School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) by country
Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.
Countries reporting
202
Highest
96.4%
Macao
Lowest
0.0%
San Marino
Median
12.2%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
6,152
What the numbers show
School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 96.4% in Macao; the lowest is 0.0% in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.2%, and the mean is 17.8%.
Over the past decade 154 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 2,128.5%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 100.0%).
School enrollment, primary, private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 96.4% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 81.6% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 3 | Belize | 80.7% | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 4 | Haiti | 76.7% | 1998 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 5 | Lebanon | 75.5% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 6 | Aruba | 73.4% | 2014 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 7 | Qatar | 65.3% | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Chile | 63.5% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 9 | Equatorial Guinea | 58.7% | 2015 | up 96.1% | rising |
| 10 | Somalia | 56.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Belgium | 53.9% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 12 | Liberia | 49.6% | 2020 | up 49.1% | falling |
| 13 | Gabon | 49.1% | 2019 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 14 | Antigua and Barbuda | 48.8% | 2018 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 15 | Cayman Islands | 47.2% | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 16 | Pakistan | 47.0% | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 17 | India | 45.1% | 2020 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 18 | Palestine | 44.5% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 19 | Bermuda | 44.0% | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 20 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 43.2% | 2022 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Congo | 42.7% | 2018 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Mauritius | 42.1% | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 23 | Malta | 41.5% | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 24 | Brunei | 41.2% | 2020 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 25 | Dominica | 40.4% | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 26 | Kuwait | 38.4% | 2021 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 38.1% | 2023 | up 258.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Bahrain | 37.7% | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Guinea | 35.5% | 2020 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Monaco | 35.3% | 2024 | up 64.5% | flat |
| 31 | Mali | 35.1% | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Jordan | 33.9% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 33 | Suriname | 33.8% | 2023 | up 2,128.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Gambia | 33.4% | 2021 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 35 | Togo | 32.5% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 36 | Australia | 31.8% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 37 | Spain | 31.7% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 38 | New Caledonia | 31.3% | 1991 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 39 | Puerto Rico | 29.2% | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 40 | Ghana | 28.4% | 2022 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 28.2% | 2024 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 42 | Guinea-Bissau | 27.7% | 2010 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Bahamas | 27.5% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 44 | Peru | 26.1% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 45 | Argentina | 25.8% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 46 | Benin | 25.8% | 2022 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Nepal | 25.4% | 2020 | up 92.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Cameroon | 25.3% | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 49 | Ecuador | 25.2% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 50 | Solomon Islands | 24.9% | 2019 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Israel | 24.9% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 23.9% | 2018 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.7% | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 54 | Chad | 23.6% | 2024 | up 126.9% | rising |
| 55 | Nigeria | 23.3% | 2023 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Indonesia | 22.9% | 2018 | up 41.9% | falling |
| 57 | British Virgin Islands | 22.5% | 2024 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 58 | United States Virgin Islands | 22.3% | 1993 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 59 | Thailand | 22.2% | 2020 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 60 | Hungary | 21.5% | 2024 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 21.5% | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 62 | Paraguay | 21.1% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 63 | Madagascar | 20.9% | 2019 | up 16.4% | flat |
| 64 | Palau | 20.7% | 2021 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 65 | Hong Kong | 20.6% | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Samoa | 20.3% | 2021 | up 21.1% | flat |
| 67 | Marshall Islands | 20.0% | 2022 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 68 | Cote d'Ivoire | 20.0% | 2024 | up 48.0% | falling |
| 69 | Uganda | 19.6% | 2017 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 70 | Colombia | 19.3% | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 71 | Brazil | 19.1% | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 72 | Senegal | 18.9% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 73 | Comoros | 18.6% | 2018 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Denmark | 18.5% | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 75 | Morocco | 18.3% | 2024 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Angola | 18.1% | 2023 | up 504.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Tonga | 17.9% | 2020 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 78 | French Polynesia | 17.8% | 1996 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 79 | Jamaica | 17.1% | 2024 | up 101.4% | rising |
| 80 | American Samoa | 17.1% | 1992 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 81 | Central African Republic | 16.7% | 2016 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Oman | 16.2% | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Kenya | 16.0% | 2014 | up 258.8% | rising |
| 84 | Uruguay | 15.9% | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 15.9% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 86 | Tuvalu | 15.8% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Saudi Arabia | 15.7% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 88 | Venezuela | 15.6% | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 89 | France | 15.3% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 90 | Iran | 15.2% | 2023 | up 121.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Seychelles | 15.2% | 2024 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Cyprus | 14.1% | 2024 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Djibouti | 13.7% | 2023 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 94 | Zimbabwe | 13.1% | 2020 | down 85.2% | falling |
