Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in OECD members
OECD members: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 98.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Primary completion rate, total in OECD members, 1999–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, total in OECD members stood at 98.5%.
That represents a change of down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in OECD members peaked at 102.1% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 97.9%, in 2022.
That places OECD members 1st out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 98.0% | — |
| 2000 | 98.0% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 98.5% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 98.3% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 98.6% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 99.1% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 99.6% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 99.6% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 99.9% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 99.8% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 99.7% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 99.7% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 100.5% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 100.8% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 100.2% | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 99.6% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 102.1% | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 99.0% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 98.5% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 99.1% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 99.4% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 99.9% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 97.9% | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 98.5% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 98.5% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.1% | 98.0% | 99.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.9% | 98.5% | 102.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.8% | 97.9% | 99.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 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
More aid effectiveness data for OECD members
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 31.84 million current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 14.83 million current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 75.99 million current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 120.64 million current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 39.41 million current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 387.66 million current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 673.54 million current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 108.61 million current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 45.96 million current US$ (2022)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 477.76 million current US$ (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in OECD members?
- Primary completion rate, total in OECD members was 98.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 102.1% in 2016.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.9% in 2022.
- How does OECD members rank for primary completion rate, total?
- OECD members ranks 1st out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this OECD members 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.