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School enrollment, primary (% 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
186
Highest
99.9%
Norway
Lowest
14.5%
Somalia
Median
93.7%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
6,046

What the numbers show

School enrollment, primary (% net) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 99.9% in Norway; the lowest is 14.5% in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 93.7%, and the mean is 89.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 72.1%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 43.0%).

School enrollment, primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Norway 99.9% 2017 up 0.8% flat
2 Canada 99.9% 2017 up 0.4% rising
3 Iceland 99.8% 2017 up 1.8% flat
4 Iran 99.7% 2017 up 4.8% rising
5 Gibraltar 99.7% 2016 — rising
6 Malaysia 99.6% 2017 up 4.8% rising
7 Malta 99.5% 2017 up 0.4% rising
8 United Kingdom 99.5% 2017 up 3.1% flat
9 French Polynesia 99.4% 1996 up 6.5% rising
10 Uruguay 99.4% 2017 up 1.1% rising
11 Aruba 99.2% 2014 up 4.9% flat
12 Argentina 99.2% 2017 up 0.0% flat
13 Sweden 99.2% 2017 up 3.0% flat
14 New Zealand 99.1% 2017 — flat
15 Sri Lanka 99.1% 2018 up 3.9% rising
16 Morocco 99.1% 2018 up 10.3% rising
17 France 98.9% 2017 up 0.4% flat
18 Belgium 98.8% 2017 up 1.8% flat
19 Netherlands 98.6% 2017 down 0.7% rising
20 Finland 98.6% 2017 up 1.4% rising
21 Denmark 98.5% 2017 up 2.1% flat
22 Tajikistan 98.3% 2017 up 0.9% flat
23 Slovenia 98.3% 2017 up 0.3% rising
24 Greece 98.2% 2017 up 3.0% flat
25 Lithuania 98.2% 2017 up 2.5% flat
26 Sierra Leone 98.1% 2016 — rising
27 Thailand 98.1% 2009 — rising
28 Libya 98.1% 1983 up 7.7% rising
29 Vietnam 98.0% 2013 up 4.7% flat
30 Myanmar 97.9% 2018 up 9.0% rising
31 Tunisia 97.8% 2013 down 0.1% rising
32 Cuba 97.7% 2018 up 1.5% flat
33 Mongolia 97.7% 2018 up 11.4% rising
34 Malawi 97.6% 2009 up 0.1% flat
35 Algeria 97.6% 2018 up 1.3% rising
36 Portugal 97.6% 2017 down 0.2% flat
37 Cyprus 97.5% 2017 down 1.6% rising
38 Namibia 97.5% 2018 up 7.9% rising
39 Costa Rica 97.3% 2018 down 1.1% rising
40 Spain 97.3% 2017 down 2.6% flat
41 South Korea 97.3% 2017 down 2.2% flat
42 Benin 97.2% 2018 up 7.8% rising
43 Egypt 97.0% 2018 up 5.0% rising
44 Israel 97.0% 2017 down 0.2% flat
45 Fiji 96.8% 2016 down 2.4% flat
46 Bahrain 96.7% 2018 up 6.9% rising
47 Barbados 96.7% 2018 down 0.0% flat
48 Montenegro 96.5% 2018 up 0.6% flat
49 Georgia 96.4% 2018 down 1.9% flat
50 Macao 96.4% 2018 up 12.1% rising
51 Australia 96.4% 2017 down 0.0% flat
52 Latvia 96.3% 2017 up 0.3% flat
53 Brazil 96.3% 2017 up 5.1% flat
54 Nepal 96.3% 2019 down 2.9% rising
55 Belize 95.9% 2018 up 2.3% flat
56 Grenada 95.9% 2018 up 2.4% flat
57 Poland 95.8% 2017 up 2.8% flat
58 Ireland 95.8% 2017 up 0.5% flat
59 Antigua and Barbuda 95.7% 2018 down 1.0% flat
60 Italy 95.7% 2017 down 2.8% flat
61 Peru 95.7% 2018 down 0.8% rising
62 Madagascar 95.6% 2018 up 23.0% rising
63 Uganda 95.5% 2013 — rising
64 Hong Kong 95.5% 2018 up 1.3% flat
65 Dominica 95.4% 2016 up 16.5% flat
66 Maldives 95.4% 2017 down 1.3% flat
67 Saint Lucia 95.4% 2018 up 2.3% flat
68 Mexico 95.3% 2017 down 2.8% rising
69 Trinidad and Tobago 95.3% 2010 up 1.5% flat
70 Russia 95.1% 2017 up 5.2% flat
71 Luxembourg 95.0% 2017 down 1.6% rising
72 United Arab Emirates 95.0% 2017 up 9.6% rising
73 Belarus 94.9% 2018 up 6.0% rising
74 Nicaragua 94.9% 2010 up 17.1% rising
75 North Macedonia 94.9% 2017 up 10.4% flat
76 Palestine 94.8% 2018 up 13.3% rising
77 Mauritius 94.8% 2018 down 1.9% rising
78 Rwanda 94.8% 2018 up 10.9% rising
79 Chile 94.7% 2017 down 0.7% flat
80 Kiribati 94.7% 2017 — flat
81 United States 94.6% 2017 down 0.2% flat
82 Uzbekistan 94.6% 2018 up 6.7% rising
83 Serbia 94.6% 2018 down 2.5% flat
84 Saudi Arabia 94.5% 2018 up 3.5% rising
85 Albania 94.5% 2018 up 8.9% flat
86 Samoa 94.4% 2018 down 4.0% rising
87 Zimbabwe 94.1% 2013 up 5.9% falling
88 Qatar 94.1% 2018 up 1.4% flat
89 Mozambique 93.9% 2018 up 7.2% rising
90 San Marino 93.9% 2004 up 1.3% falling
91 Saint Kitts and Nevis 93.8% 2016 down 3.6% flat
92 Philippines 93.8% 2017 up 7.7% flat
93 Nauru 93.7% 2016 up 20.9% flat
94 Estonia 93.7% 2017 down 0.8% flat
95 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 93.6% 2017 down 2.2% flat
96 Indonesia 93.5% 2018 up 0.4% rising
97 Cape Verde 93.4% 2018 down 2.8% flat
98 Lesotho 93.3% 2017 up 10.3% rising
99 Switzerland 93.2% 2017 down 0.1% rising
100 Brunei 93.1% 2018 down 0.0% rising
101 Guyana 93.1% 2012 up 1.9% flat
102 Sao Tome and Principe 93.1% 2017 up 3.8% flat
103 Colombia 92.9% 2018 up 0.2% rising
104 Cameroon 92.9% 2017 up 11.8% rising
105 Bolivia 92.9% 2018 down 1.3% falling
106 Burundi 92.8% 2018 up 0.5% rising
107 Iraq 92.8% 2007 up 21.9% rising
108 Bermuda 92.7% 2012 down 4.4% rising
109 Dominican Republic 92.7% 2018 up 10.3% rising
110 Azerbaijan 92.4% 2018 up 10.2% flat
111 East Timor 92.3% 2018 up 11.2% rising
112 India 92.3% 2013 up 10.4% rising
113 Seychelles 92.2% 2018 down 3.4% rising
114 Liechtenstein 92.1% 2016 down 3.1% flat
115 Ukraine 91.7% 2014 up 4.1% flat
116 Laos 91.5% 2018 up 4.3% rising
117 British Virgin Islands 91.1% 2014 down 4.4% flat
118 Ecuador 90.9% 2018 down 3.8% rising
119 Hungary 90.8% 2017 up 1.2% rising
120 Togo 90.7% 2018 up 2.0% rising
121 Armenia 90.7% 2018 up 3.2% rising
122 Bangladesh 90.5% 2010 down 3.4% rising
123 Cote d'Ivoire 90.3% 2018 up 61.8% rising
124 Cambodia 90.3% 2018 down 4.6% rising
125 Germany 90.1% 2017 up 1.6% rising
126 Kyrgyzstan 89.9% 2018 up 2.8% flat
127 Czechia 89.4% 2017 up 0.1% flat
128 China 89.3% 1997 down 3.8% falling
129 Austria 88.6% 2017 up 0.5% flat
130 Croatia 88.0% 2017 down 1.9% flat
131 Bhutan 88.0% 2018 up 10.8% rising
132 Turkey 87.9% 2017 down 10.8% flat
133 Congo 87.9% 2012 up 69.6% falling
134 Botswana 87.7% 2014 down 0.9% rising
135 Venezuela 87.4% 2017 down 5.0% rising
136 Paraguay 87.2% 2012 down 7.8% rising
137 South Africa 87.0% 2017 down 1.8% rising
138 Guatemala 86.9% 2018 down 7.3% rising
139 Kazakhstan 86.9% 2019 down 2.9% falling
140 Bulgaria 86.4% 2017 down 11.6% flat
141 Moldova 86.3% 2018 down 1.6% falling
142 Oman 86.3% 2018 down 7.2% rising
143 Panama 86.2% 2017 down 12.0% rising
144 Ghana 86.2% 2019 up 19.1% rising
145 Suriname 86.0% 2018 down 2.7% falling
146 Tonga 85.9% 2015 down 13.0% flat
147 Ethiopia 84.6% 2015 up 40.1% rising
148 Yemen 84.2% 2016 up 9.7% rising
149 Zambia 83.2% 2017 down 8.1% rising
150 Slovakia 83.1% 2017 down 4.4% flat
151 Kuwait 82.6% 2018 down 10.6% rising
152 Eswatini 82.5% 2017 up 0.6% rising
153 Romania 82.2% 2017 down 12.2% flat
154 Tanzania 81.3% 2018 down 17.7% rising
155 Jamaica 81.0% 2018 down 11.5% falling
156 El Salvador 81.0% 2018 down 14.2% rising
157 Jordan 80.9% 2018 down 2.3% falling
158 Comoros 80.8% 2018 up 2.0% flat
159 Honduras 80.1% 2017 down 1.7% flat
160 Kenya 80.0% 2012 up 34.3% rising
161 Vanuatu 79.8% 2015 down 19.3% rising
162 Mauritania 79.6% 2018 up 9.5% rising
163 Burkina Faso 78.6% 2018 up 31.1% volatile
164 Angola 78.0% 2011 up 72.1% rising
165 Gambia 76.8% 2018 up 20.0% rising
166 Puerto Rico 76.3% 2016 down 15.0% falling
167 Guinea 76.0% 2016 up 17.8% rising
168 Senegal 75.4% 2017 up 8.7% rising
169 Bahamas 74.2% 2018 down 13.5% falling
170 Chad 73.2% 2016 up 27.4% rising
171 Guinea-Bissau 71.3% 2010 up 45.5% rising
172 Syria 68.0% 2013 down 25.9% rising
173 Pakistan 67.6% 2018 up 4.1% rising
174 Solomon Islands 67.5% 2018 down 16.3% falling
175 Djibouti 66.5% 2019 up 38.9% rising
176 Central African Republic 66.3% 2012 up 39.5% rising
177 Niger 65.1% 2017 up 50.6% rising
178 Nigeria 64.1% 2010 down 1.5% flat
179 Sudan 60.0% 2017 up 2.1% flat
180 Mali 58.9% 2018 down 1.9% rising
181 Haiti 58.1% 1997 up 36.6% rising
182 Eritrea 51.5% 2018 down 29.0% rising
183 Liberia 44.3% 2017 up 22.6% falling
184 Equatorial Guinea 43.5% 2015 down 34.0% falling
185 Democratic Republic of Congo 36.8% 1999 down 43.0% falling
186 Somalia 14.5% 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 (% 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
229 places, 6,046 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.