Rankings · education
Countries by primary school completion
Primary completion rate, as a share of the relevant age group. 136 countries ranked for 2023 (%).
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| 1 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 124.3% | +6.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 2 |  Nauru | 118.3% | – | – |
| 3 |  Nepal | 117% | +10.1% | ▲ 10 |
| 4 |  Fiji | 116.7% | +20.9% | ▲ 62 |
| 5 |  Vanuatu | 116.1% | +23.2% | ▲ 79 |
| 6 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 109.6% | -0.7% | = |
| 7 |  Moldova | 109.1% | +17.3% | ▲ 85 |
| 8 |  Tuvalu | 106.9% | – | – |
| 9 |  Montenegro | 106.7% | – | – |
| 10 |  Georgia | 106.2% | -3.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 11 |  Kiribati | 105.8% | – | – |
| 12 |  Lithuania | 105.2% | +4.0% | ▲ 13 |
| 13 |  Morocco | 104.8% | +12.2% | ▲ 77 |
| 14 |  Portugal | 104.5% | – | – |
| 15 |  Mexico | 103.8% | -5.8% | ▼ 8 |
| 16 |  Kazakhstan | 103.1% | +8.0% | ▲ 57 |
| 17 |  Cayman Islands | 102.6% | -4.3% | ▼ 6 |
| 18 |  Tonga | 102.6% | -13.2% | ▼ 17 |
| 19 |  Venezuela | 102.2% | +8.5% | ▲ 64 |
| 20 |  Thailand | 102.1% | – | – |
| 21 |  Brunei | 101.7% | -1.3% | = |
| 22 |  Cyprus | 101.4% | +2.5% | ▲ 21 |
| 23 |  Uruguay | 101.2% | +0.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 24 |  United Kingdom | 101.1% | – | – |
| 25 |  Marshall Islands | 101.1% | – | – |
| 26 |  Dominica | 101% | +3.1% | ▲ 24 |
| 27 |  Chile | 100.9% | +4.0% | ▲ 33 |
| 28 |  Costa Rica | 100.7% | +5.8% | ▲ 49 |
| 29 |  Slovakia | 100.7% | +6.2% | ▲ 52 |
| 30 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.5% | +32.4% | ▲ 86 |
| 31 |  Croatia | 100.5% | +2.8% | ▲ 21 |
| 32 |  Sierra Leone | 100.4% | +60.1% | ▲ 93 |
| 33 |  Ecuador | 100.2% | -3.8% | ▼ 17 |
| 34 |  Indonesia | 100% | -6.5% | ▼ 22 |
| 35 |  Greece | 99.9% | +4.7% | ▲ 40 |
| 36 |  Spain | 99.6% | +3.0% | ▲ 29 |
| 37 |  Sweden | 99.6% | +0.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 38 |  Germany | 99.3% | -2.6% | ▼ 15 |
| 39 |  Denmark | 99.3% | +0.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 40 |  United Arab Emirates | 99.2% | – | – |
| 41 |  Argentina | 98.9% | -4.3% | ▼ 23 |
| 42 |  Finland | 98.9% | -0.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 43 |  Norway | 98.9% | -0.9% | ▼ 11 |
| 44 |  Samoa | 98.8% | – | – |
| 45 |  Czechia | 98.7% | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 46 |  Iceland | 98.6% | -0.6% | ▼ 6 |
| 47 |  South Korea | 98.3% | -5.8% | ▼ 32 |
| 48 |  Austria | 98% | -0.9% | ▼ 6 |
| 49 |  Bangladesh | 98% | – | – |
| 50 |  Turkmenistan | 97.8% | – | – |
| 51 |  Latvia | 97.6% | -1.8% | ▼ 13 |
| 52 |  Algeria | 97.5% | -5.4% | ▼ 32 |
| 53 |  Iran | 97.4% | – | – |
| 54 |  Italy | 97.4% | -2.2% | ▼ 20 |
| 55 |  Namibia | 97.4% | +6.6% | ▲ 41 |
| 56 |  Slovenia | 97.4% | +0.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 57 |  Jordan | 97.2% | +9.0% | ▲ 43 |
| 58 |  Malta | 97.1% | -2.7% | ▼ 27 |
| 59 |  Switzerland | 96.9% | +3.0% | ▲ 27 |
| 60 |  Israel | 96.9% | +0.9% | ▲ 9 |
| 61 |  Estonia | 96.8% | -0.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 62 |  Hungary | 96.8% | -0.8% | ▼ 6 |
| 63 |  Singapore | 96.8% | – | – |
| 64 |  Belize | 96.5% | -6.1% | ▼ 42 |
| 65 |  Azerbaijan | 96.2% | +9.2% | ▲ 38 |
| 66 |  Bolivia | 96.2% | +0.7% | ▲ 6 |
