Primary completion (UIS) in United States
In United States, 99.6% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2017.
United States, 2024
99.6%
Change from 2023
+0.1percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
99.3%
Primary completion (UIS) in United States 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.
| Period | United States |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.6% |
| 2023 | 99.5% |
| 2022 | 99.5% |
| 2021 | 99.6% |
| 2020 | 99.5% |
| 2019 | 99.1% |
| 2018 | 98.8% |
| 2017 | 99.7% |
| 2016 | 99.6% |
| 2015 | 99.7% |
| 2013 | 99.8% |
| 2010 | 99.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 99.5% in 2023.
- Since 2013, when it was 99.8%, the figure has changed by −0.2 percentage points.
More for United States
All statistics for United States
Lower secondary completion
98.7%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school completion rate
95.7%
2022 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
11.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
92.4%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
4.0%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
0.8%
2022 · UNESCO UIS