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
2022	2022	2022	2022	2016-23	2016-23	2016-23	2016-23	2018	2018

Afghanistan	103	77	72	52	83	44	52	27	..	..
Albania	105	98	99	95	99	99	98	97	17	2
Algeria	93	95	60	90	..	98	..	74	51	4
American Samoa	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	71	68	100	101	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	47	49	43	41	88	73	84	54	..	..
Antigua and Barbuda	142	105	100	112	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argentina	100	101	97	101	99	100	99	99	40	5
Armenia	95	92	96	93	100	100	100	100	..	..
Aruba	93	94	110	105	..	..	..	..	..	..
Australia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	1
Austria	98	97	96	97	..	..	..	..	7	1
Azerbaijan	100	99	86	84	100	100	100	100	..	..
Bahamas, The	87	88	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bahrain	101	101	102	103	99	99	99	96	..	..
Bangladesh	88	107	68	86	92	94	81	77	..	..
Barbados	89	85	86	87	..	..	..	..	..	..
Belarus	95	93	98	97	100	100	100	100	11	1
Belgium	..	..	91	95	..	..	..	..	7	1
Belize	110	107	56	67	96	97	88	88	..	..
Benin	64	59	29	27	75	68	63	42	..	..
Bermuda	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bhutan	83	99	55	69	98	97	73	57	..	..
Bolivia	96	97	81	84	99	100	98	94	..	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	100	102	90	91	..	..	..	..	29	3
Botswana	100	104	90	93	..	..	..	..	..	..
Brazil	..	..	..	..	99	100	94	95	41	4
Brunei Darussalam	100	103	99	100	..	..	..	..	22	2
Bulgaria	96	95	97	95	..	..	..	..	22	3
Burkina Faso	53	64	26	35	65	67	49	36	..	..
Burundi	44	51	24	32	88	89	78	66	..	..
Cabo Verde	98	100	74	93	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cambodia	85	89	53	63	96	97	90	64	..	..
Cameroon	74	67	35	36	88	76	80	66	..	..
Canada	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	0
Cayman Islands	102	93	87	80	99	99	99	99	..	..
Central African Republic	..	..	..	..	65	37	60	27	..	..
Chad	47	36	23	14	56	33	45	19	..	..
Channel Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chile	102	99	102	100	99	100	96	96	25	1
China	..	..	..	..	100	100	98	95	0	0
Hong Kong SAR, China	107	104	129	130	..	..	..	..	3	0
Macao SAR, China	89	94	83	88	100	100	98	95	1	0
Colombia	97	97	79	87	99	99	95	96	36	2
Comoros	65	69	38	46	90	91	80	72	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep.	79	73	62	50	88	68	85	54	..	..
Congo, Rep.	71	71	..	65	..	..	..	..	..	..
Costa Rica	94	92	64	66	..	100	..	94	28	1
Cote d'Ivoire	64	66	58	55	82	58	68	40	..	..
Croatia	101	100	101	102	..	..	..	..	11	1
Cuba	93	94	88	89	100	100	99	96	..	..
Curacao	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cyprus	102	101	104	102	..	..	..	..	17	2
Czechia	104	103	93	93	..	..	..	..	7	0
Denmark	100	100	100	100	..	..	..	..	4	1
Djibouti	..	..	..	..	85	75	..	..	..	..
Dominica	98	95	100	82	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	89	90	74	82	98	99	94	94	69	14
Ecuador	98	101	92	95	99	99	97	96	..	..
Egypt, Arab Rep.	93	94	82	86	96	95	85	73	..	..
El Salvador	77	82	65	73	98	99	92	88	..	..
Equatorial Guinea	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Eritrea	67	56	55	52	..	..	..	..	..	..
Estonia	99	98	100	100	..	..	..	..	2	0
Eswatini	103	108	74	79	99	99	91	90	..	..
Ethiopia	62	60	22	21	88	81	71	50	..	..
Faroe Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fiji	121	111	99	102	96	99	..	92	..	..
Finland	99	98	100	100	..	..	..	..	4	0
France	..	..	100	100	..	..	..	..	8	1
French Polynesia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Gabon	..	..	..	..	95	93	91	87	..	..
Gambia, The	73	87	49	62	72	63	65	40	..	..
Georgia	112	109	100	96	99	100	100	100	34	6
Germany	98	98	61	62	..	..	..	..	8	1
Ghana	94	93	84	86	92	91	81	72	..	..
