2026-09-14 · people
Nearly nine in ten children finish primary school
Enrollment rose — completion still misses the last ten percent.
Each square is the same size on this map — only color tells you which group you're in. This grid divides world population (2026 snapshot) into colored bands — Complete primary and Drop out or never enroll — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 8.2 million people (0.1% of world population) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2026 figures from UNESCO SDG 4 put Complete primary at 88% of world population and Drop out or never enroll at 12% — roughly 8.2 billion people in this edition's rounding.
UNESCO SDG 4 primary completion rate.
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