Primary School Completion Rate for Children Aged 3-5 Years Above Intended Age

A UNICEF dataset tracking the percentage of children aged 3-5 years above the intended age for the last grade of primary education who have completed it. The data is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ) and was last updated on March 26, 2026. It is available in CSV and XML formats under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.

Use Cases

• Assess primary education system efficiency based on cohort completion rates.
• Monitor progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to education based on completion indicators.
• Analyze disparities in educational attainment for over-age children based on the described age cohort metric.

Strengths

• Data is provided by an authoritative source, UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ).
• Dataset was updated on March 26, 2026, indicating recent maintenance.
• Available in two structured, machine-readable formats: CSV and XML.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description is a single sentence, providing limited context for the metric's calculation.

Provenance

Source

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national administrative data and surveys.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 09:44:38.413086

Geography

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