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	102	66	73	43	71	42	52	23	..	..
Albania	97	99	94	96	99	100	99	98	17	2
Algeria	104	103	74	92	65	84	87	75	51	4
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	..	..	..	..	86	80	83	62	..	..
Antigua and Barbuda	97	102	105	102	..	..	98	99	..	..
Argentina	101	102	91	97	99	100	99	99	40	5
Armenia	91	93	86	89	100	100	100	100	..	..
Aruba	..	..	..	..	100	99	98	98	..	..
Australia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	1
Austria	99	100	95	97	..	..	..	..	7	1
Azerbaijan	94	95	109	106	100	100	100	100	..	..
Bahamas, The	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bahrain	103	97	88	100	100	100	93	91	..	..
Bangladesh	119	125	..	..	93	96	78	72	..	..
Barbados	97	100	104	99	100	100	100	100	..	..
Belarus	93	94	100	100	100	100	100	100	11	1
Belgium	..	..	92	97	..	..	..	..	7	1
Belize	109	104	74	80	..	97	..	..	..	..
Benin	77	70	39	35	73	57	57	35	..	..
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	85	95	76	95	97	97	78	63	..	..
Bolivia	93	93	88	90	100	100	97	91	..	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	86	85	95	94	100	100	99	97	29	3
Botswana	..	..	88	91	96	99	86	87	..	..
Brazil	..	..	..	..	99	100	94	95	41	4
Brunei Darussalam	105	105	111	111	100	100	98	97	22	2
Bulgaria	88	88	..	..	98	98	99	98	22	3
Burkina Faso	62	72	34	41	67	64	55	38	..	..
Burundi	49	57	26	34	93	92	81	68	..	..
Cabo Verde	102	98	65	77	98	99	94	87	..	..
Cambodia	87	95	53	63	95	96	88	80	..	..
Cameroon	69	62	36	35	89	84	83	73	..	..
Canada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	0
Cayman Islands	90	89	82	79	99	99	99	99	..	..
Central African Republic	..	..	..	..	48	29	49	26	..	..
Chad	51	38	24	14	41	29	35	18	..	..
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	102	101	100	98	99	99	97	97	25	1
China	..	..	..	..	100	100	99	96	0	0
Hong Kong SAR, China	99	102	103	104	..	..	..	..	3	0
Macao SAR, China	101	101	104	105	100	100	98	96	1	0
Colombia	104	104	75	84	99	99	95	96	36	2
Comoros	..	..	..	..	80	82	67	57	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	85	78	65	53	91	85	89	71	..	..
Congo, Rep.	66	68	64	63	85	80	86	75	..	..
Costa Rica	105	104	99	104	99	100	98	98	28	1
Cote d'Ivoire	85	82	65	53	93	76	93	87	..	..
Croatia	95	97	97	99	100	100	100	99	11	1
Cuba	100	101	81	83	100	100	100	100	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	101	99	82	82	100	100	100	99	17	2
Czechia	100	101	92	94	..	..	..	..	7	0
Denmark	98	99	105	103	..	..	..	..	4	1
Djibouti	66	63	54	56	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominica	103	101	14	35	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	87	89	65	74	99	99	95	95	69	14
Ecuador	100	101	100	105	99	99	95	94	..	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	104	105	86	91	92	91	79	67	..	..
El Salvador	..	..	70	72	98	99	92	89	..	..
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	..	98	98	97	91	..	..
Eritrea	59	51	50	52	94	93	84	69	..	..
Estonia	97	99	101	101	100	100	100	100	2	0
Eswatini	86	91	69	71	95	97	89	89	..	..
Ethiopia	69	65	..	..	74	72	59	44	..	..
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	118	116	100	107	..	..	..	..	..	..
Finland	100	98	102	102	..	..	..	..	4	0
France	..	..	100	100	..	..	..	..	8	1
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	76	81	56	62	89	92	86	85	..	..
Gambia, The	79	92	56	68	70	77	65	51	..	..
Georgia	90	91	94	96	100	100	100	99	34	6
Germany	98	99	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	1
Ghana	93	95	78	78	94	93	84	76	..	..
