World Development Indicators

Education completion and outcomes
Primary completion rate		Lower secondary completion rate		Youth literacy rate		Adult literacy rate		Students at lowest proficiency on PISA
Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Mathematics	Science
% of relevant age group	% of relevant age group	% of relevant age group	% of relevant age group	% of ages 15-24	% of ages 15-24	% ages 15 and older	% ages 15 and older	% of 15 year-olds	% of 15 year-olds
2021	2021	2021	2021	2015-21	2015-21	2015-21	2015-21	2018	2018

Afghanistan	104	68	75	44	71	42	52	23	..	..
Albania	101	96	101	94	100	100	98	96	17	2
Algeria	100	100	76	93	65	84	87	75	51	4
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	64	60	89	92	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	..	..	..	..	85	71	80	53	..	..
Antigua and Barbuda	102	108	115	112	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argentina	105	106	108	110	..	..	..	..	40	5
Armenia	101	100	107	105	100	100	100	100	..	..
Aruba	..	..	..	..	100	99	98	98	..	..
Australia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	1
Austria	100	100	99	100	..	..	..	..	7	1
Azerbaijan	97	97	88	87	100	100	100	100	..	..
Bahamas, The	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bahrain	92	93	100	98	100	100	93	91	..	..
Bangladesh	118	122	66	97	93	96	78	72	..	..
Barbados	99	102	101	98	100	100	..	..	..	..
Belarus	94	93	92	90	100	100	100	100	11	1
Belgium	..	..	93	95	..	..	..	..	7	1
Belize	115	111	74	80	..	97	..	..	..	..
Benin	74	67	37	34	64	41	45	22	..	..
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	84	97	72	89	93	93	75	57	..	..
Bolivia	88	88	84	85	100	100	97	91	..	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	88	89	89	87	100	100	99	95	29	3
Botswana	..	..	..	..	96	99	86	87	..	..
Brazil	..	..	..	..	99	99	93	93	41	4
Brunei Darussalam	100	100	104	105	100	100	98	97	22	2
Bulgaria	90	89	93	89	98	98	99	98	22	3
Burkina Faso	59	69	34	41	51	44	35	25	..	..
Burundi	45	53	31	39	91	86	76	61	..	..
Cabo Verde	95	92	62	75	98	99	92	82	..	..
Cambodia	91	99	53	64	92	93	87	75	..	..
Cameroon	72	65	36	35	89	84	83	73	..	..
Canada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	0
Cayman Islands	98	127	101	134	99	99	99	99	..	..
Central African Republic	..	..	..	..	48	29	49	26	..	..
Chad	49	38	24	14	46	18	31	14	..	..
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	101	98	103	100	99	99	96	96	25	1
China	..	..	..	..	100	100	99	96	0	0
Hong Kong SAR, China	104	103	88	86	..	..	..	..	3	0
Macao SAR, China	86	92	81	82	100	100	98	96	1	0
Colombia	100	98	81	91	99	99	95	96	36	2
Comoros	..	..	..	..	74	70	56	43	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	86	79	63	51	91	80	89	66	..	..
Congo, Rep.	64	66	63	61	85	80	86	75	..	..
Costa Rica	100	98	70	72	99	100	98	98	28	1
Cote d'Ivoire	75	72	60	50	93	76	93	87	..	..
Croatia	95	94	98	97	100	100	100	99	11	1
Cuba	96	97	87	89	100	100	100	100	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	99	101	104	104	100	100	100	99	17	2
Czechia	98	99	93	95	..	..	..	..	7	0
Denmark	100	100	101	100	..	..	..	..	4	1
Djibouti	58	49	46	40	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica	88	83	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	87	89	65	74	99	99	94	94	69	14
Ecuador	95	96	103	104	96	97	95	94	..	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	97	97	86	87	89	87	76	66	..	..
El Salvador	80	83	67	72	98	99	92	89	..	..
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	..	98	98	97	91	..	..
Eritrea	64	54	47	48	94	93	84	69	..	..
Estonia	98	98	99	99	100	100	100	100	2	0
Eswatini	95	101	74	76	95	97	89	89	..	..
Ethiopia	66	63	..	..	74	72	59	44	..	..
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	115	110	99	101	96	99	..	..	..	..
