social2025

Completion rate in primary education

Name: Completion rate in primary education
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, %, completion, rate, primary, education

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•165 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

87.7%

Median: 97.4%

Countries Covered

165

with available data

Highest

Germany

100.0%

Lowest

South Sudan

7.9%

Top 5 Countries

1Germany100.0%

2Israel100.0%

3Japan100.0%

4South Korea100.0%

5Qatar100.0%

By Region

Oceania99.5%(1 countries)

Europe99.5%(32 countries)

South America96.9%(7 countries)

North America96.3%(4 countries)

Asia91.9%(19 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (7.9%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 87.7%)

Oceania (1)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Asia (19)

Africa (9)

Other (93)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Germany	100.0%
2	Israel	100.0%
3	Japan	100.0%
4	South Korea	100.0%
5	Qatar	100.0%
6	United States of America	100.0%
7	Austria	100.0%
8	Sweden	100.0%
9	Italy	99.9%
10	Denmark	99.9%
11	Canada	99.9%
12	Czech Republic	99.9%
13	Mauritius	99.9%
14	United Kingdom	99.9%
15	Malaysia	99.8%
16	Slovakia	99.8%
17	Turkmenistan	99.8%
18	Ireland	99.8%
19	Uzbekistan	99.8%
20	Belarus	99.8%
21	Georgia	99.8%
22	Netherlands	99.8%
23	Norway	99.8%
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.8%
25	Croatia	99.8%
26	Switzerland	99.8%
27	Russian Federation	99.7%
28	Mongolia	99.7%
29	Kazakhstan	99.7%
30	Finland	99.7%
31	Poland	99.7%
32	Lithuania	99.7%
33	Serbia	99.7%
34	State of Palestine	99.6%
35	Latvia	99.6%
36	France	99.6%
37	Saint Lucia	99.6%
38	Ukraine	99.6%
39	The Republic of North Macedonia	99.5%
40	Estonia	99.5%
41	Slovenia	99.5%
42	Australia	99.5%
43	Cuba	99.5%
44	Ecuador	99.5%
45	Portugal	99.5%
46	Armenia	99.5%
47	Barbados	99.5%
48	Kyrgyzstan	99.4%
49	Jamaica	99.4%
50	Maldives	99.4%
51	Greece	99.3%
52	Guyana	99.2%
53	Thailand	99.2%
54	Hungary	99.2%
55	Bulgaria	99.1%
56	Romania	99.1%
57	People's Republic of China	99.0%
58	Botswana	99.0%
59	Cyprus	99.0%
60	Costa Rica	98.9%
61	Belgium	98.9%
62	Fiji	98.9%
63	Indonesia	98.9%
64	Montenegro	98.9%
65	Moldova, Republic of	98.9%
66	Tajikistan	98.8%
67	Tuvalu	98.8%
68	Luxembourg	98.6%
69	Vietnam	98.6%
70	Spain	98.6%
71	Jordan	98.5%
72	Samoa	98.5%
73	Bolivia	98.5%
74	Tonga	98.4%
75	Azerbaijan	98.4%
76	Mexico	98.2%
77	Malta	98.1%
78	Syrian Arab Republic	98.1%
79	Peru	98.1%
80	Trinidad and Tobago	98.0%
81	Türkiye	98.0%
82	Uruguay	97.9%
83	Chile	97.4%
84	Iceland	97.4%
85	Albania	97.4%
86	South Africa	97.1%
87	Tunisia	96.9%
88	Islamic Republic of Iran	96.7%
89	Argentina	96.7%
90	India	96.5%
91	Algeria	96.5%
92	Egypt	96.4%
93	Philippines	96.2%
94	Dominican Republic	96.1%
95	Colombia	95.5%
96	Panama	95.1%
97	Paraguay	94.9%
98	Kiribati	94.4%
99	Republic of the Congo	93.9%
100	El Salvador	93.7%
101	Sao Tome and Principe	93.7%
102	Bhutan	93.6%
103	Brazil	93.0%
104	Suriname	91.3%
105	Nepal	90.8%
106	Bangladesh	90.8%
107	Belize	90.2%
108	Myanmar	89.8%
109	Honduras	89.6%
110	Djibouti	89.4%
111	Nauru	89.2%
112	Kenya	88.4%
113	Venezuela	88.0%
114	Togo	87.8%
115	Guatemala	87.1%
116	Zimbabwe	86.9%
117	Namibia	86.3%
118	Comoros	86.1%
119	Morocco	84.6%
120	Iraq	83.3%
121	Cambodia	82.7%
122	Eswatini	82.5%
123	Timor-Leste	82.1%
124	Lesotho	79.8%
125	Vanuatu	79.8%
126	Ghana	79.1%
127	Cote d'Ivoire	78.8%
128	Cameroon	77.8%
129	Nicaragua	77.7%
130	Niger	77.5%
131	Nigeria	76.8%
132	United Republic of Tanzania	75.7%
133	Sudan	75.6%
134	Republic of The Gambia	74.8%
135	Yemen	74.8%
136	Gabon	74.3%
137	Equatorial Guinea	73.6%
138	Burkina Faso	72.2%
139	Rwanda	71.9%
140	Lao People's Democratic Republic	70.1%
141	Benin	70.1%
142	Sierra Leone	68.8%
143	Democratic Republic of the Congo	68.4%
144	Zambia	67.4%
145	Papua New Guinea	66.0%
146	Senegal	65.7%
147	Angola	65.2%
148	Ethiopia	64.6%
149	Guinea	61.0%
150	Burundi	60.5%
151	Pakistan	59.5%
152	Malawi	57.7%
153	Afghanistan	55.4%
154	Madagascar	54.0%
155	Mozambique	53.5%
156	Mauritania	51.8%
157	Haiti	50.5%
158	Mali	50.0%
159	Chad	37.8%
160	Central African Republic	30.8%
161	Guinea-Bissau	30.5%
162	Uganda	30.4%
163	Liberia	29.8%
164	Somalia	28.8%
165	South Sudan	7.9%

Showing 165 of 165 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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