| 95 | Portugal | 13.1% | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 96 | Mauritania | 13.0% | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Barbados | 12.9% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 98 | East Timor | 12.8% | 2019 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 99 | Panama | 12.6% | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 100 | Albania | 12.5% | 2024 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Sweden | 12.3% | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 12.2% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 103 | Guatemala | 12.0% | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 104 | El Salvador | 11.9% | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 105 | Georgia | 11.3% | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.2% | 2018 | up 84.4% | rising |
| 107 | Guyana | 11.1% | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 10.9% | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 109 | Eritrea | 10.6% | 2018 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Sudan | 10.6% | 2019 | up 117.5% | rising |
| 111 | Afghanistan | 10.3% | 2023 | up 315.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 10.3% | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Mexico | 10.2% | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 114 | Bolivia | 10.1% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 10.0% | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.8% | 2023 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 117 | United States | 9.7% | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 118 | Philippines | 9.5% | 2020 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 119 | Slovakia | 9.4% | 2024 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 120 | Tunisia | 9.1% | 2023 | up 186.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Malaysia | 9.0% | 2024 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Egypt | 8.5% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 123 | Poland | 8.1% | 2024 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Gibraltar | 7.7% | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Estonia | 7.6% | 2024 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 126 | Lithuania | 7.4% | 2024 | up 252.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Laos | 7.4% | 2020 | up 112.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Greece | 7.3% | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 129 | Botswana | 6.9% | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 130 | Canada | 6.7% | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 131 | Syria | 6.7% | 2024 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 6.5% | 2021 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Rwanda | 6.5% | 2024 | up 122.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Mongolia | 6.4% | 2019 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 135 | China | 6.4% | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Turkey | 6.3% | 2023 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Andorra | 6.1% | 2024 | up 232.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Italy | 6.1% | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 139 | Saint Lucia | 6.0% | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 140 | Austria | 6.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 141 | Namibia | 5.9% | 2018 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 142 | South Africa | 5.8% | 2023 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Cambodia | 5.7% | 2019 | up 383.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Switzerland | 5.5% | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 145 | Maldives | 5.3% | 2024 | up 800.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Germany | 5.1% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 147 | Yemen | 5.0% | 2016 | up 116.2% | rising |
| 148 | Vanuatu | 5.0% | 2020 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Myanmar | 4.9% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Lesotho | 4.7% | 2023 | up 265.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Libya | 4.7% | 2006 | up 110.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Singapore | 4.6% | 2023 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Tanzania | 4.5% | 2021 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Niger | 4.5% | 2024 | up 31.7% | falling |
| 155 | Ethiopia | 4.4% | 2021 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Latvia | 4.2% | 2024 | up 158.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Norway | 4.1% | 2024 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Czechia | 4.0% | 2023 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Bhutan | 3.7% | 2020 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 160 | Grenada | 3.6% | 2023 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Iceland | 3.3% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 3.2% | 2020 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Zambia | 3.2% | 2013 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Armenia | 3.2% | 2024 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.1% | 2021 | up 313.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Burundi | 3.1% | 2025 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Liechtenstein | 3.0% | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 168 | Eswatini | 3.0% | 2023 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Moldova | 2.7% | 2024 | up 133.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Ukraine | 2.4% | 2024 | up 423.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Bulgaria | 2.2% | 2024 | up 178.8% | volatile |
| 172 | New Zealand | 2.2% | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Romania | 2.2% | 2023 | up 481.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.2% | 2023 | up 65.9% | rising |
| 175 | Cape Verde | 2.2% | 2022 | up 204.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Malawi | 2.1% | 2017 | up 92.1% | rising |
| 177 | Mozambique | 2.0% | 2022 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Finland | 1.8% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 179 | Algeria | 1.8% | 2024 | up 90.3% | volatile |
| 180 | South Korea | 1.7% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 181 | Kazakhstan | 1.6% | 2020 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Azerbaijan | 1.6% | 2024 | up 240.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Vietnam | 1.5% | 2021 | up 193.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.4% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Uzbekistan | 1.3% | 2024 | up 1,124.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Japan | 1.3% | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 187 | Russia | 1.3% | 2023 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Croatia | 1.3% | 2023 | up 246.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Papua New Guinea | 1.2% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Montenegro | 1.2% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Tajikistan | 1.1% | 2017 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 192 | Slovenia | 1.1% | 2023 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Ireland | 1.0% | 2022 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 194 | North Macedonia | 0.8% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 195 | Netherlands | 0.3% | 2022 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Serbia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 117.0% | rising |
| 197 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2024 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 198 | Cuba | 0.0% | 1995 | — | flat |
| 198 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Iraq | 0.0% | 1991 | — | volatile |
| 198 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 1993 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 198 | San Marino | 0.0% | 1994 | — | flat |
About this data
Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.