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

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Fragile and conflict affected situations was 71.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 71.30 in 2020, while its lowest value was 47.52 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/)

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Year Value
1970 47.52
1971 47.52
1972 47.98
1973 49.24
1974 49.48
1975 50.63
1976 51.08
1977 52.34
1978 53.43
1979 53.72
1980 54.33
1981 55.02
1982 55.46
1983 55.45
1984 56.34
1985 56.69
1986 57.19
1987 56.64
1988 56.43
1989 56.44
1990 56.74
1991 56.93
1992 56.96
1993 57.13
1994 56.20
1995 55.63
1996 55.49
1997 55.72
1998 55.78
1999 55.96
2000 57.23
2001 58.81
2002 60.21
2003 61.88
2004 63.39
2005 65.48
2006 68.15
2007 66.78
2008 66.07
2009 67.53
2010 68.70
2011 68.58
2012 69.18
2013 68.41
2014 68.94
2015 69.31
2016 69.95
2017 70.26
2018 70.69
2019 70.82
2020 71.30

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