Syrian Arab Republic - Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Syrian Arab Republic was 72.29 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 113.62 in 2012, while its lowest value was 55.21 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/)

See also:

Year Value
1971 55.21
1972 59.09
1973 59.33
1974 63.79
1975 67.86
1976 71.99
1977 75.44
1978 77.77
1979 74.83
1980 73.22
1981 74.64
1982 79.07
1983 81.05
1984 82.34
1985 84.90
1986 86.63
1987 87.00
1988 86.90
1989 89.70
1990 89.90
1991 91.46
1992 95.84
1993 88.01
1994 90.17
1995 89.59
1996 91.35
1997 91.27
1998 91.20
1999 91.77
2000 91.24
2001 92.74
2002 95.02
2003 106.07
2004 107.47
2005 109.01
2006 108.91
2007 106.01
2008 104.10
2009 103.06
2010 103.37
2011 106.91
2012 113.62
2013 72.29

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