Primary completion rate, total in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Primary completion rate, total was 88.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Lower middle income, 1990–2024
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 Lower middle income is 88.0%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Lower middle income peaked at 94.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 71.0%, in 1990.
That places Lower middle income 25th out of 43 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 71.0% | — |
| 1991 | 71.1% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 71.0% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 71.2% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 71.4% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 71.6% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 71.7% | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 71.7% | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 71.9% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 72.5% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 72.8% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 73.3% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 74.6% | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 76.8% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 78.5% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 80.5% | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 82.3% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 83.2% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 84.0% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 85.2% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 84.4% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 83.8% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 85.4% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 86.3% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 87.6% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 88.2% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 88.2% | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 87.9% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 87.3% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 86.8% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 87.8% | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 88.4% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 94.6% | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 86.6% | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 88.0% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71.5% | 71.0% | 72.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.1% | 72.8% | 85.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.6% | 83.8% | 88.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.1% | 86.6% | 94.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More aid effectiveness data for Lower middle income
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 83.14 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 179.59 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 1.02 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 3.38 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 654.21 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 3.26 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 3.64 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 725.82 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 268.87 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 8.40 billion current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Lower middle income?
- Primary completion rate, total in Lower middle income was 88.0% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 94.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.0% in 1990.
- How does Lower middle income rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Lower middle income ranks 25th out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle 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.