Primary school completion rate in East Asia and Pacific

The primary completion rate in East Asia and Pacific was 95.4% in 2022.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1988 to 2022 Source: World Bank
East Asia and Pacific is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
East Asia and Pacific, 2022 95.4% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2021 −0.6percentage points 2021: 96.0%
World, 2022 91.1% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in East Asia and Pacific 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 East Asia and PacificWorld
2024 – 88.0%
2023 – 87.3%
2022 95.4% 91.1%
2021 96.0% 88.7%
2020 95.2% 88.0%
2019 97.3% 87.9%
2018 98.1% 88.1%
2017 97.3% 88.2%
2016 95.6% 88.5%
2015 94.1% 87.9%
2014 95.3% 88.1%
2013 98.4% 88.3%
2012 97.2% 88.1%
2011 98.9% 87.8%
2010 99.9% 88.5%
2009 100.0% 89.0%
2008 99.6% 88.2%
2007 95.0% 86.5%
2006 92.5% 85.3%
2005 93.4% 85.0%
2004 94.1% 84.2%
2003 94.8% 83.5%
2002 95.4% 83.3%
2001 96.6% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.6 percentage points from 96.0% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 97.2%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 91.1%.

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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
1988 to 2022 for East Asia and Pacific
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