Primary completion (UIS) in Switzerland

Name: Primary completion (UIS) in Switzerland
Creator: UNESCO UIS
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In Switzerland, 99.4% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest since 2015.

Completion rate, primary education % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2006 to 2021 Source: UNESCO UIS

Switzerland, 2021 99.4% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age

Change from 2020 +0.2percentage points 2020: 99.2%

Median of OECD (38 countries), 2021 99.4% Middle value of 21 countries

Primary completion (UIS) in Switzerland 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 2021
Period	Switzerland
2021	99.4%
2020	99.2%
2019	98.9%
2018	99.2%
2017	99.3%
2016	99.3%
2015	99.4%
2014	99.4%
2013	99.2%
2012	99.2%
2011	99.1%
2010	99.2%
2007	97.8%
2006	97.7%

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In short

That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 99.2% in 2020.
Since 2011, when it was 99.1%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.

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All statistics for Switzerland

Lower secondary completion 98.7% 2021 · UNESCO UIS Primary school completion rate 94.0% 2024 · World Bank NEET rate, ages 15 to 29 8.7% 2025 · Eurostat Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 50.6% 2025 · Eurostat Early leavers from education and training 5.5% 2025 · Eurostat Adult participation in learning 26.3% 2025 · Eurostat

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 2021 for Switzerland
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

How Switzerland compares in 2019 Neighbouring positions among 61 countries with a value for 2019.

20 Poland 99.2%
21 United States 99.1%
22 Hungary 99.0%
23 Switzerland 98.9%
24 Turks and Caicos Islands 98.7%
25 Thailand 98.7%
26 Austria 98.6%

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Switzerland by sex

Total 99.4%2021
Girls 99.5%2021
Boys 99.2%2021

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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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