Primary school completion rate in Eritrea

The primary completion rate in Eritrea was 61.3% in 2022.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1994 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Eritrea, 2022 61.3% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2018 −6.9percentage points 2018: 68.1%
World, 2022 91.1% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in Eritrea 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 EritreaWorld
2024 – 88.0%
2023 – 87.3%
2022 61.3% 91.1%
2021 – 88.7%
2020 – 88.0%
2019 – 87.9%
2018 68.1% 88.1%
2017 68.8% 88.2%
2016 – 88.5%
2015 61.8% 87.9%
2014 – 88.1%
2013 57.4% 88.3%
2012 58.2% 88.1%
2011 61.3% 87.8%
2010 61.5% 88.5%
2009 71.4% 89.0%
2008 67.2% 88.2%
2007 75.4% 86.5%
2006 78.2% 85.3%
2005 86.2% 85.0%
2004 72.5% 84.2%
2003 65.5% 83.5%
2002 59.5% 83.3%
2001 62.0% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 68.1% in 2018, a change of −6.9 percentage points.
  • Since 2007, when it was 75.4%, the figure has changed by −14.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 91.1%.

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
1994 to 2022 for Eritrea
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