Primary school completion rate in North America

The primary completion rate in North America was 96.0% in 2023.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1999 to 2023 Source: World Bank
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2023 96.0% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2022 0percentage points 2022: 96.0%
World, 2023 87.3% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in North America 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 North AmericaWorld
2024 – 88.0%
2023 96.0% 87.3%
2022 96.0% 91.1%
2021 100.8% 88.7%
2020 100.7% 88.0%
2019 100.3% 87.9%
2018 99.9% 88.1%
2017 98.8% 88.2%
2016 98.9% 88.5%
2015 98.9% 87.9%
2014 99.0% 88.1%
2013 99.1% 88.3%
2012 99.1% 88.1%
2011 99.2% 87.8%
2010 99.3% 88.5%
2009 99.3% 89.0%
2008 99.4% 88.2%
2007 99.5% 86.5%
2006 99.5% 85.3%
2005 99.6% 85.0%
2004 99.7% 84.2%
2003 99.7% 83.5%
2002 99.8% 83.3%
2001 99.9% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 96.0% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 99.1%, the figure has changed by −3.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 87.3%.

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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 2023 for North America
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