Primary completion (UIS) in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, 44.2% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2022.
Afghanistan, 2022
44.2%
Change from 2015
−10.2percentage points
Primary completion (UIS) in Afghanistan over time
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Afghanistan
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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Afghanistan |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 44.2% |
| 2015 | 54.5% |
| 2011 | 40.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 54.5% in 2015, a change of −10.2 percentage points.
- Since 2011, when it was 40.7%, the figure has changed by +3.5 percentage points.
More for Afghanistan
All statistics for Afghanistan
Lower secondary completion
31.3%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school completion rate
90.3%
2023 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
55.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
26.7%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
68.8%
1993 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
79.9%
1974 · UNESCO UIS