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Countries by primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade)

The Seychelles had the highest primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade) of 134 countries in 2017, at 140.5%. Chad had the lowest, at 36.4%. The median was 96.6% and the figure for the World was 88.2%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

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Highest140.5Seychelles
Lowest36.4Chad
Median96.6134 countries
World88.2History

Map of countries, 2017

Afghanistan: 88.2 %Antigua and Barbuda: 108.3 %Albania: 106.4 %Armenia: 90.7 %Argentina: 101.5 %Austria: 98.6 %Azerbaijan: 107.2 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 93.1 %Burkina Faso: 61.6 %Bulgaria: 98.9 %Burundi: 61.3 %Brunei: 103.8 %Bolivia: 91.4 %Bhutan: 94.9 %Belarus: 97.6 %Belize: 102.7 %Switzerland: 95.4 %Côte d’Ivoire: 69.1 %Chile: 98.2 %Cameroon: 68.7 %Colombia: 106.4 %Costa Rica: 91.2 %Cuba: 95.6 %Cape Verde: 89.5 %Cyprus: 98.7 %Czechia: 97.2 %Germany: 97.6 %Denmark: 101.7 %Dominican Republic: 96.1 %Algeria: 100.8 %Ecuador: 98.9 %Estonia: 96.4 %Egypt: 83.8 %Eritrea: 68.8 %Spain: 97.3 %Finland: 99.1 %Fiji: 101.2 %United Kingdom: 98.5 %Georgia: 121.4 %Ghana: 89.3 %Greece: 98.4 %Guatemala: 81.5 %Hong Kong: 111.3 %Honduras: 79.4 %Croatia: 98.4 %Hungary: 100.6 %Indonesia: 104.8 %Ireland: 97.9 %Israel: 98.8 %India: 98.6 %Iran: 94.4 %Iceland: 98.9 %Italy: 99.6 %Jamaica: 87.8 %Jordan: 94.4 %Kyrgyzstan: 97.3 %Cambodia: 83.9 %South Korea: 97.9 %Kuwait: 90.6 %Kazakhstan: 95 %Laos: 101.1 %Lebanon: 67.4 %Sri Lanka: 97.6 %Liberia: 57.2 %Lithuania: 101.9 %Luxembourg: 78.4 %Latvia: 99.3 %Morocco: 89.9 %Moldova: 107.2 %Montenegro: 97.8 %Madagascar: 63.5 %North Macedonia: 94.2 %Mali: 45.9 %Mongolia: 90.2 %Mauritania: 64.7 %Mauritius: 91.8 %Mexico: 104.3 %Malaysia: 89.9 %Mozambique: 50.6 %Namibia: 85.1 %Norway: 99.5 %Nepal: 115 %Oman: 106.9 %Panama: 90.3 %Peru: 94.7 %Philippines: 102.5 %Poland: 105.2 %Palestine: 99.9 %Qatar: 99.1 %Serbia: 99 %Rwanda: 76.1 %Saudi Arabia: 101.1 %Solomon Islands: 82.9 %Sudan: 56.9 %Sweden: 100.1 %Singapore: 99.3 %Slovenia: 97.5 %Slovakia: 94.3 %Sierra Leone: 71.7 %Suriname: 82.7 %El Salvador: 91.9 %Eswatini: 100.6 %Chad: 36.4 %Togo: 90.9 %Thailand: 96.5 %Tajikistan: 91.6 %Timor-Leste: 96.7 %Tunisia: 89.4 %Türkiye: 92.6 %Tanzania: 67.3 %Ukraine: 87.5 %Uganda: 53.3 %United States: 98.8 %Uruguay: 97.2 %Uzbekistan: 98.3 %Venezuela: 88.7 %Samoa: 105.7 %Zimbabwe: 87.9 %
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%, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Primary completion rate, total, % of relevant age group (SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2017

