Primary school completion rate in Europe and Central Asia

The primary completion rate in Europe and Central Asia was 98.1% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2016.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1999 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Europe and Central Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Europe and Central Asia, 2024 98.1% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 98.1%
World, 2024 88.0% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in Europe and Central Asia 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 Europe and Central AsiaWorld
2024 98.1% 88.0%
2023 98.1% 87.3%
2022 97.7% 91.1%
2021 98.0% 88.7%
2020 97.6% 88.0%
2019 97.2% 87.9%
2018 95.9% 88.1%
2017 96.6% 88.2%
2016 101.0% 88.5%
2015 97.2% 87.9%
2014 97.1% 88.1%
2013 97.5% 88.3%
2012 97.8% 88.1%
2011 97.8% 87.8%
2010 97.4% 88.5%
2009 97.8% 89.0%
2008 98.2% 88.2%
2007 98.0% 86.5%
2006 98.1% 85.3%
2005 99.5% 85.0%
2004 99.0% 84.2%
2003 98.6% 83.5%
2002 99.4% 83.3%
2001 99.4% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 98.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 97.1%, the figure has changed by +1.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.

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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
1999 to 2024 for Europe and Central Asia
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