Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Bhutan
Bhutan: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 86.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Bhutan, 1976–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 86.5% for primary completion rate, total in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Bhutan peaked at 102.1% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 5.5%, in 1976.
Bhutan ranks 129th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5.5% | — |
| 1977 | 5.9% | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 8.6% | +46.1% |
| 1979 | 9.4% | +9.9% |
| 1988 | 18.7% | +98.4% |
| 1993 | 23.0% | +23.1% |
| 1994 | 26.8% | +16.5% |
| 1998 | 47.8% | +78.0% |
| 1999 | 52.0% | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 52.9% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 52.7% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 59.9% | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 65.1% | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 70.7% | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 73.3% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 79.5% | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 82.1% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 92.4% | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 92.8% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 102.1% | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 98.0% | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 96.2% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 94.8% | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 96.7% | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 94.9% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 84.6% | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 75.7% | -10.4% |
| 2020 | 82.7% | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 90.9% | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 86.5% | -4.8% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 86.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.6%, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 86.5% is below the median for South Asia, which is 94.0%, 92% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Bhutan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +98.4% | 9.4% | 18.7% |
| 1998 | +78.0% | 26.8% | 47.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.3% | 5.5% | 9.4% | 4 |
| 1980s | 18.7% | 18.7% | 18.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 37.4% | 23.0% | 52.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 67.0% | 52.7% | 82.1% | 8 |
| 2010s | 92.8% | 75.7% | 102.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.7% | 82.7% | 90.9% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More aid effectiveness data for Bhutan
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 447,902 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 10,000 current US$ (2006)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 1.18 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 3.33 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 210,579 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 3.64 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 13,879 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 182,915 current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 57,307 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 60.91 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Bhutan?
- Primary completion rate, total in Bhutan was 86.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 102.1% in 2012.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.5% in 1976.
- How does Bhutan rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Bhutan ranks 129th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.