Primary completion (UIS) in Cambodia

In Cambodia, 82.3% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Completion rate, primary education Unit: % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2000 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS
Cambodia, 2021 82.3% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age
Change from 2019 +4.1percentage points 2019: 78.2%

Primary completion (UIS) in Cambodia 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), 2000 to 2021
Period Cambodia
2021 82.3%
2019 78.2%
2014 72.3%
2010 71.1%
2008 61.5%
2005 59.0%
2000 34.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 78.2% in 2019, a change of +4.1 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 34.3%, the figure has changed by +48.0 percentage points.

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
2000 to 2021 for Cambodia
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