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

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in South Asia was 93.06 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 93.99 in 2015, while its lowest value was 29.97 in 1970.

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 29.97
1971 30.12
1972 30.69
1973 31.05
1974 31.42
1975 32.52
1976 33.18
1977 33.88
1978 35.36
1979 36.62
1980 37.96
1981 39.37
1982 40.78
1983 42.26
1984 43.79
1985 45.30
1986 46.89
1987 48.47
1988 49.93
1989 51.31
1990 52.61
1991 53.91
1992 55.22
1993 56.50
1994 57.82
1995 59.15
1996 59.11
1997 59.08
1998 59.06
1999 59.08
2000 61.59
2001 63.25
2002 66.12
2003 72.35
2004 75.06
2005 77.90
2006 80.47
2007 83.16
2008 85.53
2009 87.41
2010 87.13
2011 86.75
2012 89.85
2013 92.33
2014 93.60
2015 93.99
2016 93.15
2017 92.37
2018 90.74
2019 91.15
2020 93.06

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