Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) by country
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations...
Countries reporting
189
Highest
135.9%
Turks and Caicos Islands
Lowest
31.2%
Central African Republic
Median
94.8%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
6,295
What the numbers show
Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 135.9% in Turks and Caicos Islands; the lowest is 31.2% in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 94.8%, and the mean is 89.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 174.1%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 44.4%).
Primary completion rate, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 135.9% | 2024 | up 100.6% | rising |
| 2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 115.2% | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 3 | Fiji | 113.8% | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 4 | Vanuatu | 113.2% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 5 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 111.3% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 6 | Hungary | 110.0% | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 7 | Tonga | 109.8% | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 8 | Nepal | 108.9% | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 9 | Cayman Islands | 108.8% | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 10 | Montenegro | 108.7% | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 11 | Tuvalu | 108.2% | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 12 | Moldova | 107.8% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 13 | Albania | 107.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | Morocco | 107.1% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 15 | Myanmar | 106.8% | 2018 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 16 | Palau | 106.2% | 2024 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 17 | Thailand | 106.2% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 105.9% | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 19 | Venezuela | 105.3% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 20 | Cyprus | 105.1% | 2024 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 21 | Antigua and Barbuda | 104.6% | 2022 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 22 | Portugal | 104.4% | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 23 | China | 103.9% | 2010 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 24 | Botswana | 103.5% | 2022 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Bermuda | 103.5% | 2013 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 26 | Guyana | 103.3% | 2012 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 27 | Georgia | 102.9% | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 102.8% | 2024 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 29 | Mexico | 102.8% | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 30 | South Korea | 102.6% | 2024 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 31 | Kenya | 102.1% | 2016 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 102.0% | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 101.8% | 2024 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 34 | Uruguay | 101.6% | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 35 | Ecuador | 101.5% | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 101.3% | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 37 | Brunei | 101.3% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 101.0% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 100.9% | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 40 | Lithuania | 100.4% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 41 | Estonia | 100.3% | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 42 | Croatia | 100.2% | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 43 | Cape Verde | 100.1% | 2022 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Argentina | 99.9% | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 45 | Sweden | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 46 | Russia | 99.7% | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 48 | Greece | 99.6% | 2023 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 49 | Denmark | 99.4% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 50 | Indonesia | 98.8% | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 51 | Norway | 98.8% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 52 | Vietnam | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 53 | Spain | 98.6% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 54 | Slovakia | 98.5% | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 55 | Egypt | 98.5% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 56 | Samoa | 98.4% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 57 | Iceland | 98.4% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 58 | Latvia | 98.3% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 59 | Maldives | 98.1% | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 60 | Ghana | 98.1% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 61 | Iran | 98.0% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 62 | Czechia | 97.9% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 63 | Chile | 97.9% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 64 | Jordan | 97.8% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 65 | Qatar | 97.5% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 66 | Marshall Islands | 97.4% | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 67 | Israel | 97.4% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 68 | Italy | 97.4% | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 69 | Germany | 97.3% | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 70 | Algeria | 97.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 97.3% | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 72 | Finland | 97.2% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 73 | Malta | 97.0% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 74 | Austria | 96.9% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 75 | Slovenia | 96.8% | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 76 | Colombia | 96.8% | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 77 | Singapore | 96.7% | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 78 | Armenia | 96.6% | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 79 | Belize | 96.4% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 80 | Serbia | 96.4% | 2022 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 96.2% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 82 | Tunisia | 96.2% | 2021 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 83 | Belarus | 96.2% | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 84 | Panama | 96.2% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 85 | Gibraltar | 96.1% | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 86 | New Caledonia | 95.9% | 1990 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 95.7% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 88 | Ukraine | 95.6% | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 89 | Switzerland | 95.5% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 95.4% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 91 | Eswatini | 95.3% | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 95.2% | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 93 | Ireland | 94.9% | 2022 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 94 | Bhutan | 94.8% | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 95 | Peru | 94.8% | 2019 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 96 | Liechtenstein | 94.7% | 2021 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 97 | Mongolia | 94.7% | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 98 | Bahrain | 94.6% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 99 | Grenada | 94.6% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 100 | San Marino | 94.6% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 94.6% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 102 | South Africa | 94.5% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 103 | Aruba | 94.4% | 2022 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 104 | Poland | 94.3% | 2019 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 105 | United States | 94.1% | 2022 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 106 | Macao | 93.9% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 107 | Seychelles | 93.8% | 2024 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 108 | East Timor | 93.3% | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 109 | Cambodia | 93.2% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 110 | Gambia | 93.1% | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Nauru | 92.7% | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 92.6% | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 113 | Oman | 92.1% | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 114 | Cuba | 92.0% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 115 | Kuwait | 91.3% | 2021 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 116 | India | 91.0% | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 117 | Togo | 91.0% | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Bolivia | 90.9% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 119 | Philippines | 90.9% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 120 | Hong Kong | 90.7% | 2024 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 90.7% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 122 | Namibia | 90.4% | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 123 | Palestine | 90.3% | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 124 | Malaysia | 89.9% | 2024 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 125 | Dominica | 89.8% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 126 | Tajikistan | 89.5% | 2017 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 127 | Turkey | 89.4% | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 128 | Barbados | 89.1% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 129 | Bahamas | 88.4% | 2019 | down 9.6% | flat |
| 130 | Kiribati | 88.3% | 2024 | down 15.2% | flat |
| 131 | Paraguay | 88.3% | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 132 | Zimbabwe | 88.0% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 133 | Guatemala | 87.8% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 134 | Sao Tome and Principe | 87.2% | 2017 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 135 | Libya | 86.1% | 1983 | up 129.7% | rising |
| 136 | Laos | 85.6% | 2025 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 137 | Jamaica | 84.3% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 138 | El Salvador | 84.2% | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 139 | Tanzania | 84.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 140 | Mauritius | 83.2% | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 141 | Uzbekistan | 83.1% | 2025 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 142 | Nicaragua | 82.9% | 2022 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 143 | Micronesia (country) | 82.6% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 81.2% | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 145 | Romania | 81.0% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 146 | Cote d'Ivoire | 80.8% | 2024 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 147 | Suriname | 80.3% | 2021 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 148 | Zambia | 79.8% | 2013 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 149 | Luxembourg | 77.3% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 76.7% | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Mauritania | 74.5% | 2020 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Malawi | 74.5% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 153 | Senegal | 73.9% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 154 | Honduras | 73.9% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 155 | Comoros | 73.5% | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 156 | Rwanda | 73.3% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 157 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 72.9% | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 158 | Pakistan | 72.9% | 2024 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 159 | Cameroon | 72.4% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 71.9% | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 161 | Lesotho | 71.9% | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 162 | Congo | 71.0% | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 163 | Gabon | 68.6% | 2003 | up 18.1% | flat |
| 164 | Lebanon | 68.6% | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 165 | Mozambique | 68.6% | 2022 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 166 | Nigeria | 65.5% | 2010 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 167 | Andorra | 65.2% | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 168 | Madagascar | 63.7% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 169 | Syria | 61.4% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 170 | Sudan | 59.7% | 2019 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 171 | Benin | 59.1% | 2022 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Liberia | 59.0% | 2022 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 57.4% | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau | 55.8% | 2010 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Eritrea | 55.8% | 2022 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 176 | Ethiopia | 54.2% | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 177 | British Virgin Islands | 54.0% | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 178 | Uganda | 54.0% | 2017 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 179 | Yemen | 53.9% | 2016 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 180 | Iraq | 53.7% | 2007 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 181 | Guinea | 52.7% | 2020 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Burundi | 51.3% | 2020 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Haiti | 50.5% | 1997 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 184 | Angola | 48.8% | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 185 | Mali | 47.1% | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Niger | 40.6% | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Chad | 36.3% | 2021 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Equatorial Guinea | 34.1% | 2015 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 189 | Central African Republic | 31.2% | 2016 | up 75.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD members 98.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 98.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 97.8%
- Euro area 97.5%
- High income 97.5%
- European Union 97.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 97.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 97.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 97.0%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 96.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 96.5%
- Post-demographic dividend 96.2%
About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.