Primary school completion rate in Egypt
The primary completion rate in Egypt was 98.2% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.
Egypt, 2024
98.2%
Change from 2023
+4.4percentage points
World, 2024
88.0%
Primary school completion rate in Egypt over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Egypt | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.2% | 88.0% |
| 2023 | 93.8% | 87.3% |
| 2022 | – | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 92.4% | 88.7% |
| 2020 | 91.8% | 88.0% |
| 2019 | 88.7% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 86.6% | 88.1% |
| 2017 | 83.8% | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 84.3% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | – | 87.9% |
| 2014 | – | 88.1% |
| 2013 | 88.8% | 88.3% |
| 2012 | – | 88.1% |
| 2011 | – | 87.8% |
| 2010 | 87.1% | 88.5% |
| 2009 | 86.7% | 89.0% |
| 2008 | – | 88.2% |
| 2007 | 86.0% | 86.5% |
| 2006 | 82.0% | 85.3% |
| 2005 | 86.0% | 85.0% |
| 2004 | 84.5% | 84.2% |
| 2003 | 83.3% | 83.5% |
| 2002 | 83.1% | 83.3% |
| 2001 | 84.7% | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +4.4 percentage points from 93.8% in 2023.
- Since 2009, when it was 86.7%, the figure has changed by +11.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.
More for Egypt
All statistics for Egypt
Primary school enrolment (gross)
96.7%
2024 · World Bank
Secondary school enrolment (gross)
84.8%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
24.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
96.1%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
88.1%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
75.7%
2022 · UNESCO UIS