Primary school completion rate

New entrants to the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, as a percentage of the population at the entrance age to that grade. It can exceed 100% because of over-age and under-age pupils.

Unit: % of the relevant age group Frequency: Annual Coverage: 198 countries and 11 groups 1970 to 2025 Source: World Bank (original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics)

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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.

Primary school completion rate (% of the relevant age group), 2016 to 2024
Period Paraguay
2024 88.7%
2023 90.3%
2022 87.1%
2020 84.8%
2016 98.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

About this measure

Definition
New entrants to the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, as a percentage of the population at the entrance age to that grade. It can exceed 100% because of over-age and under-age pupils.
Population covered
Children at the age of the last primary grade
Unit
% of the relevant age group
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

Before comparing

  • Values above 100% are valid.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2025
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Latest value for each country Each value is the country's most recent figure. Years differ, so check the period beside each value before comparing.

  1. 1 Monaco 135.0%2024
  2. 2 Turks and Caicos Islands 132.4%2024
  3. 3 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 128.9%2014
  4. 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 124.3%2023
  5. 5 Antigua and Barbuda 123.4%2022
  6. 6 Fiji 116.3%2024
  7. 7 Vanuatu 113.4%2024
  8. 8 Nepal 109.4%2025
  9. 9 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109.0%2024
  10. 10 Hungary 108.9%2024
  11. 11 Tonga 108.1%2024
  12. 12 Moldova 108.1%2024
  13. 13 Albania 107.3%2024
  14. 14 Thailand 107.1%2025
  15. 15 Montenegro 106.7%2023
  16. 16 Cayman Islands 106.5%2024
  17. 17 Costa Rica 106.4%2024
  18. 18 Morocco 106.4%2024
  19. 19 Myanmar 105.4%2018
  20. 20 Portugal 104.5%2023
  21. 21 Guyana 104.3%2012
  22. 22 Georgia 103.8%2024
  23. 23 China 103.5%2010
  24. 24 Venezuela 103.0%2024
  25. 25 South Korea 102.9%2024
  26. 26 Mexico 102.3%2024
  27. 27 Cyprus 102.2%2024
  28. 28 Kenya 102.2%2016
  29. 29 Bermuda 102.2%2015
  30. 30 Botswana 101.5%2022
  31. 31 Uruguay 101.2%2023
  32. 32 United Kingdom 101.1%2023
  33. 33 Viet Nam 100.6%2024
  34. 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.5%2023
  35. 35 Croatia 100.5%2023
  36. 36 Palau 100.4%2024
  37. 37 Ecuador 100.2%2023
  38. 38 Lithuania 100.1%2024
  39. 39 Russia 100.0%2019
  40. 40 Samoa 100.0%2024
  41. 41 Indonesia 100.0%2023
  42. 42 Greece 99.9%2023
  43. 43 Estonia 99.9%2024
  44. 44 Sweden 99.8%2024
  45. 45 Denmark 99.7%2024
  46. 46 Brunei 99.4%2024
  47. 47 Saudi Arabia 99.4%2024
  48. 48 Sierra Leone 99.2%2024
  49. 49 United Arab Emirates 99.2%2023
  50. 50 Chile 99.1%2024
  51. 51 Cabo Verde 99.1%2022
  52. 52 Argentina 98.9%2023
  53. 53 Czechia 98.7%2023
  54. 54 Norway 98.7%2024
  55. 55 Iceland 98.6%2023
  56. 56 Turkmenistan 98.6%2024
  57. 57 Spain 98.5%2024
  58. 58 Marshall Islands 98.5%2024
  59. 59 Slovakia 98.4%2024
  60. 60 Canada 98.3%2000
  61. 61 Algeria 98.2%2025
  62. 62 Armenia 98.2%2024
  63. 63 Egypt 98.2%2024
  64. 64 Kazakhstan 98.1%2025
  65. 65 Latvia 98.1%2024
  66. 66 Ghana 97.5%2024
  67. 67 Grenada 97.5%2024
  68. 68 Iran 97.4%2023
  69. 69 Slovenia 97.4%2023
  70. 70 Saint Lucia 97.4%2024
  71. 71 Italy 97.4%2023
  72. 72 Azerbaijan 97.2%2024
  73. 73 Finland 97.2%2024
  74. 74 Colombia 97.1%2022
  75. 75 Malta 97.1%2023
  76. 76 North Korea 97.1%2009
  77. 77 Jordan 97.0%2024
  78. 78 Israel 97.0%2024
  79. 79 Singapore 96.8%2023
  80. 80 Germany 96.8%2024
  81. 81 Austria 96.7%2024
  82. 82 Panama 96.2%2024
  83. 83 Serbia 96.0%2022
  84. 84 Belarus 95.8%2024
