Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Comoros
Comoros: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 72.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Comoros, 1981–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, total in Comoros stood at 72.7%.
The figure is up 8.2% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Comoros peaked at 81.1% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 36.5%, in 1993.
Comoros ranks 155th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Comoros, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 50.9% | — |
| 1986 | 58.9% | +15.8% |
| 1987 | 47.7% | -19.0% |
| 1992 | 41.0% | -14.1% |
| 1993 | 36.5% | -10.9% |
| 1994 | 44.3% | +21.5% |
| 1999 | 43.7% | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 53.5% | +22.5% |
| 2003 | 52.7% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 56.6% | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 58.1% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 67.0% | +15.3% |
| 2013 | 76.1% | +13.6% |
| 2014 | 80.8% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 81.1% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 73.9% | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 67.2% | -9.1% |
| 2024 | 72.7% | +8.2% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 72.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.6%, 85% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 72.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.7%, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 52.5% | 47.7% | 58.9% | 3 |
| 1990s | 41.4% | 36.5% | 44.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 57.6% | 52.7% | 67.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 79.4% | 76.1% | 81.1% | 3 |
| 2020s | 71.3% | 67.2% | 73.9% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More aid effectiveness data for Comoros
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 0 current US$ (2017)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 747,299 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 7.28 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 60,000 current US$ (2014)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 43,667 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 40.43 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 231,251 current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 11,003 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 4.06 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total 55.21 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Comoros?
- Primary completion rate, total in Comoros was 72.7% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 81.1% in 2017.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.5% in 1993.
- How does Comoros rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Comoros ranks 155th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.