Euro area - Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Euro area was 96.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 99.27 in 2001, while its lowest value was 95.03 in 1971.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 95.04
1971 95.03
1972 95.19
1973 95.29
1974 95.71
1975 97.46
1976 97.03
1977 97.01
1978 96.75
1979 96.45
1980 96.73
1981 96.55
1982 96.62
1983 96.34
1984 96.91
1985 97.31
1986 97.42
1987 96.34
1988 97.68
1989 97.83
1990 98.18
1991 98.24
1992 98.69
1993 98.60
1994 97.72
1995 97.05
1996 97.01
1997 96.78
1998 97.18
1999 97.57
2000 98.25
2001 99.27
2002 97.97
2003 97.87
2004 97.29
2005 95.87
2006 95.93
2007 97.48
2008 97.66
2009 97.42
2010 97.35
2011 97.18
2012 96.52
2013 96.29
2014 96.21
2015 96.98
2016 96.16
2017 96.42
2018 96.45
2019 96.02
2020 96.05

Development Relevance: The World Bank and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics jointly developed the primary completion rate indicator. Increasingly used as a core indicator of an education system's performance, it reflects an education system's coverage and the educational attainment of students.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Thus this rate is a proxy that should be taken as an upper estimate of the actual primary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Primary completion rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes