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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 137 countries in 2021, at 156.2%. Chad had the lowest, at 41.8%. The median was 96.6% and the figure for the World was 88.7%. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Highest156.2Seychelles
Lowest41.8Chad
Median96.6137 countries
World88.7History

Top 40 countries, 2021

Seychelles: 156.2 %Seychelles156.2Saint Kitts and Nevis: 155.3 %Saint Kitts and Nevis155.3Hong Kong: 119.1 %Hong Kong119.1Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 117.7 %Saint Vincent and the Grenadines117.7Fiji: 116.7 %Fiji116.7Belize: 116 %Belize116Turks and Caicos Islands: 113 %Turks and Caicos Islands113Tuvalu: 112.4 %Tuvalu112.4Gibraltar: 111.4 %Gibraltar111.4Bangladesh: 109.9 %Bangladesh109.9Marshall Islands: 107.1 %Marshall Islands107.1Moldova: 106.4 %Moldova106.4Vanuatu: 104.5 %Vanuatu104.5Portugal: 104.3 %Portugal104.3Türkiye: 103.4 %Türkiye103.4Indonesia: 103.4 %Indonesia103.4Palau: 103.3 %Palau103.3Argentina: 102.9 %Argentina102.9Mexico: 102.8 %Mexico102.8Cyprus: 101.5 %Cyprus101.5Czechia: 101.1 %Czechia101.1United States: 101.1 %United States101.1Nepal: 101.1 %Nepal101.1Kiribati: 101.1 %Kiribati101.1Thailand: 101 %Thailand101Timor-Leste: 101 %Timor-Leste101Germany: 101 %Germany101Singapore: 100.6 %Singapore100.6Uruguay: 100.5 %Uruguay100.5Turkmenistan: 100.4 %Turkmenistan100.4Costa Rica: 100.3 %Costa Rica100.3Samoa: 100 %Samoa100Sweden: 99.8 %Sweden99.8Austria: 99.8 %Austria99.8Denmark: 99.7 %Denmark99.7Lithuania: 99.6 %Lithuania99.6United Kingdom: 99.6 %United Kingdom99.6Finland: 99.3 %Finland99.3Spain: 99.2 %Spain99.2Chile: 99.2 %Chile99.2
%. 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

