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Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)
| Arab World | 81% | |
| East Asia & Pacific | 98% | |
| Euro area | 101% | |
| Europe & Central Asia | 94% | |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 102% | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 85% | |
| South Asia | 84% | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 63% | |
| World | 87% |
Primary completion rate is the percentage of students completing the last year of primary school. It is calculated by taking the total number of students in the last grade of primary school, minus the number of repeaters in that grade, divided by the total number of children of official graduation age.
World Development Indicators
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
| Arab World | 240 | |
| East Asia & Pacific | 89 | |
| Euro area | 7 | |
| European Union | 9 | |
| Europe & Central Asia | 34 | |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 86 | |
| Least developed countries: UN classification | 590 | |
| Middle East & North Africa | 88 | |
| OECD members | 25 | |
| South Asia | 290 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 650 | |
| World | 260 |