Primary completion (UIS) in Uruguay
In Uruguay, 99.4% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Uruguay, 2024
99.4%
Change from 2023
+0.8percentage points
Primary completion (UIS) in Uruguay over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% 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 | Uruguay |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 99.4% |
| 2023 | 98.6% |
| 2022 | 98.9% |
| 2021 | 98.6% |
| 2019 | 98.1% |
| 2018 | 97.6% |
| 2017 | 98.0% |
| 2016 | 97.9% |
| 2015 | 97.3% |
| 2014 | 97.3% |
| 2013 | 97.0% |
| 2012 | 96.9% |
| 2011 | 97.0% |
| 2010 | 96.2% |
| 2009 | 96.3% |
| 2008 | 94.8% |
| 2005 | 97.5% |
| 2004 | 97.4% |
| 2003 | 97.3% |
| 2002 | 97.2% |
| 2001 | 97.1% |
| 2000 | 97.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 98.6% in 2023.
- Since 2013, when it was 97.0%, the figure has changed by +2.4 percentage points.
More for Uruguay
All statistics for Uruguay
Lower secondary completion
88.7%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school completion rate
101.2%
2023 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
15.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
55.5%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
0.0%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
1.5%
2023 · UNESCO UIS