Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Nauru
Nauru: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 86.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Nauru, 2001–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2025, primary completion rate, total in Nauru stood at 86.4%. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.9% on the previous year and down 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Nauru peaked at 121.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 86.4%, in 2025.
That places Nauru 131st out of 189 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Nauru, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 90.1% | — |
| 2007 | 93.0% | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 97.6% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 114.6% | +17.4% |
| 2016 | 121.5% | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 100.7% | -17.1% |
| 2020 | 93.3% | -7.4% |
| 2023 | 118.3% | +26.8% |
| 2024 | 101.6% | -14.1% |
| 2025 | 86.4% | -14.9% |
Nauru compared with similar countries
- Nauru's 86.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 97.4%, 89% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Nauru's 86.4% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 95.1%, 91% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.6% | 90.1% | 93.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 108.6% | 97.6% | 121.5% | 4 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 86.4% | 118.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nauru
More aid effectiveness data for Nauru
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 66,212 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 212,441 current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 201,622 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 275,989 current US$ (2019)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 11.09 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total 34.92 million current US$ (2023)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP -920 current US$ (2021)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 37.58 million current US$ (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 37.58 million constant 2023 US$ (2023)
- Net official development assistance received 37.58 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Nauru?
- Primary completion rate, total in Nauru was 86.4% in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Nauru?
- The highest recorded value was 121.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Nauru?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.4% in 2025.
- How does Nauru rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Nauru ranks 131st out of 189 countries with data for 2025.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Nauru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nauru 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.