Primary completion (UIS) in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

Name: Primary completion (UIS) in Somalia, Fed. Rep.
Creator: UNESCO UIS
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In Somalia, Fed. Rep., 49.8% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2023.

Completion rate, primary education % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2006 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS

Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2023 49.8% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age

Change from 2011 +8.6percentage points 2011: 41.2%

Primary completion (UIS) in Somalia, Fed. Rep. 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 2023
Period	Somalia, Fed. Rep.
2023	49.8%
2011	41.2%
2006	31.9%

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In short

The previous available figure was 41.2% in 2011, a change of +8.6 percentage points.
Since 2006, when it was 31.9%, the figure has changed by +17.9 percentage points.

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All statistics for Somalia, Fed. Rep.

Lower secondary completion 47.9% 2023 · UNESCO UIS ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate 43.6% 2025 · ILOSTAT Upper secondary completion 9.2% 2011 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school children 85.3% 1980 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school adolescents 79.8% 1980 · UNESCO UIS Out-of-school youth 82.7% 1980 · 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: 2006 to 2023 for Somalia, Fed. Rep.
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

Somalia, Fed. Rep. by sex

Total 49.8%2023
Girls 46.9%2023
Boys 53.0%2023

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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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