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School enrollment, primary, male (% net) by country

Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history,...

Countries reporting
167
Highest
100.0%
Malaysia
Lowest
18.0%
Somalia
Median
93.1%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,825

What the numbers show

School enrollment, primary, male (% net) is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Malaysia; the lowest is 18.0% in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 93.1%, and the mean is 88.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 82.3%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 48.0%).

School enrollment, primary, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malaysia 100.0% 2014 up 0.7% rising
2 Norway 99.9% 2014 up 0.6% flat
3 United Kingdom 99.6% 2017 up 3.5% flat
4 Iceland 99.5% 2016 up 1.9% flat
5 Canada 99.0% 1998 up 3.5% flat
6 Fiji 99.0% 2015 up 0.2% flat
7 Sweden 98.7% 2008 down 0.7% flat
8 Belgium 98.7% 2017 up 1.9% flat
9 France 98.5% 2016 up 3.9% flat
10 Finland 98.5% 2017 up 1.4% flat
11 Iraq 98.4% 2007 up 22.0% rising
12 Iran 98.3% 2012 down 1.2% rising
13 Egypt 98.3% 2012 up 9.5% rising
14 Thailand 98.3% 2009 — rising
15 Denmark 98.2% 2015 up 3.3% flat
16 Netherlands 98.2% 2017 down 1.4% rising
17 Sri Lanka 98.1% 2014 down 1.4% flat
18 New Zealand 98.1% 2016 — flat
19 Greece 98.0% 2017 up 2.0% rising
20 Cuba 97.9% 2018 up 1.3% flat
21 Portugal 97.9% 2017 — rising
22 Brunei 97.8% 1995 up 28.0% rising
23 Ireland 97.7% 2011 up 2.9% falling
24 Barbados 97.6% 2018 up 1.1% flat
25 Malta 97.6% 1997 up 3.1% rising
26 Georgia 97.6% 2016 down 0.3% flat
27 Bahrain 97.6% 2018 up 11.1% rising
28 Slovenia 97.5% 2014 down 0.4% rising
29 South Korea 97.3% 2017 down 2.1% flat
30 Algeria 97.2% 2008 up 7.6% rising
31 Tajikistan 97.1% 2016 down 1.3% flat
32 Cyprus 97.1% 2017 up 0.9% rising
33 Cameroon 97.0% 2017 up 2.7% rising
34 Spain 96.9% 2017 — flat
35 Morocco 96.8% 2017 up 6.5% rising
36 Mongolia 96.8% 2015 up 10.2% rising
37 Uruguay 96.7% 2014 down 1.6% rising
38 Russia 96.6% 2016 up 7.6% flat
39 Tunisia 96.5% 2009 up 2.6% flat
40 Benin 96.5% 2008 up 25.2% rising
41 Belize 96.5% 2013 up 5.1% flat
42 Macao 96.4% 2018 up 12.0% rising
43 Costa Rica 96.4% 2017 — rising
44 Australia 96.0% 2017 up 2.3% flat
45 Poland 95.9% 2017 up 3.1% flat
46 Italy 95.9% 2017 — flat
47 Indonesia 95.9% 2018 up 2.0% rising
48 Latvia 95.8% 2017 down 0.9% flat
49 Trinidad and Tobago 95.7% 2010 up 1.9% flat
50 Mozambique 95.4% 2018 up 4.5% rising
51 Montenegro 95.4% 2017 down 0.2% flat
52 Belarus 95.0% 2018 up 2.9% rising
53 North Macedonia 94.9% 2017 up 9.1% flat
54 Uzbekistan 94.9% 2014 up 4.5% rising
55 Mauritius 94.9% 2013 up 1.3% rising
56 Brazil 94.8% 2015 down 2.0% flat
57 Luxembourg 94.8% 2015 down 1.1% rising
58 Oman 94.7% 2011 up 14.6% rising
59 Bermuda 94.7% 2012 — rising
60 Saint Lucia 94.7% 2018 down 0.0% flat
61 Chile 94.7% 2017 down 1.1% flat
62 United States 94.7% 2017 up 0.5% flat
63 Saudi Arabia 94.6% 2018 up 2.7% rising
64 Palestine 94.6% 2018 up 13.0% rising
65 Serbia 94.5% 2018 down 2.7% flat
66 Maldives 94.5% 2017 down 2.3% flat
67 Rwanda 94.4% 2018 up 12.1% rising
68 Namibia 94.3% 2012 up 4.7% rising
69 Cape Verde 94.3% 2018 down 2.8% flat
70 British Virgin Islands 94.2% 2013 up 13.1% rising
71 Aruba 94.1% 2009 down 3.2% flat
72 Uganda 94.1% 2013 — rising
73 Cote d'Ivoire 94.0% 2018 up 53.6% rising
74 Nicaragua 93.9% 2010 up 17.2% rising
75 Philippines 93.9% 2017 up 9.1% flat
76 Switzerland 93.8% 2012 down 1.0% rising
77 Seychelles 93.5% 2002 up 5.7% rising
78 Hong Kong 93.5% 1996 down 2.1% flat
79 Grenada 93.3% 2005 — flat
80 Lesotho 93.2% 2017 up 11.8% rising
