Countries with the Lowest Primary School Completion Rate 2023

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Countries with the Lowest Primary School Completion Rate 2023
The 20 countries where the smallest share of children finish primary school in 2023. Niger is lowest at 45.8%, followed by Angola at 47.9% and Mali at 48.4%. Only 137 countries reported this figure for 2023.
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3 of the 137 reporting countries see fewer than half their children complete primary school. The median reporting country stands at 96.1%, and 35 report a rate at or above 100%, which happens when older children who repeated years finish late.

Source:  World Bank

Key Findings

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DR Congo leads with 76 in 2023.
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Average value in 2023: 63  ·  median: 67.
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Gap in 2023: DR Congo is 1.7× larger than Niger.

Countries with the Lowest Primary School Completion Rate 2023

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Data Insights

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Data Points
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Top Value
75.70
DR Congo
Primary completion rate (% of relevant age group) · 2023
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Primary completion rate (% of relevant age group)
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Period
2023
Single year snapshot

Rankings & Full Data

20 records · Primary completion rate (% of relevant age group) · ranked by 2023

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# Category 2023 Source
🥇 DR Congo 75.70
🥈 Honduras 73.50
🥉 Cameroon 72.20
4 Republic of the Congo 71.10
5 Puerto Rico 70.20
6 Andorra 69.40
7 Pakistan 68.60
8 Malawi 68.40
9 Lebanon 67.30
10 Lesotho 67
11 Solomon Islands 66.50
12 Senegal 61.50
13 Syria 60.10
14 Rwanda 59.30
15 Madagascar 58.30
16 Ethiopia 55.10
17 Burkina Faso 51.70
18 Mali 48.40
19 Angola 47.90
20 Niger 45.80

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