Primary completion (UIS) in Iraq

In Iraq, 75.7% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2018.

Measure: Completion rate, primary education Unit: % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2000 to 2018 Source: UNESCO UIS
Iraq, 2018 75.7% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age
Change from 2011 +10.3percentage points 2011: 65.4%

Primary completion (UIS) in Iraq 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 2018
Period Iraq
2018 75.7%
2011 65.4%
2006 59.6%
2000 55.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 65.4% in 2011, a change of +10.3 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 55.6%, the figure has changed by +20.1 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 2018 for Iraq
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