Primary school completion rate in World
The primary completion rate in the world was 88.0% in 2024.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
88.0%
Change from 2023
+0.7percentage points
European Union, 2024
97.3%
Primary school completion rate in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 88.0% | 97.3% |
| 2023 | 87.3% | 97.4% |
| 2022 | 91.1% | 96.5% |
| 2021 | 88.7% | 97.2% |
| 2020 | 88.0% | 96.5% |
| 2019 | 87.9% | 96.5% |
| 2018 | 88.1% | 96.3% |
| 2017 | 88.2% | 97.4% |
| 2016 | 88.5% | 96.9% |
| 2015 | 87.9% | 97.7% |
| 2014 | 88.1% | 97.1% |
| 2013 | 88.3% | 97.6% |
| 2012 | 88.1% | 97.6% |
| 2011 | 87.8% | 98.4% |
| 2010 | 88.5% | 98.5% |
| 2009 | 89.0% | 98.7% |
| 2008 | 88.2% | 99.0% |
| 2007 | 86.5% | 98.9% |
| 2006 | 85.3% | 98.7% |
| 2005 | 85.0% | 98.9% |
| 2004 | 84.2% | 99.3% |
| 2003 | 83.5% | 98.9% |
| 2002 | 83.3% | 99.3% |
| 2001 | 82.7% | 100.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 87.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 88.1%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 97.3%.
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Adult literacy rate
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