Countries by primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade)
Sint Maarten had the highest primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade) of 140 countries in 2014, at 128.9%. Mali had the lowest, at 49.6%. The median was 96.2% and the figure for the World was 88.1%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Top 40 countries, 2014
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2014 (%) | Change on 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sint Maarten | 128.9 | |
| 2 | Seychelles | 120.4 | +11.5 pts |
| 3 | Antigua and Barbuda | 120.1 | +5.6 pts |
| 4 | Nauru | 114.6 | |
| 5 | Mexico | 111.5 | +1.4 pts |
| 6 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 111.3 | -5.7 pts |
| 7 | Indonesia | 109.5 | +2.5 pts |
| 8 | Nepal | 109.2 | +2.9 pts |
| 9 | Moldova | 109.1 | +16.1 pts |
| 10 | Georgia | 108.5 | -1.1 pts |
| 11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 105.8 | -4.5 pts |
| 12 | Ecuador | 105.8 | +1.6 pts |
| 13 | Albania | 105.7 | +14.6 pts |
| 14 | Argentina | 105.4 | +2.1 pts |
| 15 | Belize | 104.2 | +1.4 pts |
| 16 | Oman | 103.3 | +3.3 pts |
| 17 | Samoa | 103 | |
| 18 | Colombia | 102.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 19 | Bahrain | 102.2 | -2.7 pts |
| 20 | Algeria | 102.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 21 | Serbia | 101.9 | +3 pts |
| 22 | Aruba | 101.3 | +7.3 pts |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 101.3 | -9.9 pts |
| 24 | Uruguay | 101 | +0.4 pts |
| 25 | Kiribati | 100.9 | |
| 26 | Belarus | 100.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 27 | Cape Verde | 100.5 | +5.1 pts |
| 28 | Latvia | 100.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 29 | Peru | 100.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 30 | Lithuania | 100.2 | -1 pts |
| 31 | Denmark | 100.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 32 | Ireland | 99.8 | +2 pts |
| 33 | Norway | 99.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 34 | Laos | 99.7 | +2 pts |
| 35 | Germany | 99.5 | -2.5 pts |
| 36 | Italy | 99.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 37 | Czechia | 99.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 38 | Sweden | 99.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 39 | Finland | 99.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 40 | Türkiye | 99.1 | -4.3 pts |
| 41 | India | 99 | +2.1 pts |
| 42 | Kenya | 99 | |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 99 | -1.8 pts |
| 44 | Cyprus | 98.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 45 | Iceland | 98.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 46 | Palestine | 98.3 | +2.7 pts |
| 47 | Estonia | 98.3 | +1.5 pts |
| 48 | Palau | 98.3 | -17.3 pts |
| 49 | Hungary | 98.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 50 | South Korea | 98.2 | -6.2 pts |
| 51 | Chile | 98.2 | +1.2 pts |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 98.1 | +10 pts |
| 53 | Tuvalu | 98.1 | |
| 54 | Israel | 97.8 | +1.8 pts |
| 55 | Croatia | 97.7 | -0 pts |
| 56 | Vietnam | 97.6 | -1 pts |
| 57 | Slovenia | 97.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | 97.5 | +4.7 pts |
| 59 | Malta | 97.5 | -2.3 pts |
| 60 | Austria | 97.3 | -1.5 pts |
| 61 | Brunei | 97 | -6 pts |
| 62 | Malaysia | 96.9 | -1.9 pts |
| 63 | Panama | 96.7 | -3.1 pts |
| 64 | Spain | 96.7 | 0 pts |
| 65 | Fiji | 96.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 66 | Switzerland | 96.5 | +2.4 pts |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 96.4 | +3 pts |
| 68 | Timor-Leste | 96.3 | +5 pts |
| 69 | Bhutan | 96.2 | -1.8 pts |
| 70 | Ukraine | 96.2 | -2.4 pts |
| 71 | Poland | 96.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 72 | Tunisia | 96.2 | +2.6 pts |
| 73 | Dominica | 96 | -2 pts |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 96 | -1 pts |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 95.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 76 | Bermuda | 95.5 | -4.7 pts |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 95.4 | -2.5 pts |
| 78 | Cuba | 95.4 | +4 pts |
| 79 | Morocco | 95.4 | +2 pts |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 95.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 81 | Greece | 95.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 82 | Macao | 95.2 | -2.6 pts |
| 83 | Venezuela | 95.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 84 | Russia | 95 | +0.3 pts |
| 85 | Maldives | 94.7 | +5.6 pts |
| 86 | El Salvador | 94.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 94.4 | -1.1 pts |
| 88 | Jordan | 94.4 | +5.1 pts |
| 89 | Bahamas | 94.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 90 | Armenia | 94 | |
| 91 | Micronesia | 93.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 92 | Cambodia | 93.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 93 | Mauritius | 93.3 | -3.5 pts |
| 94 | Slovakia | 93 | -1.8 pts |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 92.4 | -2.8 pts |
| 96 | Liechtenstein | 92.2 | |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 92.1 | |
| 98 | Bolivia | 91.7 | -3.8 pts |
| 99 | Philippines | 91.6 | |
| 100 | British Virgin Islands | 91.3 | -10.4 pts |
| 101 | Namibia | 91.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 102 | Jamaica | 89.9 | -4.8 pts |
| 103 | Ghana | 89.7 | -1.7 pts |
| 104 | Qatar | 89.2 | -5.6 pts |
| 105 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 87.8 | -8.3 pts |
| 106 | Guatemala | 86.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 107 | Zimbabwe | 86.1 | -1 pts |
| 108 | Eswatini | 84.9 | +1.3 pts |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 83.7 | +7.7 pts |
| 110 | Solomon Islands | 83.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 111 | Togo | 83 | +6.3 pts |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 81.6 | -2.3 pts |
| 113 | Suriname | 80.9 | +4.1 pts |
| 114 | Comoros | 80.8 | +4.7 pts |
| 115 | Lesotho | 79.5 | -2.4 pts |
| 116 | Malawi | 77.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 117 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 75.9 | |
| 118 | Honduras | 75.2 | -3.7 pts |
| 119 | Cameroon | 74.9 | |
| 120 | Benin | 74.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 121 | Papua New Guinea | 71.1 | |
| 122 | Mauritania | 67.2 | -3.6 pts |
| 123 | Burundi | 66.9 | -2.3 pts |
| 124 | Andorra | 65.2 | |
| 125 | Madagascar | 64.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 126 | Rwanda | 64.3 | +5.5 pts |
| 127 | Guinea | 63.6 | +2.2 pts |
| 128 | Gambia | 62.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 129 | Lebanon | 62 | -11.7 pts |
| 130 | Senegal | 60.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 131 | Burkina Faso | 59.6 | -1.3 pts |
| 132 | Uganda | 59.4 | +3.6 pts |
| 133 | Liberia | 58.1 | |
| 134 | Pakistan | 56.9 | +1.6 pts |
| 135 | Niger | 56.4 | +9.8 pts |
| 136 | Côte d’Ivoire | 55.5 | +2.8 pts |
| 137 | Sudan | 54 | -0 pts |
| 138 | Mozambique | 51.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 139 | Ethiopia | 51.1 | |
| 140 | Mali | 49.6 | -0.9 pts |
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About this ranking
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.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 58 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). Primary completion rate, total, % of relevant age group (SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which country has the highest primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade)?
Sint Maarten, with 128.9% in 2014, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Which country has the lowest primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade)?
Mali, with 49.6% in 2014.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Primary completion rate, total, % of relevant age group (SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 58 countries have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.