Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 54.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Ethiopia, 1982–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary completion rate, total in Ethiopia is 54.4%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Ethiopia peaked at 62.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 14.6%, in 1994.
Ethiopia ranks 178th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 17.0% | — |
| 1987 | 25.2% | +47.9% |
| 1988 | 24.1% | -4.1% |
| 1989 | 22.6% | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 14.6% | -35.4% |
| 1995 | 15.1% | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 16.7% | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 18.1% | +8.6% |
| 1999 | 20.2% | +11.3% |
| 2000 | 22.0% | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 27.0% | +22.9% |
| 2002 | 30.2% | +12.0% |
| 2003 | 33.0% | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 35.4% | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 40.5% | +14.4% |
| 2006 | 44.2% | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 44.6% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 47.2% | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 49.3% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 56.0% | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 51.5% | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 49.8% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 51.1% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 51.4% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 62.5% | +21.4% |
| 2022 | 60.9% | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 55.1% | -9.6% |
| 2024 | 54.4% | -1.1% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 54.4% is below the median for low income countries, which is 60.1%, 91% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 54.4% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.7%, 77% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 22.2% | 17.0% | 25.2% | 4 |
| 1990s | 16.9% | 14.6% | 20.2% | 5 |
| 2000s | 37.3% | 22.0% | 49.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 52.0% | 49.8% | 56.0% | 5 |
| 2020s | 58.2% | 54.4% | 62.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More aid effectiveness data for Ethiopia
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 19.65 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 4.47 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 114.33 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 183.03 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 18.89 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 279.80 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 86.47 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 215.53 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 75.67 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 84.05 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Ethiopia?
- Primary completion rate, total in Ethiopia was 54.4% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 62.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.6% in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Ethiopia ranks 178th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.