Primary school completion rate in Euro area

The primary completion rate in the euro area was 97.4% in 2024.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1999 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2024 97.4% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 97.5%
World, 2024 88.0% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in Euro area 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 Euro areaWorld
2024 97.4% 88.0%
2023 97.5% 87.3%
2022 96.6% 91.1%
2021 97.6% 88.7%
2020 97.0% 88.0%
2019 97.2% 87.9%
2018 96.8% 88.1%
2017 96.9% 88.2%
2016 96.8% 88.5%
2015 97.7% 87.9%
2014 97.1% 88.1%
2013 97.7% 88.3%
2012 97.7% 88.1%
2011 98.4% 87.8%
2010 98.6% 88.5%
2009 99.0% 89.0%
2008 99.6% 88.2%
2007 99.2% 86.5%
2006 98.5% 85.3%
2005 99.1% 85.0%
2004 99.6% 84.2%
2003 98.9% 83.5%
2002 99.0% 83.3%
2001 100.2% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 97.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 97.1%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.

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
1999 to 2024 for Euro area
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