Primary completion (UIS) in Belgium

Name: Primary completion (UIS) in Belgium
Creator: UNESCO UIS
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In Belgium, 97.7% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2021.

Completion rate, primary education % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2021 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS

Belgium, 2021 97.7% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2021 99.3% Middle value of 20 countries

Primary completion (UIS) in Belgium over time

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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.

Completion rate, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2021 to 2021
Period	Belgium
2021	97.7%

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Lower secondary completion 95.4% 2021 · UNESCO UIS NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 9.8% 2025 · Eurostat Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 52.7% 2025 · Eurostat Early leavers from education and training 7.3% 2025 · Eurostat Adult participation in learning 18.0% 2025 · Eurostat ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 7.4% 2025 · ILOSTAT

Source and dates

Original producer: UNESCO UIS
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code: CR.1 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period: 2021 to 2021 for Belgium
Provider update: Not stated by the provider
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

Belgium by sex

Total 97.7%2021
Girls 97.7%2021
Boys 97.7%2021

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What this measures

Share of children aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of primary school who have completed primary education, mostly measured in household surveys (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

Survey years differ between countries; check the year shown for each value.
This survey-based rate differs from the World Bank's primary completion rate, which compares new entrants to the last grade with the population of that age.

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