Niger - Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Niger was 51.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 71.63 in 2016, while its lowest value was 5.31 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
1971 5.31
1972 6.46
1973 6.55
1974 6.48
1975 6.86
1976 7.51
1977 8.40
1978 10.25
1979 10.67
1980 13.72
1981 14.63
1982 16.93
1983 18.34
1984 19.98
1985 19.63
1986 21.68
1987 22.74
1989 14.87
1990 16.32
1991 17.37
1992 18.19
1993 16.11
1995 13.45
1996 13.85
1997 17.82
1998 18.78
1999 19.38
2000 18.38
2001 19.40
2002 21.11
2003 20.47
2004 26.62
2005 29.40
2006 32.20
2007 38.88
2008 37.41
2009 39.66
2010 39.69
2011 44.36
2012 47.79
2013 47.72
2014 57.61
2015 68.10
2016 71.63
2019 62.26
2020 51.19

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