Primary completion rate, total in High income
High income: Primary completion rate, total was 97.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Primary completion rate, total in High income, 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
High income recorded 97.8% for primary completion rate, total in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in High income peaked at 99.4% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 97.6%, in 2016.
That places High income 4th out of 43 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Primary completion rate, total in High income, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 98.0% | — |
| 2000 | 98.1% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 99.4% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 98.9% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 98.8% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 98.7% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 98.4% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 98.3% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 98.6% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 98.8% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 98.6% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 98.5% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 98.3% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 99.0% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 98.1% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 97.8% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 98.1% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 97.6% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 98.0% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 98.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 98.3% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 98.4% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 98.7% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 97.6% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 97.9% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 97.8% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 98.7% | 98.1% | 99.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.2% | 97.6% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.1% | 97.6% | 98.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near High income
- 1 Turks and Caicos Islands 132.4% compare
- 2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 124.3% compare
- 3 Antigua and Barbuda 123.4% compare
- 4 Fiji 116.3% compare
- 5 Vanuatu 113.4% compare
- 6 Nepal 109.4% compare
- 7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109.0% compare
More aid effectiveness data for High income
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 327,620 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 0 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 13.06 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 2.84 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 233,494 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 7.95 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 61.44 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 277,565 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 902,924 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 213.34 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in High income?
- Primary completion rate, total in High income was 97.8% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2001.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.6% in 2016.
- How does High income rank for primary completion rate, total?
- High income ranks 4th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this High income 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.