Primary completion rate, total in Arab World
Arab World: Primary completion rate, total was 83.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Arab World, 1970–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Arab World recorded 83.1% for primary completion rate, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Arab World peaked at 83.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59.2%, in 1972.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 61.7% | 59.2% | 65.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 68.7% | 63.5% | 71.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.7% | 72.0% | 76.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.4% | 75.8% | 82.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.2% | 77.4% | 82.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.2% | 79.8% | 83.1% | 5 |
More aid effectiveness data for Arab World
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 53.05 million current US$ (2022)
- Net ODA received per capita 87.14 current US$ (2021)
- Net official development assistance received 37.04 billion constant 2023 US$ (2021)
- Net ODA received 1.3% (2021)
- Net ODA received 5.2% (2021)
- Net official development assistance received 40.14 billion current US$ (2021)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 37.04 billion constant 2023 US$ (2021)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 40.14 billion current US$ (2021)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP 49.47 million current US$ (2022)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF 78.11 million current US$ (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Arab World?
- Primary completion rate, total in Arab World was 83.1% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 83.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.2% in 1972.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Arab World data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.