RankCountries2021 (%)Change on 2020
1Seychelles156.2+28.3 pts
2Saint Kitts and Nevis155.3+43.3 pts
3Hong Kong119.1+14.6 pts
4Saint Vincent and the Grenadines117.7-1.7 pts
5Fiji116.7+13.5 pts
6Belize116+11.2 pts
7Turks and Caicos Islands113n/a
8Tuvalu112.4+4.2 pts
9Gibraltar111.4+2.3 pts
10Bangladesh109.9n/a
11Marshall Islands107.1+4.7 pts
12Moldova106.4+2.3 pts
13Vanuatu104.5-1.3 pts
14Portugal104.3+2 pts
15Türkiye103.4+2.9 pts
16Indonesia103.4+1.2 pts
17Palau103.3n/a
18Argentina102.9+3 pts
19Mexico102.8+0.2 pts
20Cyprus101.5+0.4 pts
21Czechia101.1+4.4 pts
22United States101.1+0.2 pts
23Nepal101.1n/a
24Kiribati101.1+3.8 pts
25Thailand101+0.4 pts
26Timor-Leste101+0.9 pts
27Germany101+2.6 pts
28Singapore100.6-0.8 pts
29Uruguay100.5-0.4 pts
30Turkmenistan100.4n/a
31Costa Rica100.3+1.7 pts
32Samoa100-2.9 pts
33Sweden99.8+0.1 pts
34Austria99.8+2.2 pts
35Denmark99.7-0 pts
36Lithuania99.6-2.4 pts
37United Kingdom99.60 pts
38Finland99.3+0.1 pts
39Spain99.2+2.6 pts
40Chile99.2+1.2 pts
41Montenegro99.2-2.4 pts
42Norway99.20 pts
43Colombia99.2-0.4 pts
44India99.1+0.9 pts
45Tonga99.1-2.1 pts
46Sierra Leone99+10.6 pts
47Malta98.9+1.7 pts
48Iceland98.5+0.1 pts
49Uzbekistan98.5-0.2 pts
50South Korea98.5-2.8 pts
51Algeria98.4-2.3 pts
52Dominica98.4n/a
53Estonia98.2+2.4 pts
54Morocco98.1+3.9 pts
55Israel98.1-3.4 pts
56Latvia98.1-0.3 pts
57Serbia98.1+0.1 pts
58Croatia98-2.5 pts
59Italy97.7-1 pts
60United Arab Emirates97.4-2.4 pts
61Cuba97.4+2.1 pts
62Albania97.2-2.1 pts
63Slovenia97.2+0.4 pts
64Jordan97-0.7 pts
65Bosnia and Herzegovina96.9+0.8 pts
66Sri Lanka96.7+3.2 pts
67Ireland96.7-1.5 pts
68Saudi Arabia96.6-0.3 pts
69Azerbaijan96.6-2 pts
70Greece96.3-2.1 pts
71Aruba95.8-8.5 pts
72Macao95.8+5.7 pts
73Grenada95.7n/a
74Switzerland95.5+1.2 pts
75Hungary95.4+1.1 pts
76Rwanda95.4n/a
77Panama95.2+7.8 pts
78South Africa95.2+2.6 pts
79Belarus95.1-2.4 pts
80Barbados95+4.4 pts
81Bulgaria94.3-3.4 pts
82Armenia94.2-0.1 pts
83Palestine94.2-4.1 pts
84Mauritius94.2+1.5 pts
85San Marino94-2.2 pts
86Cape Verde94+0.5 pts
87Ecuador93.9-1.4 pts
88Kazakhstan93.7-4.2 pts
89Tunisia93.6-2.2 pts
90Cayman Islands93.6n/a
91Kyrgyzstan92.9-5.8 pts
92Egypt92.4+0.6 pts
93Slovakia92.1-4.7 pts
94North Macedonia91.6+1.2 pts
95Qatar91.2-12 pts
96Bhutan90.9+8.2 pts
97Malaysia90.7-3.3 pts
98Cambodia90.2+0.9 pts
99Laos89.7-1.1 pts
100Ukraine89.3-0.5 pts
101Philippines89.1-6.4 pts
102Liechtenstein88.9-15.4 pts
103Romania88.9+2.2 pts
104Oman88.5-3.6 pts
105Guatemala88.1+7 pts
106Georgia87.8-6.8 pts
107Dominican Republic87.7-9.3 pts
108Malawi86n/a
109Togo85.5+1 pts
110Micronesia85.2+6.6 pts
111El Salvador83.8+1.3 pts
112Mongolia83.7-11.6 pts
113Zimbabwe83-5.3 pts
114Papua New Guinea81n/a
115Democratic Republic of the Congo80.9+4.1 pts
116Kuwait80.4-3 pts
117Gambia79.5+3.2 pts
118Lesotho78.7+4.9 pts
119Luxembourg76.8-0.5 pts
120Suriname75.2-12.2 pts
121Tanzania74.4+6 pts
122Comoros73.9n/a
123Honduras71.3-5.1 pts
124Cameroon69.5n/a
125Côte d’Ivoire69.1-1.9 pts
126Benin67.8+10.2 pts
127Lebanon67.3-0.3 pts
128Pakistan64.4n/a
129Burkina Faso63.7+1.9 pts
130Senegal63.1+2.8 pts
131Andorra62.6-0 pts
132Madagascar61.1+3.8 pts
133Angola60n/a
134Liberia58.5n/a
135Niger57.9n/a
136Syria56.3-0.6 pts
137Chad41.8n/a

Other periods

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. 61 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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.

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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), 2021) [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), 2021. 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=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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), 2021. Dataset. Distributed by World Bank, World Development Indicators. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/primary-completion-rate/countries?period=2021.

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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), 2021 [Dataset]. Via World Bank, World Development Indicators. Available at: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/primary-completion-rate/countries?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{unesco_countries_by_primary_completion_2021,
  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), 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  publisher = {World Bank, World Development Indicators},
  url = {https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS},
  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=2021. 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 156.2% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

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

Chad, with 41.8% in 2021.

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. 61 countries have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.

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