Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Uganda
Uganda: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 53.3% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Uganda, 1975–2017
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 Uganda is 53.3%, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Uganda peaked at 73.9% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 36.1%, in 1986.
Uganda ranks 179th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 37.1% | — |
| 1976 | 37.3% | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 39.3% | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 39.3% | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 36.1% | -8.2% |
| 2001 | 59.4% | +64.6% |
| 2002 | 61.5% | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 61.1% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 57.9% | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 56.5% | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 51.9% | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 56.4% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 73.9% | +30.9% |
| 2010 | 56.0% | -24.2% |
| 2011 | 54.4% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 55.5% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 55.8% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 59.4% | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 55.0% | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 53.3% | -3.1% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 53.3% is below the median for low income countries, which is 60.1%, 89% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 53.3% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 70.7%, 75% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +64.6% | 36.1% | 59.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 37.9% | 37.1% | 39.3% | 3 |
| 1980s | 37.7% | 36.1% | 39.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 59.8% | 51.9% | 73.9% | 8 |
| 2010s | 55.6% | 53.3% | 59.4% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More aid effectiveness data for Uganda
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 7.66 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 23.36 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 26.34 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 124.67 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 3.15 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 103.69 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France -2.29 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 31.62 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 6.76 million current US$ (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 56.93 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Uganda?
- Primary completion rate, total in Uganda was 53.3% in 2017, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 73.9% in 2009.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.1% in 1986.
- How does Uganda rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Uganda ranks 179th out of 189 countries with data for 2017.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.