Finland	99	99	100	99	..	..	..	..	4	0
France	..	..	100	100	..	..	..	..	8	1
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	71	75	52	57	87	89	85	80	..	..
Gambia, The	69	80	49	60	71	64	62	42	..	..
Georgia	90	87	103	101	100	99	99	99	34	6
Germany	101	101	63	63	..	..	..	..	8	1
Ghana	88	88	75	74	94	93	84	76	..	..
Greece	99	98	95	95	..	..	..	..	15	1
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	111	106	91	94	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	89	88	57	55	95	94	85	77	..	..
Guinea	70	56	39	31	71	49	61	31	..	..
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	..	..	71	50	62	31	..	..
Guyana	..	..	..	..	97	99	86	85	..	..
Haiti	..	..	..	..	83	83	65	58	..	..
Honduras	..	..	..	..	95	97	88	89	..	..
Hungary	95	93	98	99	99	99	99	99	10	1
Iceland	99	98	99	94	..	..	..	..	7	0
India	..	..	86	89	99	91	..	59	..	..
Indonesia	105	102	101	100	100	100	97	95	41	2
Iran, Islamic Rep.	99	97	89	88	98	98	90	81	..	..
Iraq	..	..	..	..	95	92	91	80	..	..
Ireland	98	99	100	100	..	..	..	..	4	0
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	94	95	93	94	..	..	..	..	18	3
Italy	98	98	101	100	100	100	99	99	9	1
Jamaica	85	75	84	85	..	100	..	..	..	..
Japan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	0
Jordan	..	..	67	68	99	100	99	98	31	3
Kazakhstan	97	97	91	91	100	100	100	100	22	2
Kenya	..	..	..	..	87	86	84	74	..	..
Kiribati	96	94	103	105	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	..	..	..	..	100	100	100	100	..	..
Korea, Rep.	98	98	96	95	100	100	99	98	5	0
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	47	4
Kuwait	..	..	83	99	99	100	97	95	..	..
Kyrgyz Republic	97	96	96	94	100	100	100	100	..	..
Lao PDR	90	91	61	60	94	91	90	79	..	..
Latvia	98	98	96	98	100	100	100	100	4	0
Lebanon	..	..	..	..	100	100	97	94	38	9
Lesotho	..	..	..	..	80	94	68	85	..	..
Liberia	..	..	..	..	86	72	63	34	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	111	102	93	100	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	103	103	99	101	100	100	100	100	9	0
Luxembourg	75	79	102	96	..	..	..	..	11	1
Madagascar	61	66	33	36	87	83	78	75	..	..
Malawi	82	91	21	20	36	63	70	55	..	..
Malaysia	99	103	79	82	..	..	..	..	16	1
Maldives	89	95	91	94	100	99	98	98	..	..
Mali	..	..	..	..	55	38	40	22	..	..
Malta	98	98	100	99	99	100	93	96	14	3
Marshall Islands	111	108	167	175	98	99	98	98	..	..
Mauritania	60	72	46	42	78	75	72	62	..	..
Mauritius	98	100	137	125	99	100	94	90	..	..
Mexico	103	103	91	94	99	99	96	94	26	1
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	85	85	72	77	..	..	..	..	..	..
Moldova	107	105	107	106	100	100	100	100	26	2
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	90	91	92	94	99	99	99	99	..	..
Montenegro	98	97	97	95	99	99	99	99	20	2
Morocco	101	100	71	77	95	88	75	53	47	3
Mozambique	77	70	44	41	76	65	72	49	..	..
Myanmar	102	105	68	77	95	96	92	86	..	..
Namibia	110	115	98	105	94	97	92	92	..	..
Nepal	105	96	95	97	95	93	81	63	..	..
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	1
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	1
Nicaragua	80	82	..	..	90	94	82	83	..	..
Niger	61	54	17	15	49	32	39	23	..	..
Nigeria	..	..	..	..	82	68	71	53	..	..
North Macedonia	91	91	87	87	99	99	99	96	35	5
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	99	99	100	99	..	..	..	..	6	1
Oman	88	89	98	99	98	99	97	93	..	..
Pakistan	73	63	51	44	80	65	69	46	..	..
Palau	98	98	95	106	98	99	97	96	..	..
Panama	95	94	83	84	99	99	96	95	54	10
Papua New Guinea	..	..	39	31	65	71	65	58	..	..
