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

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Middle income was 92.94 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 92.94 in 2020, while its lowest value was 66.77 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/)

See also:

Year Value
1972 66.77
1973 67.33
1974 67.53
1975 68.13
1976 68.83
1977 69.92
1978 70.73
1979 71.62
1980 72.77
1981 73.63
1982 74.25
1983 74.93
1984 76.06
1985 76.66
1986 76.92
1987 76.94
1988 77.17
1989 76.88
1990 77.41
1991 77.81
1992 77.51
1993 78.57
1994 79.59
1995 79.18
1996 78.16
1997 77.88
1998 78.42
1999 78.92
2000 80.27
2001 81.55
2002 82.35
2003 83.98
2004 84.86
2005 85.92
2006 86.62
2007 87.94
2008 90.00
2009 90.87
2010 90.72
2011 90.35
2012 91.74
2013 92.36
2014 91.78
2015 91.33
2016 91.66
2017 91.95
2018 92.09
2019 92.41
2020 92.94

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