Greece	100	101	94	93	99	99	99	97	15	1
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	125	121	104	109	99	100	99	99	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	87	87	55	54	96	95	88	79	..	..
Guinea	67	52	38	28	71	49	61	31	..	..
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	..	..	75	61	67	40	..	..
Guyana	..	..	..	..	97	98	89	88	..	..
Haiti	..	..	..	..	83	83	65	58	..	..
Honduras	..	..	..	..	95	97	88	89	..	..
Hungary	95	94	95	96	99	99	99	99	10	1
Iceland	99	100	104	102	..	..	..	..	7	0
India	96	98	84	88	93	90	82	66	..	..
Indonesia	103	102	..	..	100	100	97	95	41	2
Iran, Islamic Rep.	101	101	91	91	99	99	92	85	..	..
Iraq	..	..	..	..	95	92	91	80	..	..
Ireland	98	100	99	101	..	..	..	..	4	0
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	106	109	103	106	..	..	..	..	18	3
Italy	98	97	99	99	100	100	99	99	9	1
Jamaica	77	77	81	83	94	99	83	93	..	..
Japan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	0
Jordan	81	80	69	69	99	100	99	98	31	3
Kazakhstan	103	101	104	104	100	100	100	100	22	2
Kenya	..	..	..	..	88	89	85	80	..	..
Kiribati	93	94	96	104	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	..	..	..	..	100	100	100	100	..	..
Korea, Rep.	100	100	91	90	100	100	99	98	5	0
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	47	4
Kuwait	70	91	78	98	99	100	97	95	..	..
Kyrgyz Republic	102	103	98	99	100	100	100	100	..	..
Lao PDR	88	89	62	61	95	93	91	83	..	..
Latvia	98	99	99	98	100	100	100	100	4	0
Lebanon	..	..	..	..	100	100	97	94	38	9
Lesotho	85	96	39	56	83	95	73	89	..	..
Liberia	..	..	..	..	65	46	63	34	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	108	100	100	100	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	103	104	100	101	100	100	100	100	9	0
Luxembourg	83	85	119	114	..	..	..	..	11	1
Madagascar	61	66	34	37	81	80	79	76	..	..
Malawi	76	85	24	22	73	79	71	64	..	..
Malaysia	104	105	85	89	97	97	96	94	16	1
Maldives	90	93	122	101	100	99	98	98	..	..
Mali	..	..	..	..	55	38	40	22	..	..
Malta	109	109	108	103	99	100	93	96	14	3
Marshall Islands	74	70	95	97	98	99	98	98	..	..
Mauritania	66	80	47	45	78	75	72	62	..	..
Mauritius	95	97	104	101	99	100	94	90	..	..
Mexico	102	104	89	93	99	99	96	94	26	1
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	89	88	72	76	..	..	..	..	..	..
Moldova	109	106	108	107	100	100	100	100	26	2
Monaco	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	97	96	91	90	99	99	99	99	..	..
Montenegro	100	103	88	90	99	99	99	99	20	2
Morocco	104	104	72	79	98	98	85	67	47	3
Mozambique	61	55	33	31	76	69	74	54	..	..
Myanmar	96	95	62	68	95	96	92	86	..	..
Namibia	107	112	91	99	94	97	92	92	..	..
Nepal	109	98	97	97	95	93	81	63	..	..
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	1
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	99	99	98	98	..	..
New Zealand	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	1
Nicaragua	..	..	..	..	90	94	82	83	..	..
Niger	61	54	17	15	55	39	46	29	..	..
Nigeria	..	..	..	..	82	68	71	53	..	..
North Macedonia	95	94	83	83	99	99	99	97	35	5
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	99	99	101	100	..	..	..	..	6	1
Oman	98	101	128	105	98	99	97	93	..	..
Pakistan	78	68	52	46	80	65	69	46	..	..
Palau	99	104	96	112	98	99	97	96	..	..
Panama	87	87	67	73	99	99	96	95	54	10
Papua New Guinea	..	..	42	32	65	71	65	58	..	..
Paraguay	..	..	..	..	99	99	95	94	..	..
Peru	119	113	104	96	100	99	97	92	32	3
Philippines	95	95	84	96	98	99	96	97	54	7
Poland	96	94	103	104	100	100	100	100	4	0
Portugal	107	104	98	101	100	100	98	96	9	0
Puerto Rico	..	..	..	..	92	92	92	92	..	..
