Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Uruguay
Uruguay: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 101.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Uruguay, 1970–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2023, primary completion rate, total in Uruguay stood at 101.2%.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Uruguay peaked at 102.4% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 66.0%, in 1978.
Uruguay ranks 29th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 67.7% | — |
| 1971 | 71.1% | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 70.4% | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 73.1% | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 69.4% | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 68.0% | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 67.9% | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 66.0% | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 67.1% | +1.7% |
| 1980 | 70.3% | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 89.0% | +26.7% |
| 1986 | 87.4% | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 89.7% | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 90.7% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 94.3% | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 96.4% | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 97.5% | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 96.6% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 97.1% | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 95.6% | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 95.3% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 96.8% | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 98.7% | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 98.8% | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 98.5% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 97.2% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 96.2% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 96.8% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 94.5% | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 94.5% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 95.6% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 97.1% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 99.9% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 101.8% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 101.9% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 101.2% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 100.8% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 99.8% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 100.6% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 101.0% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 100.7% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 102.4% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 97.2% | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 101.6% | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 100.9% | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 100.5% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 100.2% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 101.2% | +0.9% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 101.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 97.4%, 1.0× the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 101.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 94.6%, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Uruguay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +26.7% | 70.3% | 89.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 69.0% | 66.0% | 73.1% | 9 |
| 1980s | 86.9% | 70.3% | 94.3% | 6 |
| 1990s | 97.1% | 95.3% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 97.6% | 94.5% | 101.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.6% | 97.2% | 102.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 100.7% | 100.2% | 101.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More aid effectiveness data for Uruguay
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 28,471 current US$ (2017)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium 1,127 current US$ (2017)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 171,336 current US$ (2017)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 1.14 million current US$ (2017)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland 120,619 current US$ (2017)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 26.21 million current US$ (2017)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 1.11 million current US$ (2017)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 390,659 current US$ (2017)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 886,704 current US$ (2017)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan 1.87 million current US$ (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Uruguay?
- Primary completion rate, total in Uruguay was 101.2% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 102.4% in 2016.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.0% in 1978.
- How does Uruguay rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Uruguay ranks 29th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.