Côte d'Ivoire: Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Côte d'Ivoire's primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) rose 3.17 percentage points on 2023 (from 77.65% to 80.82%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1981 to 2023), the average change was +1.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.09 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 11.99 percentage points in 2023 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.52 percentage points in 1985. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.2 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 82% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 86.36% for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 3.83%, against 7.93% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, Côte d'Ivoire had the 79th highest value of the 95 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Côte d'Ivoire in the 2024 ranking

• Tanzania — 76th of 95: 83.96%
• Mauritius — 77th of 95: 83.17%
• Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 78th of 95: 82.59%
• Luxembourg — 80th of 95: 77.29%
• Malawi — 81st of 95: 74.47%
• Senegal — 82nd of 95: 73.89%

What this measures

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.

Limitations: The data do not account for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Therefore, this rate serves as a proxy and should be considered an upper estimate of the actual primary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 43 values

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies

• Benin — 59.08% (2022)
• Botswana — 103.52% (2022)
• Burkina Faso — 57.37% (2024)
• Burundi — 51.27% (2020)
• Cabo Verde — 100.08% (2022)
• Cameroon — 72.41% (2024)
• Central African Republic — 31.17% (2016)
• Chad — 36.26% (2021)
• Comoros — 73.54% (2024)

More education data for Côte d'Ivoire

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 4.82 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 93.3% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 94.38% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 92.23% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) — 20% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers

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Questions people ask

What is Côte d'Ivoire's primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)?

80.82% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1973?

It is up 59.79 percentage points from 21.03% in 1973. The highest value was 80.82% in 2024 and the lowest 21.03% in 1973.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.CMPT.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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