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Primary Completion Rate - Ranking 2023

All countries ranked by primary completion rate · World Bank
Year

In 2023, St. Kitts and Nevis (124.31%), Nauru (118.30%), and Nepal (116.98%) ranked highest in primary completion rate among all countries. Niger ranked lowest at 45.80%.

Primary Completion Rate by Country - 2023
RankCountryValueYoY %
1st St. Kitts and Nevis 124.31% -19.9%
2nd Nauru 118.30% +26.8%
3rd Nepal 116.98% +15.2%
4th Fiji 116.72% +0.5%
5th Vanuatu 116.13% +0.3%
6th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 109.65% -5.5%
7th Moldova 109.13% +1.1%
8th Gibraltar 107.71% +1.6%
9th Tuvalu 106.93% -9.7%
10th Montenegro 106.73% -3.5%
11th Georgia 106.24% -4.1%
12th Kiribati 105.82% +1.2%
13th Lithuania 105.19% +4.6%
14th Morocco 104.76% +5.9%
15th Portugal 104.52% +4.5%
16th Poland 103.98% +5.8%
17th Mexico 103.76% +1.5%
18th Kazakhstan 103.07% +2.5%
19th Cayman Islands 102.59% +4.7%
20th Tonga 102.56% +1.1%
21st Thailand 102.10% -2.7%
22nd Brunei Darussalam 101.68% -3.6%
23rd United Kingdom 101.42% +1.0%
24th Uruguay 101.17% +0.9%
25th Marshall Islands 101.14% +2.5%
26th Dominica 100.96% +4.4%
27th Chile 100.91% +0.6%
28th Slovak Republic 100.71% +5.8%
29th Costa Rica 100.67% +8.0%
30th Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.52% -0.4%
31st Croatia 100.52% +0.2%
32nd Sierra Leone 100.38% -2.7%
33rd Ecuador 100.20% +0.7%
34th Indonesia 99.95% -2.1%
35th Greece 99.91% +0.6%
36th Sweden 99.63% -0.3%
37th Spain 99.56% +1.1%
38th Germany 99.28% +1.6%
39th Denmark 99.26% -0.6%
40th United Arab Emirates 99.17% -3.2%
41st Argentina 98.94% -1.4%
42nd Norway 98.93% -0.4%
43rd Finland 98.92% +0.5%
44th Samoa 98.85% -3.7%
45th Czechia 98.73% -4.2%
46th Iceland 98.62% -0.3%
47th Cyprus 98.49% -0.9%
48th Korea 98.27% +2.3%
49th Austria 98.03% +0.9%
50th Bangladesh 98.03% +1.5%
51st Turkmenistan 97.75% +0.4%
52nd Latvia 97.55% -0.9%
53rd Algeria 97.54% +3.8%
54th Slovenia 97.42% +0.2%
55th Namibia 97.40% -4.3%
56th Italy 97.36% +0.2%
57th European Union 97.36% +0.9%
58th Jordan 97.17% +1.5%
59th Malta 97.10% +1.6%
60th Switzerland 96.91% +1.9%
61st Singapore 96.85% -2.8%
62nd Estonia 96.84% -1.7%
63rd Hungary 96.81% -0.6%
64th Belize 96.53% -11.2%
65th Israel 96.27% +1.4%
66th Azerbaijan 96.23% -3.5%
67th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 96.20% -0.4%
68th Kyrgyz Republic 96.12% -0.2%
69th San Marino 96.12% +2.9%
70th Uzbekistan 96.09% -2.2%
71st North Macedonia 95.76% +2.5%
72nd South Africa 95.33% -1.8%
73rd Albania 95.14% -6.0%
74th Maldives 94.60% +1.9%
75th Sri Lanka 94.54% -0.6%
76th Belarus 94.46% +0.2%
77th Bulgaria 94.46% -1.3%
78th Armenia 94.33% +0.5%
79th Mongolia 94.12% -2.1%
80th Seychelles 94.05% -5.8%
81st Egypt, Arab Republic of 93.84% +1.5%
82nd Palau 93.83% +1.8%
83rd India 93.82% -5.6%
84th Eswatini 93.61% -11.3%
85th Cuba 93.58% +0.3%
86th Panama 93.28% +0.2%
87th Timor-Leste 93.21% +7.7%
88th Barbados 92.15% +5.8%
89th Malaysia 91.81% +8.7%
90th Dominican Republic 91.69% +2.5%
91st Trinidad and Tobago 91.60% +3.2%
92nd West Bank and Gaza 91.17% -2.8%
93rd St. Lucia 91.07% -3.9%
94th Paraguay 90.27% +3.6%
95th Mauritius 90.17% -4.2%
96th Macao SAR, China 89.52% -1.8%
97th Tanzania 89.31% +20.0%
98th Lao PDR 88.84% +0.7%
99th Bahrain 88.56% -12.4%
100th Cambodia 87.63% +0.4%
101st Micronesia, Federated States of 87.38% +5.1%
102nd Togo 87.32% +1.9%
103rd Guatemala 85.83% -0.8%
104th Zimbabwe 85.20% +2.4%
105th Papua New Guinea 82.75% +2.2%
106th Jamaica 81.07% +3.1%
107th Romania 80.97% -2.3%
108th British Virgin Islands 80.84% +27.4%
109th El Salvador 80.83% +1.4%
110th Gambia, The 80.20% -0.2%
111th Luxembourg 77.50% -0.4%
112th Philippines 77.25% -10.5%
113th Côte d'Ivoire 75.87% +17.3%
114th Congo, Democratic Republic of 75.71% -6.5%
115th Honduras 73.45% +7.6%
116th Cameroon 72.22% +2.5%
117th Congo, Republic of 71.14% -2.0%
118th Puerto Rico (US) 70.17% -11.6%
119th Andorra 69.42% +10.9%
120th Pakistan 68.65% +5.7%
121st Malawi 68.36% -20.5%
122nd Lebanon 67.27% -1.3%
123rd Lesotho 66.96% -5.1%
124th Solomon Islands 66.50% -14.1%
125th Senegal 61.53% +8.2%
126th Syrian Arab Republic 60.13% +4.1%
127th Rwanda 59.30% -37.8%
128th Madagascar 58.31% +1.6%
129th Burkina Faso 51.69% -11.3%
130th Mali 48.43% +5.4%
131st Angola 47.86% -20.3%
132nd Niger 45.80% -9.2%

FAQ

Which country has the highest primary completion rate in 2023?

St. Kitts and Nevis has the highest primary completion rate in 2023 at 124.31%.

Which country has the lowest primary completion rate in 2023?

Niger has the lowest primary completion rate in 2023 at 45.80%.

How many countries are ranked by primary completion rate?

132 countries have primary completion rate data for 2023.

What are the top 3 countries by primary completion rate?

1. St. Kitts and Nevis (124.31%), 2. Nauru (118.30%), 3. Nepal (116.98%).