Qatar	93	97	95	90	94	96	93	95	30	5
Romania	85	85	86	87	100	100	99	99	23	3
Russian Federation	106	105	105	103	100	100	100	100	7	0
Rwanda	85	97	41	49	83	90	79	73	..	..
Samoa	114	114	103	111	99	99	99	99	..	..
San Marino	110	89	83	92	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	98	98	97	91	..	..
Saudi Arabia	104	106	97	103	100	99	99	96	43	5
Senegal	56	70	37	46	80	73	68	45	..	..
Serbia	98	98	96	96	100	100	100	99	18	2
Seychelles	99	99	99	106	99	100	96	97	..	..
Sierra Leone	97	100	46	67	74	70	55	40	..	..
Singapore	101	102	100	101	100	100	99	96	2	0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	98	99	79	76	..	..	..	..	11	1
Slovenia	102	106	93	95	100	100	100	100	5	0
Solomon Islands	83	88	69	72	..	..	..	..	..	..
Somalia	..	..	..	..	84	70	..	..	..	..
South Africa	91	93	77	84	98	99	96	95	..	..
South Sudan	..	..	..	..	48	47	40	29	..	..
Spain	98	100	93	99	99	100	99	98	9	1
Sri Lanka	99	98	100	101	99	99	93	92	..	..
St. Kitts and Nevis	122	119	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Lucia	96	105	77	86	100	100	..	..	..	..
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	113	118	88	96	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sudan	66	62	51	50	73	73	65	56	..	..
Suriname	74	88	33	57	99	99	97	93	..	..
Sweden	105	104	108	106	..	..	..	..	6	1
Switzerland	99	100	95	99	..	..	..	..	5	0
Syrian Arab Republic	..	..	..	..	97	95	92	81	..	..
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	100	100	100	100	..	..
Tanzania	66	72	32	35	88	89	86	78	..	..
Thailand	95	95	132	120	98	99	96	93	25	1
Timor-Leste	98	104	88	95	84	87	73	67	..	..
Togo	94	88	63	51	92	84	80	55	..	..
Tonga	111	105	63	91	99	100	99	100	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	..	..	..	..	100	100	99	98	28	3
Tunisia	102	107	77	99	98	98	89	77	47	2
Turkiye	94	93	122	123	100	100	99	94	14	0
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	100	100	100	100	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	118	110	84	81	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	89	88	66	66	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	..	..	..	..	90	92	84	74	..	..
Ukraine	..	..	..	..	100	100	100	100	16	1
United Arab Emirates	105	105	99	95	100	100	99	97	24	4
United Kingdom	99	99	99	99	..	..	..	..	6	1
United States	100	102	104	104	..	..	..	..	10	1
Uruguay	103	103	88	102	99	99	98	99	25	2
Uzbekistan	106	106	98	97	100	100	100	100	..	..
Vanuatu	95	93	47	56	97	97	90	88	..	..
Venezuela, RB	..	..	..	..	98	99	97	98	..	..
Vietnam	109	112	95	101	99	99	97	95	3	0
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	97	96	89	97	99	99	99	96	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	64	..	..	..	..
Zambia	..	..	..	..	94	93	91	84	..	..
Zimbabwe	84	86	59	57	87	95	88	91	..	..
World	91	90	77	78	93	91	90	83	..	..
East Asia & Pacific	97	98	91	93	99	99	98	95	..	..
Europe & Central Asia	98	99	98	99	100	100	99	98	..	..
Latin America & Caribbean	99	100	78	83	98	99	95	94	..	..
Middle East & North Africa	95	92	77	78	92	88	86	73	..	..
North America	100	101	95	95	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Asia	91	93	79	81	91	88	81	65	..	..
Sub-Saharan Africa	73	69	46	43	80	75	74	61	..	..
Low income	71	66	43	38	76	69	69	53	..	..
Lower middle income	91	92	75	77	92	89	85	73	..	..
Upper middle income	96	96	90	92	98	98	97	95	..	..
High income	98	99	94	95	..	..	..	..	..	..

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