Seychelles: 140.5 %Seychelles140.5Georgia: 121.4 %Georgia121.4Nepal: 115 %Nepal115Gibraltar: 112.6 %Gibraltar112.6Saint Kitts and Nevis: 112.2 %Saint Kitts and Nevis112.2Hong Kong: 111.3 %Hong Kong111.3Antigua and Barbuda: 108.3 %Antigua and Barbuda108.3Dominica: 107.6 %Dominica107.6Moldova: 107.2 %Moldova107.2Azerbaijan: 107.2 %Azerbaijan107.2Oman: 106.9 %Oman106.9Albania: 106.4 %Albania106.4Colombia: 106.4 %Colombia106.4Macao: 106.1 %Macao106.1Samoa: 105.7 %Samoa105.7Poland: 105.2 %Poland105.2Indonesia: 104.8 %Indonesia104.8Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 104.5 %Saint Vincent and the Grenadines104.5Mexico: 104.3 %Mexico104.3Brunei: 103.8 %Brunei103.8Belize: 102.7 %Belize102.7Philippines: 102.5 %Philippines102.5Lithuania: 101.9 %Lithuania101.9Denmark: 101.7 %Denmark101.7Argentina: 101.5 %Argentina101.5Fiji: 101.2 %Fiji101.2Saudi Arabia: 101.1 %Saudi Arabia101.1Laos: 101.1 %Laos101.1Algeria: 100.8 %Algeria100.8Hungary: 100.6 %Hungary100.6Eswatini: 100.6 %Eswatini100.6Sweden: 100.1 %Sweden100.1Palestine: 99.9 %Palestine99.9Italy: 99.6 %Italy99.6Norway: 99.5 %Norway99.5Latvia: 99.3 %Latvia99.3Singapore: 99.3 %Singapore99.3Finland: 99.1 %Finland99.1Qatar: 99.1 %Qatar99.1Serbia: 99 %Serbia99Seychelles: 140.5 %Seychelles140.5Georgia: 121.4 %Georgia121.4Nepal: 115 %Nepal115Gibraltar: 112.6 %Gibraltar112.6Saint Kitts and Nevis: 112.2 %Saint Kitts and Nevis112.2Hong Kong: 111.3 %Hong Kong111.3Antigua and Barbuda: 108.3 %Antigua and Barbuda108.3Dominica: 107.6 %Dominica107.6Moldova: 107.2 %Moldova107.2Azerbaijan: 107.2 %Azerbaijan107.2Oman: 106.9 %Oman106.9Albania: 106.4 %Albania106.4Colombia: 106.4 %Colombia106.4Macao: 106.1 %Macao106.1Samoa: 105.7 %Samoa105.7Poland: 105.2 %Poland105.2Indonesia: 104.8 %Indonesia104.8Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 104.5 %Saint Vincent and the Grenadines104.5Mexico: 104.3 %Mexico104.3Brunei: 103.8 %Brunei103.8Belize: 102.7 %Belize102.7Philippines: 102.5 %Philippines102.5Lithuania: 101.9 %Lithuania101.9Denmark: 101.7 %Denmark101.7Argentina: 101.5 %Argentina101.5Fiji: 101.2 %Fiji101.2Saudi Arabia: 101.1 %Saudi Arabia101.1Laos: 101.1 %Laos101.1Algeria: 100.8 %Algeria100.8Hungary: 100.6 %Hungary100.6Eswatini: 100.6 %Eswatini100.6Sweden: 100.1 %Sweden100.1Palestine: 99.9 %Palestine99.9Italy: 99.6 %Italy99.6Norway: 99.5 %Norway99.5Latvia: 99.3 %Latvia99.3Singapore: 99.3 %Singapore99.3Finland: 99.1 %Finland99.1Qatar: 99.1 %Qatar99.1Serbia: 99 %Serbia99
%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Primary completion rate, total, % of relevant age group (SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS) via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Seychelles140.5+12 pts
2Georgia121.4+0.2 pts
3Nepal115-3.1 pts
4Gibraltar112.6+9.1 pts
5Saint Kitts and Nevis112.2-0.4 pts
6Hong Kong111.3+15.6 pts
7Antigua and Barbuda108.3+5.1 pts
8Dominica107.6+6 pts
9Moldova107.2+0.7 pts
10Azerbaijan107.2-4.1 pts
11Oman106.9+5.8 pts
12Albania106.4+6.9 pts
13Colombia106.4+3.2 pts
14Macao106.1+12.8 pts
15Samoa105.7-3.1 pts
16Poland105.2+4.8 pts
17Indonesia104.8-2.4 pts
18Saint Vincent and the Grenadines104.5-7.3 pts
19Mexico104.3-0.4 pts
20Brunei103.8+1 pts
21Belize102.7-3.2 pts
22Philippines102.5n/a
23Lithuania101.9-0.1 pts
24Denmark101.7+0.2 pts
25Argentina101.5-5 pts
26Fiji101.2+2.1 pts
27Saudi Arabia101.1n/a
28Laos101.1+1.3 pts
29Algeria100.8+0.8 pts
30Hungary100.6+3.6 pts
31Eswatini100.6+2.1 pts
32Sweden100.1+0.4 pts
33Palestine99.9+3.8 pts
34Italy99.6+1.1 pts
35Norway99.5+0.3 pts
36Latvia99.3+1.3 pts
37Singapore99.3-0.5 pts
38Finland99.1-0.3 pts
39Qatar99.1+3.6 pts
40Serbia99+0.2 pts
41Bulgaria98.9+0.8 pts
42Ecuador98.9+2.2 pts
43Iceland98.9-0.6 pts
44United States98.8n/a
45Israel98.8+4 pts
46Cyprus98.7-0.8 pts
47Austria98.6+1.5 pts
48India98.6-0.7 pts
49Malta98.6+0.1 pts
50United Kingdom98.5-0.1 pts
51Greece98.4-0.6 pts
52Croatia98.4+0.9 pts
53Uzbekistan98.3+0.9 pts
54Bahrain98.2-1.4 pts
55Chile98.2-0.2 pts
56Ireland97.9-1.8 pts
57South Korea97.9-5.9 pts
