (2008)82.19
142West Bank and Gaza (2008)82.1
143Dominica (2008)81.46
144Zimbabwe (2003)81.39
145Morocco (2008)81.32
146Comoros (2008)81.02
147Namibia (2008)80.79
148Oman (2008)80.41
149Guatemala (2008)80.01
150Timor-Leste (2008)79.77
151Cambodia (2008)79.48
152Vanuatu (2007)79.29
153South Asia (2006)79.28
154Gambia (2008)79.06
155Iraq (2005)76.33
156Nigeria (2004)75.46
157Laos (2008)74.7
158Nicaragua (2008)74.54
159Republic of the Congo (2008)73.07
160Lesotho (2007)72.73
161Cameroon (2008)72.7
162Swaziland (2007)71.97
163Madagascar (2008)71.24
164Nepal (2002)70.01
165Gabon (2003)69.5
166Solomon Islands (1995)68.8
167Benin (2008)65.14
168Mauritania (2008)64.24
169Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008)63.87
170Low income (2008)63.44
171Togo (2007)61.28
172Yemen (2008)60.91
173Pakistan (2008)60.35
174Mozambique (2008)59.43
175Liberia (2008)57.63
176Sudan (2009)57.17
177Mali (2008)56.76
178Senegal (2008)56.26
179Uganda (2008)56.13
180Guinea (2008)54.71
181Bangladesh (2008)54.49
182Malawi (2007)54.01
183Rwanda (2008)53.98
184Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)53.24
185Ethiopia (2008)52.07
186Equatorial Guinea (2007)51.98
187Papua New Guinea (1996)51.53
188Ivory Coast (2008)47.72
189Eritrea (2008)46.9
190Burundi (2008)45.21
191Djibouti (2008)41.09
192Niger (2009)40.32
193Least developed countries: UN classification (1991)39.16
194Afghanistan (2005)38.83
195Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (1991)38.01
196Burkina Faso (2008)38
197Central African Republic (2008)35.46
198Angola (1991)34.15
199Chad (2007)30.92
200Guinea-Bissau (2000)30.72
201Haiti (1991)27.35
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