Primary school completion rate in Sub-Saharan Africa
The primary completion rate in Sub-Saharan Africa was 68.9% in 2024.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
68.9%
Change from 2023
+0.1percentage points
World, 2024
88.0%
Primary school completion rate in Sub-Saharan Africa 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.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 68.9% | 88.0% |
| 2023 | 68.8% | 87.3% |
| 2022 | 69.0% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 69.9% | 88.7% |
| 2020 | 69.1% | 88.0% |
| 2019 | 68.3% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 67.9% | 88.1% |
| 2017 | 67.1% | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 66.7% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 66.3% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 66.0% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | 65.6% | 88.3% |
| 2012 | 65.7% | 88.1% |
| 2011 | 65.7% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | 65.9% | 88.5% |
| 2009 | 65.7% | 89.0% |
| 2008 | 62.5% | 88.2% |
| 2007 | 61.9% | 86.5% |
| 2006 | 62.2% | 85.3% |
| 2005 | 59.5% | 85.0% |
| 2004 | 57.4% | 84.2% |
| 2003 | 56.4% | 83.5% |
| 2002 | 55.5% | 83.3% |
| 2001 | 54.4% | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 68.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 66.0%, the figure has changed by +2.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 88.0%.