Primary school completion rate in South Asia
The primary completion rate in South Asia was 94.4% in 2024.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024
94.4%
Change from 2023
+0.5percentage points
World, 2024
88.0%
Primary school completion rate in South Asia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 94.4% | 88.0% |
| 2023 | 93.8% | 87.3% |
| 2022 | 112.1% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 98.6% | 88.7% |
| 2020 | 97.6% | 88.0% |
| 2019 | 95.9% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 96.3% | 88.1% |
| 2017 | 98.3% | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 98.8% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 98.5% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 97.0% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | 94.8% | 88.3% |
| 2012 | 92.7% | 88.1% |
| 2011 | 90.5% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | 91.8% | 88.5% |
| 2009 | 93.8% | 89.0% |
| 2008 | 92.1% | 88.2% |
| 2007 | 90.0% | 86.5% |
| 2006 | 87.7% | 85.3% |
| 2005 | 85.4% | 85.0% |
| 2004 | 82.7% | 84.2% |
| 2003 | 79.9% | 83.5% |
| 2002 | 76.0% | 83.3% |
| 2001 | 73.0% | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 93.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 97.0%, the figure has changed by −2.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.