Switzerland - Primary completion rate

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

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Switzerland was 97.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 101.01 in 2004, while its lowest value was 49.17 in 1988.

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
1977 52.93
1978 59.64
1979 57.60
1980 55.85
1981 53.03
1982 52.37
1983 52.83
1984 52.30
1985 50.96
1986 50.36
1987 50.21
1988 49.17
1989 50.81
1990 51.72
1991 54.03
1992 55.92
1993 60.71
1994 61.82
1996 73.19
1999 97.27
2000 98.45
2001 99.12
2002 99.69
2003 100.18
2004 101.01
2005 98.35
2006 95.29
2007 94.51
2008 95.43
2009 97.83
2010 97.84
2011 97.89
2012 98.78
2013 97.40
2014 96.35
2015 97.02
2016 97.67
2017 98.73
2018 96.77
2019 97.31

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

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Switzerland was 95.46 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 97.97 in 2004, while its lowest value was 48.01 in 1988.

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
1977 53.06
1978 60.48
1979 58.01
1980 56.84
1981 51.32
1982 51.34
1983 51.55
1984 50.41
1985 50.67
1986 49.56
1987 48.86
1988 48.01
1989 49.21
1990 51.06
1991 53.50
1992 54.75
1993 61.98
1994 63.00
1996 73.04
1999 94.04
2000 94.98
2001 97.05
2002 96.96
2003 96.88
2004 97.97
2005 95.65
2006 92.64
2007 92.27
2008 93.44
2009 94.49
2010 94.64
2011 95.49
2012 96.12
2013 96.34
2014 94.84
2015 94.59
2016 96.03
2017 95.66
2018 95.67
2019 95.46

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

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Switzerland was 96.36 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 99.45 in 2004, while its lowest value was 48.58 in 1988.

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
1977 53.00
1978 60.07
1979 57.81
1980 56.36
1981 52.16
1982 51.84
1983 52.17
1984 51.33
1985 50.81
1986 49.95
1987 49.52
1988 48.58
1989 49.99
1990 51.38
1991 53.76
1992 55.32
1993 61.36
1994 62.42
1996 73.12
1999 95.61
2000 96.67
2001 98.06
2002 98.29
2003 98.49
2004 99.45
2005 96.97
2006 93.93
2007 93.36
2008 94.41
2009 96.11
2010 96.20
2011 96.66
2012 97.41
2013 96.86
2014 95.58
2015 95.77
2016 96.83
2017 97.16
2018 96.21
2019 96.36

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes