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Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ years, total (%) (cumulative)

Name: Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ years, total (%) (cumulative)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: demographic, % of total population ages 25+, educational, attainment, least, completed, primary, population, years, total, cumulative

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•199 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

78.8% of total population ages 25+

Median: 89.8% of total population ages 25+

Countries Covered

199

with available data

Highest

Denmark

100.0% of total population ages 25+

Lowest

Mali

14.5% of total population ages 25+

Top 5 Countries

1Denmark100.0% of total population ages 25+

2Finland100.0% of total population ages 25+

3France100.0% of total population ages 25+

4Germany100.0% of total population ages 25+

5Hong Kong100.0% of total population ages 25+

By Region

Oceania99.5% of total population ages 25+(1 countries)

Europe99.0% of total population ages 25+(32 countries)

South America85.4% of total population ages 25+(7 countries)

North America84.1% of total population ages 25+(4 countries)

Asia80.5% of total population ages 25+(26 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (14.5% of total population ages 25+)High (100.0% of total population ages 25+)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 78.8% of total population ages 25+)

Oceania (1)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Asia (26)

Other (120)

Africa (9)

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

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Denmark	100.0% of total population ages 25+
2	Finland	100.0% of total population ages 25+
3	France	100.0% of total population ages 25+
4	Germany	100.0% of total population ages 25+
5	Hong Kong	100.0% of total population ages 25+
6	Iceland	100.0% of total population ages 25+
7	Russian Federation	100.0% of total population ages 25+
8	Sweden	100.0% of total population ages 25+
9	Ukraine	100.0% of total population ages 25+
10	United Kingdom	100.0% of total population ages 25+
11	Uzbekistan	100.0% of total population ages 25+
12	Austria	100.0% of total population ages 25+
13	Azerbaijan	99.9% of total population ages 25+
14	Czech Republic	99.9% of total population ages 25+
15	Belarus	99.9% of total population ages 25+
16	Estonia	99.9% of total population ages 25+
17	Slovakia	99.8% of total population ages 25+
18	Slovenia	99.8% of total population ages 25+
19	Malta	99.8% of total population ages 25+
20	Hungary	99.7% of total population ages 25+
21	Ireland	99.7% of total population ages 25+
22	Poland	99.7% of total population ages 25+
23	Turkmenistan	99.7% of total population ages 25+
24	Norway	99.7% of total population ages 25+
25	Armenia	99.7% of total population ages 25+
26	Switzerland	99.6% of total population ages 25+
27	Japan	99.6% of total population ages 25+
28	Latvia	99.6% of total population ages 25+
29	Georgia	99.6% of total population ages 25+
30	Moldova, Republic of	99.5% of total population ages 25+
31	Croatia	99.5% of total population ages 25+
32	Australia	99.5% of total population ages 25+
33	Curaçao	99.4% of total population ages 25+
34	Antigua and Barbuda	99.4% of total population ages 25+
35	Lithuania	99.4% of total population ages 25+
36	Trinidad and Tobago	99.3% of total population ages 25+
37	Albania	99.3% of total population ages 25+
38	Kazakhstan	99.3% of total population ages 25+
39	Bulgaria	99.2% of total population ages 25+
40	Andorra	99.2% of total population ages 25+
41	United States of America	99.1% of total population ages 25+
42	Bahamas	99.1% of total population ages 25+
43	Jamaica	99.1% of total population ages 25+
44	Cayman Islands	99.0% of total population ages 25+
45	Serbia	99.0% of total population ages 25+
46	Romania	99.0% of total population ages 25+
47	Namibia	98.9% of total population ages 25+
48	San Marino	98.9% of total population ages 25+
49	Saint Kitts and Nevis	98.9% of total population ages 25+
50	Kyrgyzstan	98.7% of total population ages 25+
51	Montenegro	98.6% of total population ages 25+
52	Saint Lucia	98.5% of total population ages 25+
53	Oman	98.4% of total population ages 25+
54	Luxembourg	98.3% of total population ages 25+
55	Italy	98.0% of total population ages 25+
56	Timor-Leste	98.0% of total population ages 25+
57	South Korea	97.9% of total population ages 25+
58	Greece	97.5% of total population ages 25+
59	Seychelles	97.5% of total population ages 25+
60	Tajikistan	97.5% of total population ages 25+
61	Netherlands	97.3% of total population ages 25+
62	Grenada	97.2% of total population ages 25+
63	Cyprus	97.1% of total population ages 25+
64	Liechtenstein	96.7% of total population ages 25+
65	Tonga	96.5% of total population ages 25+
66	Aruba	96.5% of total population ages 25+
67	Canada	96.4% of total population ages 25+
68	Israel	96.4% of total population ages 25+
69	Venezuela	96.4% of total population ages 25+
70	Turks and Caicos Islands	96.1% of total population ages 25+
71	Palau	96.1% of total population ages 25+
72	People's Republic of China	95.8% of total population ages 25+
73	Mongolia	95.8% of total population ages 25+
74	Belgium	95.8% of total population ages 25+
75	Mauritius	95.8% of total population ages 25+
76	United Arab Emirates	95.7% of total population ages 25+
77	Portugal	95.6% of total population ages 25+
78	Malaysia	94.8% of total population ages 25+
79	Samoa	94.5% of total population ages 25+
80	French Polynesia	94.4% of total population ages 25+
81	Spain	94.4% of total population ages 25+
82	Puerto Rico	94.2% of total population ages 25+
83	Nauru	94.2% of total population ages 25+
84	Uruguay	93.8% of total population ages 25+
85	The Republic of North Macedonia	93.8% of total population ages 25+
86	Belize	93.6% of total population ages 25+
87	Kiribati	93.6% of total population ages 25+
88	Saudi Arabia	93.3% of total population ages 25+
89	Tuvalu	93.3% of total population ages 25+
90	Marshall Islands	92.6% of total population ages 25+
91	Chile	92.5% of total population ages 25+
92	State of Palestine	92.0% of total population ages 25+
93	Cuba	91.9% of total population ages 25+
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	91.4% of total population ages 25+
95	Brunei Darussalam	91.4% of total population ages 25+
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	91.3% of total population ages 25+
97	Fiji	91.2% of total population ages 25+
98	Qatar	90.5% of total population ages 25+
99	New Caledonia	90.3% of total population ages 25+
100	Macao	89.8% of total population ages 25+
101	Singapore	89.7% of total population ages 25+
102	Bahrain	89.7% of total population ages 25+
103	South Africa	89.3% of total population ages 25+
104	Micronesia, Federated States of	89.2% of total population ages 25+
105	Panama	88.6% of total population ages 25+
106	Argentina	88.4% of total population ages 25+
107	Sao Tome and Principe	88.0% of total population ages 25+
108	Jordan	87.9% of total population ages 25+
109	Vietnam	87.5% of total population ages 25+
110	Sri Lanka	87.3% of total population ages 25+
111	Islamic Republic of Iran	86.9% of total population ages 25+
112	Barbados	86.4% of total population ages 25+
113	Mexico	86.3% of total population ages 25+
114	Lebanon	86.2% of total population ages 25+
115	Türkiye	86.2% of total population ages 25+
116	Costa Rica	86.1% of total population ages 25+
117	Philippines	85.7% of total population ages 25+
118	Guyana	84.1% of total population ages 25+
119	Indonesia	83.8% of total population ages 25+
120	Ecuador	83.8% of total population ages 25+
121	Colombia	83.1% of total population ages 25+
122	Guam	82.0% of total population ages 25+
123	American Samoa	81.3% of total population ages 25+
124	Botswana	81.2% of total population ages 25+
125	Paraguay	80.2% of total population ages 25+
126	Dominica	79.7% of total population ages 25+
127	Brazil	79.6% of total population ages 25+
128	Suriname	79.3% of total population ages 25+
129	Kenya	78.8% of total population ages 25+
130	Dominican Republic	78.4% of total population ages 25+
131	Peru	76.3% of total population ages 25+
132	Thailand	75.4% of total population ages 25+
133	Zimbabwe	75.0% of total population ages 25+
134	Republic of the Congo	72.0% of total population ages 25+
135	Solomon Islands	71.7% of total population ages 25+
136	Bolivia	71.0% of total population ages 25+
137	Nigeria	71.0% of total population ages 25+
138	Eswatini	70.8% of total population ages 25+
139	Vanuatu	70.5% of total population ages 25+
140	Egypt	69.2% of total population ages 25+
141	India	68.1% of total population ages 25+
142	Syrian Arab Republic	67.5% of total population ages 25+
143	Ghana	67.3% of total population ages 25+
144	United Republic of Tanzania	67.2% of total population ages 25+
145	Zambia	66.5% of total population ages 25+
146	Democratic Republic of the Congo	66.1% of total population ages 25+
147	Honduras	65.4% of total population ages 25+
148	Lesotho	65.0% of total population ages 25+
149	El Salvador	64.5% of total population ages 25+
150	Algeria	64.0% of total population ages 25+
151	Lao People's Democratic Republic	63.8% of total population ages 25+
152	Myanmar	63.5% of total population ages 25+
153	South Sudan	63.0% of total population ages 25+
154	Maldives	63.0% of total population ages 25+
155	Papua New Guinea	62.6% of total population ages 25+
156	Kuwait	61.8% of total population ages 25+
157	Cameroon	60.2% of total population ages 25+
158	Iraq	57.6% of total population ages 25+
159	Nicaragua	57.5% of total population ages 25+
160	Tunisia	56.6% of total population ages 25+
161	Bangladesh	54.7% of total population ages 25+
162	Guatemala	54.6% of total population ages 25+
163	Morocco	53.4% of total population ages 25+
164	Angola	53.0% of total population ages 25+
165	Pakistan	49.2% of total population ages 25+
166	Cambodia	49.0% of total population ages 25+
167	Liberia	47.5% of total population ages 25+
168	Comoros	47.0% of total population ages 25+
169	Malawi	46.8% of total population ages 25+
170	Republic of The Gambia	46.4% of total population ages 25+
171	Haiti	46.4% of total population ages 25+
172	Nepal	46.3% of total population ages 25+
173	Cape Verde	45.9% of total population ages 25+
174	Yemen	45.5% of total population ages 25+
175	Uganda	45.1% of total population ages 25+
176	Rwanda	43.9% of total population ages 25+
177	Togo	43.7% of total population ages 25+
178	Madagascar	41.2% of total population ages 25+
179	Djibouti	39.3% of total population ages 25+
180	Sudan	37.8% of total population ages 25+
181	Bhutan	37.3% of total population ages 25+
182	Sierra Leone	33.5% of total population ages 25+
183	Cote d'Ivoire	32.7% of total population ages 25+
184	Mauritania	32.2% of total population ages 25+
185	Mozambique	32.1% of total population ages 25+
186	Guinea-Bissau	31.7% of total population ages 25+
187	Ethiopia	31.3% of total population ages 25+
188	Central African Republic	30.8% of total population ages 25+
189	Senegal	25.8% of total population ages 25+
190	Libya	24.9% of total population ages 25+
191	Benin	22.6% of total population ages 25+
192	Burkina Faso	21.3% of total population ages 25+
193	Afghanistan	21.0% of total population ages 25+
194	Chad	18.6% of total population ages 25+
195	Guinea	18.6% of total population ages 25+
196	Burundi	18.0% of total population ages 25+
197	Niger	17.5% of total population ages 25+
198	Somalia	15.5% of total population ages 25+
199	Mali	14.5% of total population ages 25+

Showing 199 of 199 countries

Topics

#demographic #% of total population ages 25+#educational #attainment #least #completed #primary #population #years #total #cumulative

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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