Greece	100	100	95	95	..	..	..	..	15	1
Greenland	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Grenada	99	92	94	106	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guatemala	86	87	49	51	97	97	88	79	..	..
Guinea	67	53	39	30	70	43	54	28	..	..
Guinea-Bissau	..	..	..	..	86	78	77	52	..	..
Guyana	..	..	..	..	99	99	84	87	..	..
Haiti	..	..	..	..	88	89	73	64	..	..
Honduras	66	70	32	40	95	96	87	87	..	..
Hungary	99	98	94	96	..	..	..	..	10	1
Iceland	99	99	98	98	..	..	..	..	7	0
India	93	94	89	91	98	96	88	75	..	..
Indonesia	103	101	101	100	93	95	97	95	41	2
Iran, Islamic Rep.	97	99	85	86	99	99	93	85	..	..
Iraq	..	..	..	..	94	91	90	78	..	..
Ireland	93	95	100	101	..	..	..	..	4	0
Isle of Man	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	98	98	96	96	..	..	..	..	18	3
Italy	97	97	96	96	100	100	99	99	9	1
Jamaica	80	82	83	85	88	99	..	91	..	..
Japan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	0
Jordan	96	96	86	95	99	99	97	92	31	3
Kazakhstan	101	100	91	91	..	..	..	..	22	2
Kenya	..	..	91	90	..	..	..	..	..	..
Kiribati	107	102	90	96	96	94	99	99	..	..
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea, Rep.	96	96	99	98	..	..	..	..	5	0
Kosovo	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	47	4
Kuwait	72	91	78	94	99	100	97	95	..	..
Kyrgyz Republic	96	97	91	94	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lao PDR	88	88	58	58	92	89	85	67	..	..
Latvia	98	99	96	95	..	..	..	..	4	0
Lebanon	67	69	51	61	98	95	95	90	38	9
Lesotho	65	76	39	56	96	100	88	98	..	..
Liberia	57	59	44	45	..	..	..	..	..	..
Libya	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Liechtenstein	84	95	94	95	..	..	..	..	..	..
Lithuania	101	100	100	101	..	..	..	..	9	0
Luxembourg	78	78	98	99	..	..	..	..	11	1
Madagascar	55	60	30	34	83	82	78	72	..	..
Malawi	64	73	23	22	81	80	79	63	..	..
Malaysia	83	87	77	82	99	98	97	95	16	1
Maldives	87	100	85	96	99	99	98	98	..	..
Mali	50	47	29	27	44	61	46	26	..	..
Malta	97	97	98	98	..	..	..	..	14	3
Marshall Islands	100	98	37	42	95	97	96	96	..	..
Mauritania	72	75	50	49	75	67	70	52	..	..
Mauritius	90	90	81	86	100	100	96	93	..	..
Mexico	102	102	92	95	99	99	97	95	26	1
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	80	86	74	79	..	..	..	..	..	..
Moldova	109	107	107	108	..	..	..	..	26	2
Monaco	134	136	142	155	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	95	97	92	99	99	100	98	99	..	..
Montenegro	111	110	98	100	96	99	99	98	20	2
Morocco	98	100	65	76	..	..	..	..	47	3
Mozambique	76	69	26	26	78	65	74	51	..	..
Myanmar	..	..	..	..	96	96	95	93	..	..
Namibia	95	99	80	92	91	93	88	87	..	..
Nepal	105	97	100	101	97	92	80	59	..	..
Netherlands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	1
New Caledonia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	1
Nicaragua	81	83	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Niger	53	48	15	14	64	45	48	26	..	..
Nigeria	..	..	..	..	78	69	74	53	..	..
North Macedonia	93	94	94	92	..	99	..	98	35	5
Northern Mariana Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	99	99	100	100	..	..	..	..	6	1
Oman	86	87	91	89	100	100	99	95	..	..
Pakistan	69	60	48	42	79	67	69	49	..	..
Palau	98	86	99	90	100	100	100	100	..	..
Panama	93	93	83	82	99	99	97	96	54	10
Papua New Guinea	84	81	46	38	93	91	90	62	..	..
Paraguay	88	87	68	72	99	99	95	94	..	..
Peru	95	95	92	92	99	99	97	92	32	3
Philippines	87	86	96	99	100	100	98	97	54	7
Poland	95	94	131	135	..	..	..	..	4	0
Portugal	101	99	102	102	..	..	..	..	9	0
Puerto Rico (US)	75	65	80	80	92	92	92	92	..	..
Qatar	94	96	96	94	..	..	..	..	30	5
Romania	83	83	78	79	100	100	99	99	23	3
Russian Federation	100	100	97	97	100	100	100	100	7	0
Rwanda	53	65	35	42	88	92	81	77	..	..
Samoa	103	103	101	98	99	100	98	98	..	..
San Marino	92	94	94	93	100	100	100	100	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	..	..	..	..	96	95	93	83	..	..
Saudi Arabia	119	120	116	116	100	99	99	96	43	5
Senegal	53	61	33	43	69	66	61	42	..	..
Serbia	96	96	93	98	100	100	100	99	18	2
Seychelles	99	101	101	100	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sierra Leone	100	106	46	68	78	68	55	34	..	..
Singapore	100	100	101	102	100	100	99	96	2	0
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	94	97	82	81	..	..	..	..	11	1
Slovenia	97	98	94	95	..	..	..	..	5	0
Solomon Islands	64	69	56	60	..	..	..	..	..	..
Somalia, Fed. Rep.	..	..	..	..	76	65	65	44	..	..
South Africa	99	95	84	90	96	97	91	89	..	..
South Sudan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Spain	98	98	90	94	100	100	100	100	9	1
Sri Lanka	94	96	95	96	99	99	93	92	..	..
St. Kitts and Nevis	134	115	113	119	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Lucia	91	99	82	92	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Martin (French part)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	105	109	98	115	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sudan	61	60	46	49	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suriname	70	80	32	53	97	98	..	..	..	..
Sweden	100	100	100	100	..	..	..	..	6	1
Switzerland	95	96	93	97	..	..	..	..	5	0
Syrian Arab Republic	57	59	41	48	98	98	97	92	..	..
Tajikistan	..	..	..	..	100	98	..	96	..	..
Tanzania	84	95	33	39	89	85	84	73	..	..
Thailand	105	105	84	100	98	98	91	91	25	1
Timor-Leste	75	98	84	92	86	86	73	66	..	..
Togo	87	84	65	58	93	88	83	64	..	..
Tonga	93	112	92	105	100	100	99	100	..	..
Trinidad and Tobago	91	93	74	81	89	100	..	94	28	3
Tunisia	91	96	73	93	98	98	93	80	47	2
Turkiye	101	102	92	92	93	92	99	95	14	0
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	100	100	100	100	..	..
Turks and Caicos Islands	129	96	113	88	100	100	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	115	123	92	97	100	100	100	100	..	..
Uganda	..	..	..	..	89	90	86	76	..	..
Ukraine	94	95	84	86	..	..	..	..	16	1
United Arab Emirates	106	99	111	106	100	100	99	98	24	4
United Kingdom	100	100	99	99	..	..	..	..	6	1
United States	97	94	102	101	..	..	..	..	10	1
Uruguay	100	101	79	96	99	99	99	100	25	2
Uzbekistan	98	98	97	97	100	100	100	100	..	..
Vanuatu	117	114	59	68	93	95	88	88	..	..
Venezuela, RB	96	110	86	88	98	99	97	97	..	..
Viet Nam	102	99	94	91	99	99	97	95	3	0
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Bank and Gaza	94	93	91	95	99	99	99	97	..	..
Yemen, Rep.	..	..	..	..	62	77	..	54	..	..
Zambia	..	..	..	..	86	82	87	74	..	..
Zimbabwe	82	85	69	72	91	94	93	93	..	..
World	92	90	78	78	94	92	91	84	..	..
East Asia & Pacific	95	96	95	97	99	99	98	95	..	..
Europe & Central Asia	98	98	92	92	100	100	99	98	..	..
Latin America & Caribbean	95	96	81	85	98	99	95	95	..	..
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	82	75	63	61	90	82	83	67	..	..
North America	97	94	101	100	100	100	99	99	..	..
South Asia	111	113	88	91	97	96	84	71	..	..
Sub-Saharan Africa	70	68	45	43	81	76	75	62	..	..
Low income	66	62	41	37	78	72	71	56	..	..
Lower middle income	95	94	74	75	93	90	84	72	..	..
Upper middle income	95	95	92	94	99	99	97	95	..	..
High income	98	97	95	95	99	99	98	..	..	..

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