Primary school completion rate in OECD members

The primary completion rate in OECD member countries was 98.5% in 2024.

Measure: Primary school completion rate Unit: % of the relevant age group Data: 1999 to 2024 Source: World Bank
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024 98.5% % of the relevant age group
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 98.5%
World, 2024 88.0% Official aggregate

Primary school completion rate in OECD members 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 OECD membersWorld
2024 98.5% 88.0%
2023 98.5% 87.3%
2022 97.9% 91.1%
2021 99.9% 88.7%
2020 99.4% 88.0%
2019 99.1% 87.9%
2018 98.5% 88.1%
2017 99.0% 88.2%
2016 102.1% 88.5%
2015 99.6% 87.9%
2014 100.2% 88.1%
2013 100.8% 88.3%
2012 100.4% 88.1%
2011 99.7% 87.8%
2010 99.7% 88.5%
2009 99.8% 89.0%
2008 99.8% 88.2%
2007 99.9% 86.5%
2006 99.6% 85.3%
2005 99.6% 85.0%
2004 99.1% 84.2%
2003 98.6% 83.5%
2002 98.3% 83.3%
2001 98.5% 82.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 98.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 100.2%, the figure has changed by −1.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.

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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 2024 for OECD members
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