| 67 |  Kyrgyzstan | 96.1% | -0.9% | ▼ 5 |
| 68 |  San Marino | 96.1% | – | – |
| 69 |  Uzbekistan | 96.1% | +2.9% | ▲ 22 |
| 70 |  North Macedonia | 95.8% | -2.1% | ▼ 19 |
| 71 |  South Africa | 95.3% | – | – |
| 72 |  Albania | 95.1% | +4.4% | ▲ 27 |
| 73 |  Maldives | 94.6% | +6.2% | ▲ 28 |
| 74 |  Bulgaria | 94.5% | -6.2% | ▼ 48 |
| 75 |  Belarus | 94.5% | -5.8% | ▼ 47 |
| 76 |  Sri Lanka | 94.5% | -1.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 77 |  Ukraine | 94.5% | -4.2% | ▼ 30 |
| 78 |  Armenia | 94.3% | – | – |
| 79 |  Mongolia | 94.1% | – | – |
| 80 |  Seychelles | 94% | -13.8% | ▼ 71 |
| 81 |  Egypt | 93.8% | +5.6% | ▲ 21 |
| 82 |  Palau | 93.8% | -18.9% | ▼ 79 |
| 83 |  Cuba | 93.6% | +2.4% | ▲ 12 |
| 84 |  Eswatini | 93.6% | +12.0% | ▲ 23 |
| 85 |  India | 93.5% | -3.6% | ▼ 24 |
| 86 |  Panama | 93.3% | -6.5% | ▼ 53 |
| 87 |  Qatar | 93.2% | -1.7% | ▼ 8 |
| 88 |  Timor-Leste | 93.2% | +2.1% | ▲ 10 |
| 89 |  Barbados | 92.2% | – | – |
| 90 |  Malaysia | 91.8% | -7.1% | ▼ 45 |
| 91 |  Dominican Republic | 91.7% | -2.7% | ▼ 9 |
| 92 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 91.6% | – | – |
| 93 |  Palestine | 91.2% | -4.6% | ▼ 23 |
| 94 |  Saint Lucia | 91.1% | -1.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 95 |  Turkey | 90.6% | -12.3% | ▼ 76 |
| 96 |  Afghanistan | 90.3% | – | – |
| 97 |  Paraguay | 90.3% | – | – |
| 98 |  Mauritius | 90.2% | -6.8% | ▼ 34 |
| 99 |  Macao S.A.R | 89.5% | -8.5% | ▼ 45 |
| 100 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 89.3% | +20.4% | ▲ 17 |
| 101 |  Laos | 88.8% | -9.1% | ▼ 46 |
| 102 |  Bahrain | 88.6% | -15.5% | ▼ 88 |
| 103 |  Cambodia | 87.6% | -5.3% | ▼ 9 |
| 104 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 87.4% | -6.5% | ▼ 15 |
| 105 |  Togo | 87.3% | +13.8% | ▲ 9 |
| 106 |  Guatemala | 85.8% | -0.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 107 |  Zimbabwe | 85.2% | -2.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 108 |  Papua New Guinea | 82.7% | – | – |
| 109 |  Jamaica | 81.1% | -14.5% | ▼ 31 |
| 110 |  Romania | 81% | – | – |
| 111 |  El Salvador | 80.8% | -15.5% | ▼ 40 |
| 112 |  British Virgin Islands | 80.8% | -20.6% | ▼ 88 |
| 113 |  Gambia | 80.2% | +30.0% | ▲ 13 |
| 114 |  Luxembourg | 77.5% | -7.6% | ▼ 8 |
| 115 |  Philippines | 77.2% | – | – |
| 116 |  Ivory Coast | 75.9% | +43.8% | ▲ 20 |
| 117 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 75.7% | +18.5% | ▲ 6 |
| 118 |  Honduras | 73.5% | -6.8% | ▼ 7 |
| 119 |  Cameroon | 72.2% | – | – |
| 120 |  Republic of the Congo | 71.1% | – | – |
| 121 |  Puerto Rico | 70.2% | – | – |
| 122 |  Andorra | 69.4% | – | – |
| 123 |  Pakistan | 68.6% | +24.1% | ▲ 11 |
| 124 |  Malawi | 68.4% | -11.9% | ▼ 12 |
| 125 |  Lebanon | 67.3% | -8.8% | ▼ 6 |
| 126 |  Lesotho | 67% | -18.1% | ▼ 17 |
| 127 |  Solomon Islands | 66.5% | -20.3% | ▼ 19 |
| 128 |  Senegal | 61.5% | +0.8% | = |
| 129 |  Syria | 60.1% | -5.4% | ▼ 5 |
| 130 |  Rwanda | 59.3% | +0.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 131 |  Madagascar | 58.3% | -9.6% | ▼ 9 |
| 132 |  Ethiopia | 55.1% | – | – |
| 133 |  Burkina Faso | 51.7% | -15.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 134 |  Mali | 48.4% | -4.2% | ▲ 4 |
| 135 |  Angola | 47.9% | – | – |
| 136 |  Niger | 45.8% | -1.7% | ▲ 3 |
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