58Montenegro97.8+0.3 pts
59Germany97.6-2.1 pts
60Belarus97.6-1.3 pts
61Sri Lanka97.6+1.2 pts
62Slovenia97.5+0.9 pts
63Kyrgyzstan97.3+0.9 pts
64Spain97.3+2.1 pts
65Czechia97.2-0.4 pts
66Uruguay97.2-5.2 pts
67Timor-Leste96.7-0.6 pts
68Thailand96.5n/a
69Estonia96.4-1.6 pts
70Dominican Republic96.1-3.3 pts
71Cuba95.6+0.4 pts
72Switzerland95.4+0.5 pts
73Kazakhstan95+1.6 pts
74Bhutan94.9-1.8 pts
75Peru94.7-8.7 pts
76Iran94.4-2 pts
77Jordan94.4+0.1 pts
78Slovakia94.3+0.6 pts
79North Macedonia94.2n/a
80Maldives94-3.3 pts
81Bosnia and Herzegovina93.1+2.1 pts
82Türkiye92.6-41.9 pts
83El Salvador91.9-0.6 pts
84Mauritius91.8-2.8 pts
85Tajikistan91.6+0.7 pts
86Bolivia91.4+1.3 pts
87Costa Rica91.2-1.2 pts
88Togo90.9-2.1 pts
89Armenia90.7+1.4 pts
90Kuwait90.6-4.7 pts
91Liechtenstein90.4-9.8 pts
92Panama90.3n/a
93Mongolia90.2-3 pts
94Malaysia89.9-0.1 pts
95Morocco89.9-4 pts
96Cape Verde89.5-6.2 pts
97Tunisia89.4-3.9 pts
98Ghana89.3n/a
99Saint Lucia89.1-4.1 pts
100Venezuela88.7-3.6 pts
101Afghanistan88.2+4.8 pts
102Zimbabwe87.9-1 pts
103Jamaica87.8+1.3 pts
104Ukraine87.5+1.4 pts
105São Tomé and Príncipe85.1+5.5 pts
106Namibia85.1-11 pts
107Cambodia83.9-1.3 pts
108Egypt83.8-0.5 pts
109Solomon Islands82.9-0.2 pts
110Suriname82.7+0.1 pts
111British Virgin Islands81.9-2.7 pts
112Micronesia81.7-5.6 pts
113Guatemala81.50 pts
114Comoros81.1n/a
115Honduras79.4+1 pts
116Luxembourg78.4-0.6 pts
117Rwanda76.1+8.3 pts
118Sierra Leone71.7+0.5 pts
119Côte d’Ivoire69.1+5.1 pts
120Eritrea68.8n/a
121Cameroon68.7-5.6 pts
122Lebanon67.4+1.3 pts
123Tanzania67.3+6.2 pts
124Andorra66.1-3.2 pts
125Mauritania64.7n/a
126Madagascar63.5-0.7 pts
127Burkina Faso61.6+1.5 pts
128Burundi61.3-0.7 pts
129Liberia57.2-3.7 pts
130Sudan56.9+1.5 pts
131Uganda53.3-1.7 pts
132Mozambique50.6n/a
133Mali45.9-1.5 pts
134Chad36.4-4 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. 64 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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.

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2026). Primary completion rate, total, % of relevant age group (SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS) (Countries by primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade), 2017) [Data set]. World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS

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Primary completion rate, total, % of relevant age group (SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS), Countries by primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade), 2017. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS. World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/primary-completion-rate/countries?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{unesco_countries_by_primary_completion_2017,
  author = {{UNESCO Institute for Statistics}},
  title = {{Primary completion rate, total, \% of relevant age group (SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS): Countries by primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade), 2017}},
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  publisher = {World Bank, World Development Indicators},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Retrieved through World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org). Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/primary-completion-rate/countries?period=2017. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
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Which country has the highest primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade)?

The Seychelles, with 140.5% in 2017, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Which country has the lowest primary completion rate (gross intake to the last grade)?

Chad, with 36.4% in 2017.

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. 64 countries have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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