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

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in South Asia was 91.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 91.50 in 2020, while its lowest value was 52.95 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 52.95
1971 53.11
1972 53.89
1973 54.45
1974 55.00
1975 56.37
1976 57.29
1977 57.28
1978 58.77
1979 60.06
1980 61.40
1981 62.79
1982 64.14
1983 65.52
1984 66.95
1985 68.40
1986 69.82
1987 71.23
1988 72.35
1989 73.13
1990 73.75
1991 74.37
1992 74.99
1993 75.48
1994 76.00
1995 76.51
1996 75.78
1997 75.06
1998 74.35
1999 73.68
2000 75.84
2001 75.60
2002 78.31
2003 79.08
2004 80.99
2005 82.91
2006 84.14
2007 85.42
2008 86.77
2009 87.93
2010 87.62
2011 87.14
2012 88.26
2013 89.10
2014 90.73
2015 91.08
2016 90.77
2017 90.26
2018 89.41
2019 89.37
2020 91.50

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