Primary completion (UIS) in Egypt

In Egypt, 96.1% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2022.

Measure: Completion rate, primary education Unit: % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2000 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Egypt, 2022 96.1% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age
Change from 2021 −1.1percentage points 2021: 97.2%

Primary completion (UIS) in Egypt 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 2022
Period Egypt
2022 96.1%
2021 97.2%
2017 93.7%
2015 91.4%
2014 90.9%
2009 85.6%
2005 83.9%
2000 81.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.1 percentage points from 97.2% in 2021.
  • Since 2000, when it was 81.1%, the figure has changed by +15.1 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 2022 for Egypt
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