Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Egypt
Egypt: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 98.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Egypt, 1971–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 98.2% for primary completion rate, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 4.7% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Egypt peaked at 98.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.9%, in 1979.
Egypt ranks 59th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 56.8% | — |
| 1972 | 53.1% | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 56.3% | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 58.4% | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 61.1% | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 62.6% | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 63.4% | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 55.2% | -12.9% |
| 1979 | 36.9% | -33.3% |
| 1980 | 47.3% | +28.3% |
| 1981 | 55.9% | +18.1% |
| 1986 | 70.4% | +26.1% |
| 1987 | 70.2% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 84.9% | +21.0% |
| 1999 | 88.9% | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 87.3% | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 84.7% | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 83.1% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 83.3% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 84.5% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 86.0% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 82.0% | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 86.0% | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 86.7% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 87.1% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 88.8% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 84.3% | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 83.8% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 86.6% | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 88.7% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 91.8% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 92.4% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 93.8% | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 98.2% | +4.7% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 98.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.6%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 98.2% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 93.9%, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | -33.3% | 55.2% | 36.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 56.0% | 36.9% | 63.4% | 9 |
| 1980s | 60.9% | 47.3% | 70.4% | 4 |
| 1990s | 86.9% | 84.9% | 88.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 84.8% | 82.0% | 87.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 86.5% | 83.8% | 88.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 94.1% | 91.8% | 98.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More aid effectiveness data for Egypt
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 5.80 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 229,779 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 7.29 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions -99.64 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 32.95 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany -163.52 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 377.57 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 13.06 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 7.16 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 283.50 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Egypt?
- Primary completion rate, total in Egypt was 98.2% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.9% in 1979.
- How does Egypt rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Egypt ranks 59th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.