81 Estonia 93.2% 2017 down 0.4% flat
82 Sao Tome and Principe 93.2% 2017 up 4.7% flat
83 Togo 93.1% 2018 down 0.9% rising
84 Qatar 93.1% 2018 up 8.3% flat
85 Ecuador 93.1% 2008 down 1.6% rising
86 Guyana 93.0% 2010 up 1.2% flat
87 Tonga 93.0% 1999 up 1.6% flat
88 Bolivia 93.0% 2018 down 0.6% flat
89 Dominican Republic 92.7% 2018 up 10.6% rising
90 Colombia 92.7% 2018 down 0.6% rising
91 Azerbaijan 92.6% 2018 up 10.0% flat
92 Peru 92.4% 2015 down 5.3% rising
93 Laos 92.3% 2018 up 2.3% rising
94 East Timor 91.7% 2018 up 8.1% flat
95 India 91.6% 2013 up 8.9% rising
96 Hungary 91.5% 2017 up 1.1% rising
97 Burundi 91.5% 2018 down 1.5% rising
98 Bangladesh 91.5% 2008 — flat
99 Armenia 90.9% 2018 up 4.9% rising
100 Ukraine 90.7% 2014 up 2.8% flat
101 Kyrgyzstan 90.4% 2012 up 3.3% flat
102 Albania 90.3% 2013 down 1.0% falling
103 Cambodia 90.3% 2018 down 6.3% flat
104 China 90.3% 1997 down 6.6% falling
105 Myanmar 89.6% 2010 down 1.3% rising
106 Germany 89.6% 2016 up 2.2% flat
107 Yemen 89.4% 2016 up 2.9% rising
108 Angola 88.9% 2011 up 82.3% rising
109 Turkey 88.6% 2017 down 11.3% flat
110 Zimbabwe 88.5% 2003 up 6.0% rising
111 Austria 88.0% 2016 up 0.4% falling
112 Croatia 87.9% 2011 down 3.0% flat
113 Ethiopia 87.7% 2015 up 38.2% rising
114 Venezuela 87.5% 2017 down 4.7% flat
115 Bhutan 87.5% 2018 up 11.7% rising
116 South Africa 87.3% 2017 down 1.3% rising
117 Botswana 87.2% 2014 down 1.3% rising
118 Paraguay 87.1% 2012 down 7.4% rising
119 Guatemala 86.7% 2018 down 8.1% rising
120 Dominica 86.7% 2009 down 1.7% flat
121 Bulgaria 86.6% 2017 down 9.4% falling
122 Panama 86.6% 2017 down 12.3% rising
123 Moldova 86.4% 2018 down 2.3% falling
124 Nepal 86.0% 2004 up 15.6% flat
125 Ghana 85.7% 2019 up 18.6% rising
126 Suriname 84.4% 2018 down 2.9% falling
127 United Arab Emirates 84.4% 2013 down 2.2% rising
128 Congo 84.2% 2012 up 78.2% falling
129 San Marino 83.2% 2000 down 2.4% flat
130 Guinea 83.2% 2016 up 19.1% rising
131 Eswatini 82.7% 2017 up 0.3% rising
132 Romania 82.4% 2017 down 12.1% flat
133 Chad 82.2% 2016 up 21.7% rising
134 Slovakia 82.1% 2017 down 4.6% flat
135 Jordan 81.5% 2018 down 0.9% falling
136 Zambia 81.4% 2017 down 10.2% flat
137 Comoros 80.8% 2018 down 1.4% rising
138 Jamaica 80.8% 2018 down 11.3% falling
139 El Salvador 80.6% 2018 down 14.7% rising
140 Tanzania 79.8% 2018 down 19.3% rising
141 Burkina Faso 79.6% 2018 up 23.8% rising
142 Honduras 79.3% 2017 down 1.8% flat
143 Vanuatu 79.1% 2015 down 18.2% flat
144 Kuwait 79.0% 2018 down 12.9% rising
145 Mauritania 78.3% 2018 up 10.2% rising
146 Kenya 78.3% 2012 up 31.6% rising
147 Madagascar 77.7% 2003 up 49.7% flat
148 Puerto Rico 75.7% 2016 down 13.1% falling
149 Central African Republic 73.6% 2012 up 34.7% flat
150 Bahamas 73.3% 2018 down 14.9% falling
151 Pakistan 73.2% 2018 up 4.2% flat
152 Gambia 73.1% 2018 up 18.3% rising
153 Guinea-Bissau 73.0% 2010 up 26.9% rising
154 Senegal 71.3% 2017 up 3.5% rising
155 Nigeria 69.9% 2010 down 1.2% flat
156 Niger 69.9% 2017 up 41.0% rising
157 Syria 68.9% 2013 down 29.0% falling
158 Solomon Islands 67.1% 2018 down 17.9% falling
159 Djibouti 66.5% 2019 up 39.1% rising
160 Mali 62.0% 2018 down 5.9% rising
161 Sudan 61.1% 2017 down 1.7% flat
162 Haiti 58.8% 1997 up 38.6% rising
163 Eritrea 53.8% 2018 down 30.1% rising
164 Liberia 44.1% 2017 up 22.4% falling
165 Equatorial Guinea 43.0% 2015 down 37.4% falling
166 Democratic Republic of Congo 37.7% 1999 down 48.0% falling
167 Somalia 18.0% 1980 — falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
School enrollment, primary, male (% net)
Unit
% net
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
210 places, 4,825 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.