Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Cambodia
Cambodia: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 91.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Cambodia, 1997–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 91.0% for primary completion rate, total in 2024.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Cambodia peaked at 93.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 18.0%, in 1997.
That places Cambodia 117th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 18.0% | — |
| 1998 | 32.3% | +79.8% |
| 1999 | 41.6% | +28.7% |
| 2001 | 50.6% | +21.7% |
| 2002 | 59.0% | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 65.0% | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 77.1% | +18.5% |
| 2005 | 87.1% | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 89.3% | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 89.4% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 86.5% | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 86.6% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 88.2% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 88.5% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 91.9% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 92.5% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 93.4% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 89.0% | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 85.2% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 83.9% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 80.2% | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 81.4% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 89.4% | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 90.2% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 87.3% | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 87.6% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 91.0% | +3.8% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 91.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.6%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 91.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 95.1%, 96% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Cambodia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +79.8% | 18.0% | 32.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.6% | 18.0% | 41.6% | 3 |
| 2000s | 76.7% | 50.6% | 89.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 87.4% | 80.2% | 93.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.1% | 87.3% | 91.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More aid effectiveness data for Cambodia
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 47,298 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 3.68 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 3.35 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 53.33 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 19.00 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 36.80 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 25.27 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 187,485 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 598,824 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 350.83 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Cambodia?
- Primary completion rate, total in Cambodia was 91.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 93.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.0% in 1997.
- How does Cambodia rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Cambodia ranks 117th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.