Cabo Verde: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Cabo Verde's primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) rose 5.15 percentage points on 2021 (from 93.95% to 99.1%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2021), the average change was +0.66 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.18 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 13.98 percentage points in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.93 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2022, Cabo Verde had the 4th highest value of the 12 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 Cabo Verde in the 2022 ranking

• Antigua and Barbuda — 1st of 12: 123.36%
• Botswana — 2nd of 12: 101.53%
• Colombia — 4th of 12: 97.12%
• Serbia — 5th of 12: 96.05%
• Aruba — 6th of 12: 93.83%

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 41 values

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

• Benin — 61.64% (2022)
• Botswana — 101.53% (2022)
• Burkina Faso — 51.99% (2024)
• Burundi — 47.61% (2020)
• Cameroon — 75.29% (2024)
• Central African Republic — 38.48% (2016)
• Chad — 41.85% (2021)
• Comoros — 72.72% (2024)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 75.71% (2023)

More education data for Cabo Verde

• 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) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 61,167 (2022)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 102.97% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 102% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 103.89% (2022)
• Primary education, teachers — 3,031 (2022)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)

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Questions people ask

What is Cabo Verde's primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)?

99.1% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1974?

It is up 88.67 percentage points from 10.43% in 1974. The highest value was 102.6% in 2019 and the lowest 10.43% in 1974.

How does Cabo Verde rank?

4th highest of 12 economies with data for 2022.

Is the latest change in primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) unusual for Cabo Verde?

In 2022, Cabo Verde's primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) rose 5.15 percentage points on 2021 (from 93.95% to 99.1%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2021), the average change was +0.66 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.18 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.CMPT.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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