Primary school completion rate in Argentina

The primary completion rate in Argentina was 98.9% in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2007.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Argentina, 2023 98.9% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2022 −1.4percentage points 2022: 100.3%
World, 2023 87.3% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2023 98.6% Middle value of 10 countries
Position in 2023 42nd of 137 See the full ranking

Primary school completion rate in Argentina 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 ArgentinaWorld
2024 – 88.0%
2023 98.9% 87.3%
2022 100.3% 91.1%
2021 102.9% 88.7%
2020 99.8% 88.0%
2019 100.3% 87.9%
2018 100.1% 88.1%
2017 101.5% 88.2%
2016 106.5% 88.5%
2015 106.0% 87.9%
2014 105.4% 88.1%
2013 103.3% 88.3%
2012 103.7% 88.1%
2011 103.3% 87.8%
2010 103.3% 88.5%
2009 103.0% 89.0%
2008 102.3% 88.2%
2007 98.5% 86.5%
2006 95.7% 85.3%
2005 94.5% 85.0%
2004 97.4% 84.2%
2003 99.0% 83.5%
2002 101.2% 83.3%
2001 98.4% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.4 percentage points from 100.3% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 103.3%, the figure has changed by −4.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 137 countries with data for 2023, Argentina has the 42nd 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
1970 to 2023 for Argentina
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