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Papua New Guinea: Primary completion rate, total

82.75percent · 2023+54.8% since 1996

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. Annual figures for Papua New Guinea from 1987 to 2023.

19872023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202382.748
202180.998
201674.14
201471.077
200354.524
200252.524
200151.989
200052.218
199850.44
199750.392
199653.458
199553.625
199454.603
199249.408
199149.152
199051.662
198953.13
198853.223
198750.075

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Primary completion rate, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-completion-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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