Primary School Completion Rate

Africa Ranking

Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Egypt	104.61	2019	3	100.69
2 ↓	Algeria	103.66	2020	1	105.14
3 ↓	Seychelles	102.68	2020	2	101.85
4 ↑	Morocco	100.09	2020	6	97.14
5 ↑	Cape Verde	99.99	2019	11	87.29
6 ↑	Rwanda	97.4	2019	14	86.55
7 ↑	Kenya	97.2	2014	13	86.94
8 ↓	Mauritius	96.38	2021	5	98.51
9 ↓	Botswana	94.55	2015	4	100.66
10 ↓	Ghana	93.81	2018	8	94.72
11 ↓	Libya	93.57	1983	10	87.38
12 ↓	Namibia	93.3	2019	9	94.09
13 ↓	South Africa	92	2019	12	87.26
14 ↓	Swaziland	88.6	2019	7	95.82
15 ↑	Sierra Leone	87.19	2020	16	81.79
16 ↑	Lesotho	85.63	2016	17	81.76
17 ↓	Gambia	85.17	2021	15	82.26
18 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	84.35	2017	20	77.48
19	Ivory Coast	80.51	2020	19	78.75
20 ↓	Malawi	80.35	2019	18	80
21 ↑	Gabon	78.43	2019	24	71.19
22 ↑	Comoros	76.72	2017	25	68.48
23	Nigeria	73.79	2010	23	73.8
24 ↓	Mauritania	72.91	2019	21	76.06
25 ↓	Republic of the Congo	71.61	2012	22	74.98
26 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	69.91	2015	27	67.68
27 ↑	Tanzania	68.74	2020	28	65.75
28 ↓	Ethiopia	68.08	2020	26	67.74
29 ↑	Cameroon	65.5	2019	31	64.47
30	Burkina Faso	64.89	2020	30	64.55
31 ↑	Djibouti	64.81	2021	33	63.03
32 ↑	Eritrea	64.19	2017	35	62.84
33 ↑	Sudan	64.09	2018	37	61.69
34 ↓	Madagascar	63.28	2019	29	65.47
35 ↓	Benin	62.42	2020	32	64.44
36 ↑	Liberia	60.6	2017	39	60.01
37 ↑	Senegal	60.54	2020	38	61.2
38 ↑	Guinea	59.35	2020	40	59.67
39 ↑	Mozambique	58.18	2020	41	54.73
40 ↑	Central African Republic	54.71	2017	44	40.87
41 ↓	Burundi	52.95	2021	34	63.02
42 ↓	Niger	51.19	2020	36	62.26
43 ↓	Mali	49.61	2017	42	51.05
44 ↓	Equatorial Guinea	40.78	2015	43	44.01
45	Chad	40.56	2018	45	37.92
46	Guinea-Bissau	28.31	2000	46	6.54

Definition of Primary School Completion Rate

Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.