Paraguay	87	86	68	74	98	99	95	94	..	..
Peru	102	102	90	88	99	99	97	92	32	3
Philippines	90	93	80	93	98	99	96	97	54	7
Poland	95	94	100	102	100	100	100	100	4	0
Portugal	106	102	100	101	100	100	98	96	9	0
Puerto Rico	83	88	..	..	92	92	92	92	..	..
Qatar	103	104	94	98	98	100	98	98	30	5
Romania	89	89	70	67	100	100	99	99	23	3
Russian Federation	102	101	101	99	100	100	100	100	7	0
Rwanda	81	94	37	45	83	90	79	73	..	..
Samoa	100	101	97	104	99	99	99	99	..	..
San Marino	110	89	84	92	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	64	71	95	85	..	..
Saudi Arabia	..	..	..	..	100	99	99	96	43	5
Senegal	57	71	37	46	76	65	65	40	..	..
Serbia	97	98	94	95	100	100	100	99	18	2
Seychelles	94	92	100	107	99	100	96	97	..	..
Sierra Leone	93	98	44	66	86	70	41	25	..	..
Singapore	101	100	98	97	100	100	99	96	2	0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	92	93	84	83	..	..	..	..	11	1
Slovenia	97	98	94	97	..	..	..	..	5	0
Solomon Islands	81	88	68	73	..	..	..	..	..	..
Somalia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Africa	95	99	95	100	96	97	91	89	..	..
South Sudan	..	..	..	..	48	47	40	29	..	..
Spain	99	99	93	97	99	100	99	98	9	1
Sri Lanka	99	98	96	98	99	99	93	92	..	..
St. Kitts and Nevis	131	130	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Lucia	99	107	83	93	100	100	..	..	..	..
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	114	117	105	112	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sudan	69	64	55	54	73	73	65	56	..	..
Suriname	72	82	31	52	99	99	97	93	..	..
Sweden	100	100	100	100	..	..	..	..	6	1
Switzerland	95	96	95	98	..	..	..	..	5	0
Syrian Arab Republic	55	57	42	46	97	95	92	81	..	..
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	100	98	100	100	..	..
Tanzania	70	75	34	37	87	85	83	73	..	..
Thailand	100	100	138	125	98	99	96	93	25	1
Timor-Leste	96	106	84	95	84	87	73	67	..	..
Togo	91	87	63	52	92	84	80	55	..	..
Tonga	115	109	93	105	99	100	99	100	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	28	3
Tunisia	95	100	71	90	93	97	86	72	47	2
Turkiye	103	103	94	93	100	100	99	94	14	0
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	128	99	106	85	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	97	101	80	87	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	..	..	..	..	89	90	83	71	..	..
Ukraine	89	90	84	86	100	100	100	100	16	1
United Arab Emirates	103	108	114	109	100	100	99	97	24	4
United Kingdom	99	99	97	97	..	..	..	..	6	1
United States	102	100	99	108	..	..	..	..	10	1
Uruguay	101	100	59	69	99	99	98	99	25	2
Uzbekistan	100	100	96	96	100	100	100	100	..	..
Vanuatu	94	97	51	56	97	97	90	88	..	..
Venezuela, RB	..	..	..	..	98	99	97	97	..	..
Viet Nam	114	118	98	102	99	99	97	95	3	0
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	96	94	88	93	82	94	99	96	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	64	..	..	..	..
Zambia	..	..	..	..	94	93	91	84	..	..
Zimbabwe	86	86	73	72	78	89	89	88	..	..
World	89	88	76	77	94	91	90	84	..	..
East Asia & Pacific	97	98	93	97	99	99	98	95	..	..
Europe & Central Asia	98	98	91	91	100	100	99	98	..	..
Latin America & Caribbean	94	96	72	76	98	99	95	94	..	..
Middle East & North Africa	89	86	74	74	93	88	86	73	..	..
North America	102	100	99	106	100	100	99	99	..	..
South Asia	89	88	79	80	94	90	81	66	..	..
Sub-Saharan Africa	73	69	46	43	81	75	74	61	..	..
Low income	70	64	43	38	77	71	69	54	..	..
Lower middle income	88	87	73	74	93	90	83	71	..	..
Upper middle income	96	96	90	92	99	98	97	95	..	..
High income	99	98	94	97	..	..	..	..	..	..

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