Primary completion (UIS) in Germany

Name: Primary completion (UIS) in Germany
Creator: UNESCO UIS
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In Germany, 98.5% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2013.

Completion rate, primary education % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2007 to 2013 Source: UNESCO UIS

The latest value for Germany is for 2013. Most countries have figures for 2019.

Germany, 2013 98.5% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age

Change from 2012 +0.2percentage points 2012: 98.3%

Median of European Union (27 countries), 2013 99.3% Middle value of 18 countries

Primary completion (UIS) in Germany 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), 2007 to 2013
Period	Germany
2013	98.5%
2012	98.3%
2011	98.1%
2007	97.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 98.3% in 2012.
Since 2007, when it was 97.6%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.

More for Germany

All statistics for Germany

Lower secondary completion 92.2% 2021 · UNESCO UIS Primary school completion rate 96.8% 2024 · World Bank NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 9.5% 2025 · Eurostat Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 40.9% 2025 · Eurostat Early leavers from education and training 13.1% 2025 · Eurostat Adult participation in learning 9.3% 2025 · Eurostat

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: 2007 to 2013 for Germany
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

Germany by sex

Total 98.5%2013
Girls 97.9%2020
Boys 98.3%2013

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What this measures

Share of children aged 3 to 5 years older than the official age for the last grade of primary school who have completed primary education, mostly measured in household surveys (SDG indicator 4.1.2).

Survey years differ between countries; check the year shown for each value.
This survey-based rate differs from the World Bank's primary completion rate, which compares new entrants to the last grade with the population of that age.

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