Fragile and conflict affected situations - Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 74.85 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 75.36 in 2006, while its lowest value was 56.35 in 1972.

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/)

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Year Value
1972 56.35
1973 57.69
1974 57.80
1975 59.19
1976 59.56
1977 61.00
1978 62.12
1979 62.28
1980 62.75
1981 63.21
1982 63.39
1983 62.82
1984 63.44
1985 63.71
1986 64.15
1987 63.38
1988 63.12
1989 62.99
1990 63.27
1991 63.39
1992 63.30
1993 63.33
1994 62.37
1995 61.56
1996 61.31
1997 61.70
1998 61.72
1999 61.94
2000 63.48
2001 65.45
2002 67.18
2003 69.04
2004 70.63
2005 72.49
2006 75.36
2007 73.61
2008 72.03
2009 73.04
2010 73.82
2011 73.73
2012 73.81
2013 72.56
2014 72.77
2015 72.84
2016 73.44
2017 73.71
2018 74.22
2019 74.37
2020 74.85

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