School enrollment, primary (% gross) by country
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects...
Countries reporting
205
Highest
184.0%
Haiti
Lowest
20.9%
Somalia
Median
100.5%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
9,530
What the numbers show
School enrollment, primary (% gross) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 184.0% in Haiti; the lowest is 20.9% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 100.5%, and the mean is 100.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 125 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 70.7%), and the largest decrease in Liberia (down 33.9%).
School enrollment, primary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | 184.0% | 2016 | — | rising |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 162.1% | 2024 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Rwanda | 149.6% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 4 | Malawi | 139.0% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 5 | Madagascar | 132.7% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 6 | Nepal | 128.6% | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 7 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 125.1% | 2024 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 8 | United States Virgin Islands | 124.1% | 1993 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 121.1% | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea | 121.1% | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 120.9% | 2025 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 12 | Namibia | 120.7% | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 13 | Monaco | 120.6% | 2024 | down 15.3% | flat |
| 14 | Myanmar | 120.2% | 2018 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 15 | East Timor | 119.7% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 16 | Mozambique | 119.2% | 2022 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 117.6% | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 18 | Morocco | 116.6% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 19 | Eswatini | 116.5% | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 20 | New Caledonia | 116.0% | 1994 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 21 | Zambia | 115.6% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 22 | Bhutan | 114.9% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 23 | Sweden | 114.9% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 24 | Cameroon | 114.4% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 25 | Togo | 114.3% | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 26 | Venezuela | 113.7% | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 113.4% | 2010 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 112.8% | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 112.5% | 2024 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 30 | Antigua and Barbuda | 112.3% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 31 | Afghanistan | 112.2% | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Albania | 111.5% | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 33 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 111.4% | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 34 | India | 111.0% | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 35 | Portugal | 111.0% | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 36 | Grenada | 110.6% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 37 | Sao Tome and Principe | 110.4% | 2017 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 38 | Fiji | 110.4% | 2024 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 39 | Nicaragua | 109.5% | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 40 | Botswana | 109.3% | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 41 | Cambodia | 109.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 42 | Tonga | 108.8% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 43 | French Polynesia | 108.1% | 1996 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 108.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 45 | Benin | 108.0% | 2022 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 46 | Aruba | 107.7% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 47 | Moldova | 107.6% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 48 | Mauritius | 107.3% | 2024 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 49 | Libya | 107.0% | 2006 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 50 | Palau | 106.9% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 51 | Bangladesh | 106.5% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 52 | Vietnam | 106.3% | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 53 | Uganda | 106.2% | 2017 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 54 | Montenegro | 106.1% | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 105.6% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 56 | Algeria | 105.5% | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 57 | Mauritania | 105.4% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 58 | Poland | 105.4% | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 59 | Cyprus | 105.3% | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 60 | Colombia | 104.8% | 2022 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 104.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 62 | Iraq | 104.6% | 2007 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 63 | Uruguay | 104.5% | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 64 | Tunisia | 104.4% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 65 | Brazil | 104.3% | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 66 | Netherlands | 104.2% | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 104.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 68 | Italy | 103.6% | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 69 | France | 103.4% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 70 | Hong Kong | 103.2% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 71 | Cape Verde | 103.0% | 2022 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 72 | Spain | 102.9% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 73 | Hungary | 102.9% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 74 | Slovakia | 102.8% | 2024 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 75 | Germany | 102.6% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 76 | Argentina | 102.5% | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 77 | Turkey | 102.4% | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 78 | Mexico | 102.3% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 102.2% | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 80 | Liechtenstein | 102.1% | 2021 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 81 | Belgium | 102.1% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 82 | Greece | 102.0% | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 83 | Armenia | 102.0% | 2024 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 84 | Iran | 102.0% | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 101.9% | 2024 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 86 | Marshall Islands | 101.8% | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 87 | Gibraltar | 101.8% | 2024 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 88 | South Africa | 101.8% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 89 | Guatemala | 101.5% | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 90 | Austria | 101.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 91 | Switzerland | 101.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 101.2% | 2023 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 93 | Croatia | 101.2% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 94 | Tuvalu | 101.1% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 95 | Japan | 101.1% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 96 | Samoa | 101.0% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 97 | Ghana | 101.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 98 | Slovenia | 100.9% | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 99 | South Korea | 100.9% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 100 | Thailand | 100.7% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 101 | Burundi | 100.6% | 2025 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Lithuania | 100.5% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 103 | Guinea | 100.5% | 2020 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 104 | Gambia | 100.4% | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 105 | Indonesia | 100.4% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 106 | Singapore | 100.2% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 107 | Gabon | 100.2% | 2019 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 108 | Andorra | 99.9% | 2024 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 109 | Denmark | 99.8% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 110 | Maldives | 99.7% | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 111 | Czechia | 99.7% | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 112 | China | 99.6% | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 113 | Australia | 99.6% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 114 | Chile | 99.5% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 115 | Georgia | 99.4% | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 116 | Luxembourg | 99.2% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.0% | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 118 | Finland | 98.9% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 119 | Jordan | 98.6% | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 120 | Norway | 98.5% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.3% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 122 | Kenya | 98.2% | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 123 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 124 | Cuba | 98.1% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 125 | Estonia | 97.8% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 126 | Russia | 97.7% | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 127 | Malta | 97.7% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 128 | Dominica | 97.7% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 129 | Latvia | 97.6% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 130 | Qatar | 97.6% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 131 | Guyana | 97.6% | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 132 | Israel | 97.4% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 97.3% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 134 | Jamaica | 97.3% | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 135 | Ecuador | 97.2% | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 136 | Comoros | 97.0% | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 137 | United States | 97.0% | 2022 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 138 | Panama | 96.9% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 139 | Bahrain | 96.9% | 2024 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 140 | Belarus | 96.8% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 141 | Central African Republic | 96.8% | 2016 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 142 | Saint Lucia | 96.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 143 | Egypt | 96.7% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 144 | New Zealand | 96.7% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 145 | Belize | 96.5% | 2024 | down 14.5% | flat |
| 146 | Ireland | 96.5% | 2022 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 96.3% | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 148 | Serbia | 96.0% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 149 | Tajikistan | 95.8% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 150 | Cayman Islands | 95.7% | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 151 | Turkmenistan | 95.7% | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 152 | Bulgaria | 95.3% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 153 | Kiribati | 95.3% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 154 | Canada | 95.0% | 2023 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 155 | Brunei | 94.8% | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 156 | Oman | 94.7% | 2024 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 157 | Nauru | 94.4% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 158 | Philippines | 94.0% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 159 | Bolivia | 93.7% | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 160 | San Marino | 93.5% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 161 | Seychelles | 93.4% | 2024 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 162 | Ukraine | 93.3% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 163 | Cote d'Ivoire | 93.3% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 164 | Laos | 93.1% | 2025 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 165 | Zimbabwe | 93.1% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 166 | Bahamas | 92.9% | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 167 | Bermuda | 92.9% | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 168 | Tanzania | 92.7% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 169 | Mongolia | 92.3% | 2024 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 170 | Suriname | 91.9% | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 171 | Sri Lanka | 91.5% | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 172 | Palestine | 91.4% | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 173 | Malaysia | 90.4% | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 174 | American Samoa | 89.9% | 1992 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 175 | El Salvador | 89.9% | 2024 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 176 | Macao | 89.8% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 177 | Eritrea | 89.7% | 2022 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 178 | Nigeria | 89.6% | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 179 | Paraguay | 89.4% | 2024 | down 22.3% | flat |
| 180 | Chad | 88.5% | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 181 | Puerto Rico | 87.9% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 182 | Congo | 87.9% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 183 | Angola | 86.7% | 2023 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 184 | Senegal | 85.3% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 185 | Romania | 84.9% | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 186 | Ethiopia | 84.4% | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 187 | Barbados | 83.9% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 188 | Pakistan | 83.7% | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 189 | Kuwait | 82.4% | 2021 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 190 | Micronesia (country) | 82.2% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | 81.8% | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 192 | Lebanon | 81.8% | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 193 | Syria | 81.4% | 2024 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 194 | Lesotho | 80.2% | 2024 | down 25.6% | flat |
| 195 | Honduras | 79.0% | 2024 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 196 | Guam | 77.9% | 1989 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 197 | Burkina Faso | 77.2% | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 198 | Yemen | 77.0% | 2016 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 199 | Mali | 72.8% | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 200 | British Virgin Islands | 72.8% | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 201 | Sudan | 72.4% | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 202 | Liberia | 66.6% | 2022 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 203 | Niger | 64.7% | 2024 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 204 | Equatorial Guinea | 47.5% | 2015 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 205 | Somalia | 20.9% | 2023 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 119.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 119.0%
- IBRD only 105.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 105.6%
- Lower middle income 105.4%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 104.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 104.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 104.3%
- Middle income 103.3%
- Euro area 102.9%
- European Union 102.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 102.4%
About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. 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.