  85. 85 North Macedonia 95.8%2023
  86. 86 United States 95.7%2022
  87. 87 Gibraltar 95.4%2024
  88. 88 Qatar 95.4%2024
  89. 89 South Africa 95.3%2023
  90. 90 Kyrgyzstan 95.3%2025
  91. 91 Tuvalu 95.1%2024
  92. 92 Peru 95.0%2019
  93. 93 Poland 94.7%2019
  94. 94 Bulgaria 94.6%2024
  95. 95 Ukraine 94.6%2024
  96. 96 Sri Lanka 94.5%2023
  97. 97 Bangladesh 94.3%2024
  98. 98 Seychelles 94.2%2024
  99. 99 Belize 94.2%2024
  100. 100 Macao SAR, China 94.1%2024
  101. 101 Bahrain 94.1%2024
  102. 102 Switzerland 94.0%2024
  103. 103 Aruba 93.8%2022
  104. 104 Maldives 93.8%2024
  105. 105 Ireland 93.7%2022
  106. 106 Tunisia 93.6%2021
  107. 107 Eswatini 93.6%2023
  108. 108 Mongolia 93.5%2024
  109. 109 San Marino 93.4%2024
  110. 110 Timor-Leste 93.2%2023
  111. 111 Kiribati 92.8%2024
  112. 112 New Caledonia 92.5%1990
  113. 113 Oman 92.1%2024
  114. 114 Hong Kong SAR, China 91.7%2024
  115. 115 Trinidad and Tobago 91.6%2023
  116. 116 Tajikistan 91.6%2017
  117. 117 Philippines 91.4%2024
  118. 118 Togo 91.2%2024
  119. 119 West Bank and Gaza 91.2%2023
  120. 120 Cuba 91.1%2024
  121. 121 Dominica 91.1%2025
  122. 122 Cambodia 91.0%2024
  123. 123 Bolivia 91.0%2024
  124. 124 Türkiye 90.6%2023
  125. 125 Afghanistan 90.3%2023
  126. 126 India 90.3%2025
  127. 127 Libya 90.1%1983
  128. 128 Dominican Republic 90.0%2024
  129. 129 Liechtenstein 88.9%2021
  130. 130 Paraguay 88.7%2024
  131. 131 Namibia 88.6%2024
  132. 132 Bahamas 87.9%2019
  133. 133 Malaysia 87.7%2024
  134. 134 Bhutan 86.5%2024
  135. 135 Guatemala 86.5%2024
  136. 136 Naoero 86.4%2025
  137. 137 Zimbabwe 86.0%2024
  138. 138 Barbados 85.3%2024
  139. 139 Laos 85.2%2025
  140. 140 São Tomé and Príncipe 85.1%2017
  141. 141 Gambia 84.2%2025
  142. 142 Jamaica 83.6%2024
  143. 143 Uzbekistan 83.6%2025
  144. 144 Mauritius 83.2%2024
  145. 145 Puerto Rico (US) 83.1%2024
  146. 146 Papua New Guinea 82.7%2023
  147. 147 El Salvador 82.6%2024
  148. 148 Zambia 81.8%2013
  149. 149 Nicaragua 81.7%2022
  150. 150 Romania 81.0%2023
  151. 151 Kuwait 80.4%2021
  152. 152 Côte d'Ivoire 80.2%2024
  153. 153 Micronesia 78.9%2024
  154. 154 Tanzania 77.3%2024
  155. 155 Luxembourg 76.5%2024
  156. 156 Democratic Republic of the Congo 75.7%2023
  157. 157 Cameroon 75.3%2024
  158. 158 Suriname 75.2%2021
  159. 159 French Polynesia 74.6%1983
  160. 160 Pakistan 74.1%2024
  161. 161 Mauritania 73.4%2020
  162. 162 Comoros 72.7%2024
  163. 163 Mozambique 72.4%2022
  164. 164 Honduras 72.0%2024
  165. 165 Republic of the Congo 71.1%2023
  166. 166 Solomon Islands 70.5%2024
  167. 167 Nigeria 70.2%2010
  168. 168 Malawi 70.1%2024
  169. 169 Gabon 67.7%2003
  170. 170 Andorra 67.4%2024
  171. 171 Lebanon 67.3%2023
  172. 172 Lesotho 67.0%2023
  173. 173 Rwanda 66.8%2024
  174. 174 Iraq 63.6%2007
  175. 175 Senegal 62.9%2024
  176. 176 Guinea-Bissau 62.6%2010
  177. 177 Benin 61.6%2022
  178. 178 Eritrea 61.3%2022
  179. 179 US Virgin Islands 61.1%1993
  180. 180 Madagascar 60.7%2024
  181. 181 Yemen 60.1%2016
  182. 182 Syria 60.1%2024
  183. 183 Sudan 60.1%2019
  184. 184 Guinea 59.9%2020
  185. 185 Liberia 57.8%2022
  186. 186 Ethiopia 54.4%2024
  187. 187 Uganda 53.3%2017
  188. 188 Haiti 52.6%1997
  189. 189 Burkina Faso 52.0%2024
  190. 190 Mali 48.4%2023
  191. 191 Angola 47.9%2023
  192. 192 Burundi 47.6%2020
  193. 193 British Virgin Islands 46.4%2024
  194. 194 Chad 41.8%2021
  195. 195 Niger 40.8%2024
  196. 196 Central African Republic 38.5%2016
  197. 197 Equatorial Guinea 32.6%2015
  198. 198 South Sudan 28.7%2011
  199. East Asia and Pacific 95.4%2022
  200. Euro area 97.4%2024
  201. Europe and Central Asia 98.1%2024
  202. European Union 97.3%2024
  203. Latin America and Caribbean 96.5%2024
  204. Middle East and North Africa 83.7%2024
  205. North America 96.0%2023
  206. OECD members 98.5%2024
  207. South Asia 94.4%2024
  208. Sub-Saharan Africa 68.9%2024
  209. World 88.0%2024
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