Eswatini - Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Eswatini was 91.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 97.14 in 2017, while its lowest value was 39.97 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 41.92
1971 39.97
1972 40.65
1973 49.77
1974 55.50
1975 59.20
1976 61.39
1977 60.44
1978 60.39
1979 59.29
1980 60.55
1981 60.62
1982 62.03
1983 62.92
1984 62.51
1985 62.58
1986 63.63
1987 62.28
1988 65.78
1989 63.70
1990 64.10
1991 61.45
1992 61.89
1993 60.40
1994 61.36
1995 64.06
1996 63.25
1997 67.36
1998 70.18
1999 69.90
2000 71.50
2001 67.70
2002 71.24
2003 69.15
2004 70.09
2005 72.97
2006 73.07
2007 76.35
2009 78.05
2010 83.83
2011 84.04
2012 85.91
2013 86.24
2014 86.00
2015 89.45
2016 94.75
2017 97.14
2018 95.57
2019 91.20

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