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

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Eswatini was 86.02 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 95.55 in 2016, while its lowest value was 44.34 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 46.11
1971 44.34
1972 45.78
1973 53.45
1974 57.94
1975 58.88
1976 59.03
1977 59.24
1978 56.59
1979 55.82
1980 54.22
1981 58.96
1982 58.14
1983 59.49
1984 57.82
1985 57.49
1986 59.08
1987 59.41
1988 60.45
1989 57.35
1990 58.18
1991 56.27
1992 54.82
1993 56.56
1994 57.06
1995 58.12
1996 57.92
1997 60.46
1998 65.56
1999 63.81
2000 67.84
2001 66.22
2002 67.68
2003 63.63
2004 66.22
2005 68.21
2006 70.98
2007 84.72
2009 80.12
2010 82.62
2011 83.56
2012 83.48
2013 85.85
2014 83.08
2015 88.83
2016 95.55
2017 94.50
2018 93.41
2019 86.02

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