Primary completion (UIS) in Namibia

Name: Primary completion (UIS) in Namibia
Creator: UNESCO UIS
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In Namibia, 87.4% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2015.

Completion rate, primary education % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2000 to 2015 Source: UNESCO UIS

The latest value for Namibia is for 2015. Most countries have figures for 2019.

Namibia, 2015 87.4% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age

Change from 2013 +4.3percentage points 2013: 83.1%

Primary completion (UIS) in Namibia over time: Girls

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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 2015
Period	Namibia
2015	89.7%
2013	87.9%
2007	84.7%
2000	75.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

The previous available figure was 83.1% in 2013, a change of +4.3 percentage points.
Since 2000, when it was 70.0%, the figure has changed by +17.4 percentage points.

More for Namibia

All statistics for Namibia

Lower secondary completion 75.6% 2015 · UNESCO UIS Primary school completion rate 88.6% 2024 · World Bank ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 30.7% 2025 · ILOSTAT Upper secondary completion 30.1% 2015 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 0.9% 2024 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 1.3% 2024 · UNESCO UIS

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 2015 for Namibia
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

Namibia by sex

Total 87.4%2015
Girls 89.7%2015
Boys 85.0%2015

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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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