Primary completion rate, total in Middle income
Middle income: Primary completion rate, total was 91.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Middle income, 1988–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Middle income recorded 91.1% for primary completion rate, total in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Middle income peaked at 94.9% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 80.6%, in 1994.
Middle income ranks 21st of 43 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total in Middle income, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 85.1% | — |
| 1989 | 84.6% | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 83.6% | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 82.5% | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 81.2% | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 81.3% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 80.6% | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 82.3% | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 81.4% | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 81.7% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 82.4% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 83.1% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 83.5% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 84.2% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 84.9% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 85.2% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 86.0% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 87.0% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 87.3% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 88.7% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 90.7% | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 91.5% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 90.9% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 90.1% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 90.5% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 91.3% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 91.0% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 90.8% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 91.5% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 91.1% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 90.8% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 90.4% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 90.5% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 91.4% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 94.9% | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 90.2% | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 91.1% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 84.8% | 84.6% | 85.1% | 2 |
| 1990s | 82.0% | 80.6% | 83.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.9% | 83.5% | 91.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.8% | 90.1% | 91.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.6% | 90.2% | 94.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
More aid effectiveness data for Middle income
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 373.41 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 293.75 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 3.42 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 28.12 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 1.20 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 6.29 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 5.17 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 1.38 billion current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 463.14 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 10.26 billion current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Middle income?
- Primary completion rate, total in Middle income was 91.1% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 94.9% in 2022.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 80.6% in 1994.
- How does Middle income rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Middle income ranks 21st out of 43 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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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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.