Primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade)
New entrants to the last grade of primary education, of any age, as a percentage of the population at the theoretical entrance age to that grade. UNESCO Institute for Statistics gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary, which World Development Indicators calls the primary completion rate.
It counts pupils who reach the last grade, not those who pass it, and late entrants push it above 100%. The UIS completion rate from household surveys is a different measure and is lower in many countries.
Key facts
- Primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade) in the World was 88% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade) in the United States was 95.7% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis had the highest primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade) of 137 countries in 2023, at 124.3%, and Niger the lowest, at 45.8%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Published for 199 places, with figures from 1970 to 2025.
Rankings
Countries by primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade), 2023
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Mexico
- Belize
- Liberia
- Paraguay
- Guyana
- Uruguay
- South Africa
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