Primary completion (UIS) in Norway

Name: Primary completion (UIS) in Norway
Creator: UNESCO UIS
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In Norway, 100.0% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest since 2013.

Completion rate, primary education % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2006 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS

Norway, 2021 100.0% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age

Change from 2020 +0.4percentage points 2020: 99.6%

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2021 99.4% Middle value of 21 countries

Primary completion (UIS) in Norway 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), 2006 to 2021
Period	Norway
2021	100.0%
2020	99.6%
2019	99.5%
2018	99.6%
2017	99.0%
2016	99.8%
2015	99.2%
2014	99.4%
2013	100.0%
2012	99.9%
2011	100.0%
2010	100.0%
2009	100.0%
2008	100.0%
2007	100.0%
2006	100.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 99.6% in 2020.
Since 2011, when it was 100.0%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.

More for Norway

All statistics for Norway

Lower secondary completion 100.0% 2021 · UNESCO UIS Primary school completion rate 98.7% 2024 · World Bank NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 6.9% 2025 · Eurostat Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 56.8% 2025 · Eurostat Early leavers from education and training 3.8% 2025 · Eurostat Adult participation in learning 21.5% 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: 2006 to 2021 for Norway
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

How Norway compares in 2019 Neighbouring positions among 61 countries with a value for 2019.

7 Italy 99.6%
8 Lithuania 99.5%
9 Estonia 99.5%
10 Norway 99.5%
11 Serbia 99.5%
12 Latvia 99.5%
13 West Bank and Gaza 99.5%

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Norway by sex

Total 100.0%2021
Girls 100.0%2021
Boys 100.0%2021

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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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