Primary school enrolment (gross)
Total enrolment in primary education, regardless of age, as a percentage of the population of official primary school age. It can exceed 100% because of early or late entry and repeated grades.
Highest in 2023
159.4%
Sierra Leone
Lowest in 2023
20.9%
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
Euro area, 2023
102.9%
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2023
166
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
166 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
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Paraguay
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% of the official primary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Paraguay |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 89.4% |
| 2023 | 90.4% |
| 2022 | 91.0% |
| 2021 | 92.5% |
| 2020 | 90.8% |
| 2016 | 100.6% |
| 2012 | 115.1% |
| 2011 | 111.3% |
| 2010 | 112.2% |
| 2009 | 111.9% |
| 2008 | 112.6% |
| 2007 | 113.7% |
| 2006 | 114.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 166 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Sierra Leone (159.4%) and the lowest Somalia, Fed. Rep. (20.9%).
- Half of the countries are above 100.1% and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 15 countries and fell in 19.
- The figure for the world was 100.7% in 2023, against 99.1% in 2018 (+1.6 percentage points).
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- Gross ratios above 100% are valid.
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All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Sierra Leone 159.4%
- 2 Rwanda 151.9%
- 3 Malawi 136.0%
- 4 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 135.1%
- 5 Madagascar 130.6%
- 6 Nepal 126.6%
- 7 Turks and Caicos Islands 124.4%
- 8 Saint Kitts and Nevis 121.1%
- 9 Papua New Guinea 121.1%
- 10 Timor-Leste 119.7%
- 11 Namibia 119.5%
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 117.6%
- 13 Morocco 117.6%
- 14 Eswatini 116.5%
- 15 Togo 116.3%
- 16 Sweden 115.0%
- 17 Cameroon 114.4%
- 18 Peru 113.9%
- 19 Vanuatu 113.2%
- 20 Antigua and Barbuda 112.3%
- 21 Afghanistan 112.2%
- 22 India 112.0%
- 23 Fiji 111.9%
- 24 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 111.3%
- 25 Venezuela 111.1%
- 26 Portugal 111.0%
- 27 Mauritius 110.9%
- 28 Naoero 109.9%
- 29 Tonga 109.6%
- 30 Nicaragua 109.5%
- 31 Curaçao 109.2%
- 32 Tuvalu 108.9%
- 33 Marshall Islands 107.1%
- 34 Cambodia 107.0%
- 35 Bhutan 106.7%
- 36 Moldova 106.7%
- 37 United Arab Emirates 106.3%
- 38 Costa Rica 106.2%
- 39 Montenegro 106.1%
- 40 Algeria 105.8%
- 41 Poland 105.4%
- 42 Viet Nam 105.2%
- 43 Uruguay 104.5%
- 44 Tunisia 104.4%
- 45 Netherlands 104.2%
- 46 Mauritania 104.0%
- 47 Hungary 103.6%
- 48 Italy 103.6%
- 49 Gibraltar 103.6%
- 50 France 103.3%
- 51 Bangladesh 103.1%
- 52 Slovakia 103.1%
- 53 Spain 103.0%
- 54 Lithuania 102.7%
- 55 Thailand 102.6%
- 56 Argentina 102.5%
- 57 Türkiye 102.4%
- 58 Switzerland 102.3%
- 59 Germany 102.2%
- 60 United Kingdom 102.2%
- 61 Belgium 102.1%
- 62 Guatemala 102.0%
- 63 Greece 102.0%
- 64 Azerbaijan 102.0%
- 65 Iran 102.0%
- 66 South Africa 101.8%
- 67 Dominican Republic 101.6%
- 68 Samoa 101.6%
- 69 Cayman Islands 101.4%
- 70 Mexico 101.4%
- 71 Saint Lucia 101.4%
- 72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 101.2%
- 73 Croatia 101.2%
- 74 Cyprus 101.1%
- 75 Japan 101.1%
- 76 Austria 100.9%
- 77 Georgia 100.9%
- 78 Slovenia 100.9%
- 79 Palau 100.7%
- 80 Maldives 100.5%
- 81 Chile 100.3%
- 82 South Korea 100.3%
- 83 Singapore 100.2%
- 84 Denmark 99.9%
- 85 Czechia 99.7%
- 86 Australia 99.4%
- 87 Cuba 99.3%
- 88 Trinidad and Tobago 99.2%
- 89 China 99.2%
- 90 Finland 99.1%
- 91 Dominica 99.1%
- 92 Luxembourg 99.1%
- 93 Kazakhstan 99.0%
- 94 Gambia 98.7%
- 95 Norway 98.6%
- 96 Bolivia 98.6%
- 97 Latvia 98.5%
- 98 Estonia 98.3%
- 99 Israel 98.3%
- 100 Jordan 98.3%
- 101 Kenya 98.2%
- 102 Iceland 98.2%
- 103 Indonesia 98.2%
- 104 Kyrgyzstan 98.1%
- 105 Armenia 98.1%
- 106 Belize 97.8%
- 107 Russia 97.7%
- 108 Malta 97.7%
- 109 Andorra 97.4%
- 110 Kiribati 97.4%
- 111 Turkmenistan 97.3%
- 112 Ecuador 97.2%
- 113 Seychelles 97.1%
- 114 Tajikistan 97.0%
- 115 Brunei 96.9%
- 116 New Zealand 96.9%
- 117 North Macedonia 96.3%
- 118 Egypt 95.9%
- 119 Tanzania 95.6%
- 120 Qatar 95.4%
- 121 Bulgaria 95.4%
- 122 Belarus 95.2%
- 123 Panama 95.2%
- 124 San Marino 95.1%
- 125 Laos 95.0%
- 126 Canada 95.0%
- 127 Ukraine 94.6%
- 128 Guyana 94.4%
- 129 Bahrain 93.9%
- 130 Albania 93.7%
- 131 Uzbekistan 93.5%
- 132 Zimbabwe 93.2%
- 133 Mongolia 93.1%
- 134 Bermuda 92.9%
- 135 Philippines 92.4%
- 136 Côte d'Ivoire 91.8%
- 137 Malaysia 91.5%
- 138 Sri Lanka 91.5%
- 139 West Bank and Gaza 91.4%
- 140 El Salvador 90.9%
- 141 Paraguay 90.4%
- 142 Nigeria 89.6%
- 143 Chad 88.3%
- 144 Puerto Rico (US) 88.1%
- 145 Barbados 88.0%
- 146 Republic of the Congo 87.9%
- 147 Jamaica 87.7%
- 148 British Virgin Islands 87.3%
- 149 Angola 86.7%
- 150 Macao SAR, China 86.4%
- 151 Senegal 85.5%
- 152 Romania 84.9%
- 153 Ethiopia 83.7%
- 154 Honduras 82.5%
- 155 Micronesia 82.2%
- 156 Lesotho 81.6%
- 157 Pakistan 81.4%
- 158 Solomon Islands 80.3%
- 159 Bahamas 78.4%
- 160 Lebanon 78.2%
- 161 Syria 76.8%
- 162 Mali 72.8%
- 163 Burkina Faso 72.2%
- 164 Niger 66.9%
- 165 Suriname 64.2%
- 166 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 20.9%
- East Asia and Pacific 99.5%
- Euro area 102.9%
- Europe and Central Asia 100.1%
- European Union 102.4%
- Latin America and Caribbean 104.6%
- Middle East and North Africa 93.6%
- North America 97.0%
- OECD members 100.8%
- South Asia 112.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 96.8%
- World 100.7%
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Grey: no value for 2023. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.