Primary school completion rate in Angola

The primary completion rate in Angola was 47.9% in 2023.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1981 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Angola, 2023 47.9% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2021 −12.2percentage points 2021: 60.0%
World, 2023 87.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 136th of 137 See the full ranking

Primary school completion rate in Angola over time

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% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2001 to 2024
Period AngolaWorld
2024 – 88.0%
2023 47.9% 87.3%
2022 – 91.1%
2021 60.0% 88.7%
2020 – 88.0%
2019 – 87.9%
2018 – 88.1%
2017 – 88.2%
2016 – 88.5%
2015 – 87.9%
2014 – 88.1%
2013 – 88.3%
2012 – 88.1%
2011 49.9% 87.8%
2010 43.1% 88.5%
2009 41.8% 89.0%
2008 42.0% 88.2%
2007 – 86.5%
2006 – 85.3%
2005 – 85.0%
2004 – 84.2%
2003 – 83.5%
2002 – 83.3%
2001 – 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 60.0% in 2021, a change of −12.2 percentage points.
  • Since 1981, when it was 48.1%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 137 countries with data for 2023, Angola has the 136th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 87.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1981 to 2023 for Angola
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics