Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 70.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Solomon Islands, 1975–2024
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 Solomon Islands is 70.5%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Solomon Islands peaked at 86.6% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 44.2%, in 1975.
Solomon Islands ranks 159th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 44.2% | — |
| 1980 | 60.5% | +36.8% |
| 1981 | 57.1% | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 52.8% | -7.4% |
| 1983 | 51.6% | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 48.0% | -6.8% |
| 1986 | 49.6% | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 58.7% | +18.4% |
| 1991 | 69.4% | +18.3% |
| 1992 | 66.0% | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 66.4% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 67.9% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 86.6% | +27.6% |
| 2011 | 85.6% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 83.8% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 83.4% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 83.3% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 83.8% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 83.1% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 82.9% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 81.4% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 80.0% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 77.4% | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 66.5% | -14.1% |
| 2024 | 70.5% | +6.0% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 70.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 85.6%, 82% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 70.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 95.1%, 74% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Solomon Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +36.8% | 44.2% | 60.5% |
| 2010 | +27.6% | 67.9% | 86.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 44.2% | 44.2% | 44.2% | 1 |
| 1980s | 53.3% | 48.0% | 60.5% | 6 |
| 1990s | 65.7% | 58.7% | 69.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 83.4% | 80.0% | 86.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.4% | 66.5% | 77.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More aid effectiveness data for Solomon Islands
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 178,673 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 11.32 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 224,673 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 310 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 710,398 current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 376,944 current US$ (2019)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 22.29 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total 175.09 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United States 5.55 million current US$ (2023)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP 773,644 current US$ (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Solomon Islands?
- Primary completion rate, total in Solomon Islands was 70.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 86.6% in 2010.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.2% in 1975.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Solomon Islands ranks 159th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.