Arab World - Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Arab World was 89.03 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 89.76 in 2012, while its lowest value was 60.16 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
1970 60.74
1971 60.67
1972 60.16
1973 61.83
1974 63.34
1975 67.00
1976 68.54
1977 70.89
1978 70.63
1979 64.90
1980 67.01
1981 70.63
1982 70.71
1983 71.51
1984 73.80
1985 78.09
1986 76.47
1987 75.89
1988 76.00
1989 75.96
1990 77.07
1991 76.65
1992 77.20
1993 77.18
1994 77.77
1995 78.48
1996 79.22
1997 79.80
1998 80.51
1999 81.01
2000 80.24
2001 81.07
2002 81.48
2003 83.97
2004 85.64
2005 86.95
2006 84.65
2007 86.44
2008 88.81
2009 86.30
2010 87.78
2011 88.19
2012 89.76
2013 87.38
2014 88.40
2015 86.98
2016 86.49
2017 86.19
2018 87.07
2019 88.19
2020 89.03

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