Primary completion (UIS) in Philippines
In Philippines, 95.8% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1999.
Philippines, 2022
95.8%
Change from 2017
+3.9percentage points
Primary completion (UIS) in Philippines 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.
| Period | Philippines |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 97.9% |
| 2017 | 95.3% |
| 2013 | 92.9% |
| 2010 | 90.6% |
| 2008 | 89.8% |
| 2004 | 90.9% |
| 2000 | 87.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 91.9% in 2017, a change of +3.9 percentage points.
- Since 1999, when it was 83.2%, the figure has changed by +12.7 percentage points.
More for Philippines
All statistics for Philippines
Lower secondary completion
84.2%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school completion rate
91.4%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
12.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
67.0%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
11.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
13.1%
2024 · UNESCO UIS