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Total net enrolment rate, primary education

Children of official primary school age enrolled in primary or secondary school, as a share of all children of that age.

Unit: % of children of primary school age Frequency: Annual Coverage: 206 countries 1970 to 2025 Source: UNESCO UIS
Highest in 2023 100.0%nat_est (National estimate) South Korea Lowest in 2023 58.0% Burkina Faso
Countries ranked for 2023 157

157 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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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Total net enrolment rate, primary education (% of children of primary school age), 2001 to 2025
Period United StatesChinaIndiaGermany
2025 – – 99.9% –
2024 – – 99.9% 99.7%nat_est (National estimate)
2023 – – 98.5% 99.8%nat_est (National estimate)
2022 96.0% – 99.8% 98.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2021 95.9% – 97.7% 98.5%nat_est (National estimate)
2020 98.0% – 95.9% 98.8%nat_est (National estimate)
2019 99.1% – 92.6% 99.0%nat_est (National estimate)
2018 99.4% – 93.6% 99.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2017 99.6% – 94.0% 98.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2016 99.6% – 95.9% 98.3%nat_est (National estimate)
2015 98.2% – – 99.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2014 98.0% – – 98.8%nat_est (National estimate)
2013 97.1% – 99.6%uis_est (UIS estimate) 99.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2012 – – 99.3%uis_est (UIS estimate) 99.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2011 – – 97.3% 99.4%nat_est (National estimate)
2010 – – 98.9% 98.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2009 – – 98.2% 98.4%nat_est (National estimate)
2008 – – 99.6%uis_est (UIS estimate) 98.5%nat_est (National estimate)
2007 – – 99.1%uis_est (UIS estimate) 98.4%nat_est (National estimate)
2006 – – – 98.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2005 99.4% – – 98.3%nat_est (National estimate)
2004 – – – 98.0%nat_est (National estimate)
2003 – – 91.0%uis_est (UIS estimate) 97.9%nat_est (National estimate)
2002 – – 86.0%uis_est (UIS estimate) 97.7%nat_est (National estimate)
2001 – – 86.3%uis_est (UIS estimate) 99.5%nat_est (National estimate)

Flags: nat_est National estimate; uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • Among the 157 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is South Korea (100.0%) and the lowest Burkina Faso (58.0%).
  • Half of the countries are above 96.9% and half below.
  • From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 14 countries and fell in 17.

About this measure

Definition
Children of official primary school age enrolled in primary or secondary school, as a share of all children of that age.
Unit
% of children of primary school age
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
NERT.1.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2025
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org

All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 South Korea 100.0%nat_est (National estimate)
  2. 2 Uruguay 100.0%
  3. 3 Switzerland 100.0%nat_est (National estimate)
  4. 4 Japan 99.9%nat_est (National estimate)
  5. 5 United Kingdom 99.9%nat_est (National estimate)
  6. 6 Lithuania 99.9%nat_est (National estimate)
  7. 7 Iran 99.9%
  8. 8 Greece 99.9%nat_est (National estimate)
  9. 9 France 99.9%nat_est (National estimate)
  10. 10 Poland 99.9%nat_est (National estimate)
  11. 11 Cayman Islands 99.9%
  12. 12 United Arab Emirates 99.8%
  13. 13 Andorra 99.8%
  14. 14 Australia 99.8%nat_est (National estimate)
  15. 15 Germany 99.8%nat_est (National estimate)
  16. 16 Singapore 99.8%
  17. 17 Kyrgyzstan 99.8%
  18. 18 Montenegro 99.8%
  19. 19 Peru 99.7%
  20. 20 Marshall Islands 99.7%
  21. 21 Mexico 99.7%nat_est (National estimate)
  22. 22 Tuvalu 99.6%
  23. 23 Naoero 99.6%
  24. 24 Cyprus 99.6%nat_est (National estimate)
  25. 25 Sweden 99.6%nat_est (National estimate)
  26. 26 Malawi 99.6%
  27. 27 Rwanda 99.5%
  28. 28 Portugal 99.5%nat_est (National estimate)
  29. 29 Netherlands 99.5%nat_est (National estimate)
  30. 30 Venezuela 99.4%
  31. 31 Moldova 99.4%
  32. 32 Brunei 99.4%
  33. 33 Luxembourg 99.4%nat_est (National estimate)
  34. 34 Türkiye 99.4%
  35. 35 Indonesia 99.3%
  36. 36 Argentina 99.3%
  37. 37 Togo 99.2%
  38. 38 Namibia 99.2%
  39. 39 Czechia 99.2%nat_est (National estimate)
  40. 40 Morocco 99.2%
  41. 41 Denmark 99.2%nat_est (National estimate)
  42. 42 Algeria 99.1%
  43. 43 Tunisia 98.9%
  44. 44 Slovakia 98.8%nat_est (National estimate)
  45. 45 Spain 98.7%nat_est (National estimate)
  46. 46 Norway 98.7%nat_est (National estimate)
  47. 47 Chile 98.7%nat_est (National estimate)
  48. 48 Slovenia 98.6%nat_est (National estimate)
  49. 49 Hong Kong SAR, China 98.5%
  50. 50 India 98.5%
  51. 51 Austria 98.5%nat_est (National estimate)
  52. 52 Azerbaijan 98.5%
  53. 53 Finland 98.4%nat_est (National estimate)
  54. 54 Thailand 98.4%
  55. 55 Belgium 98.3%nat_est (National estimate)
  56. 56 Viet Nam 98.3%
  57. 57 Antigua and Barbuda 98.3%
  58. 58 Mauritius 98.3%
  59. 59 Croatia 98.2%nat_est (National estimate)
  60. 60 Iceland 98.2%
  61. 61 Tonga 98.1%
  62. 62 Latvia 98.0%nat_est (National estimate)
  63. 63 Nepal 98.0%
  64. 64 Israel 98.0%nat_est (National estimate)
  65. 65 Italy 97.9%nat_est (National estimate)
  66. 66 Saint Lucia 97.9%
  67. 67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 97.9%
  68. 68 Hungary 97.8%nat_est (National estimate)
  69. 69 Gibraltar 97.7%
  70. 70 New Zealand 97.7%nat_est (National estimate)
  71. 71 Estonia 97.5%nat_est (National estimate)
  72. 72 Turks and Caicos Islands 97.4%
  73. 73 Fiji 97.4%
  74. 74 Sierra Leone 97.4%
  75. 75 Malta 97.4%nat_est (National estimate)
  76. 76 Turkmenistan 97.3%uis_est (UIS estimate)
  77. 77 Jordan 97.3%
  78. 78 Vanuatu 97.1%
  79. 79 Saint Kitts and Nevis 96.9%
  80. 80 Madagascar 96.7%
  81. 81 Seychelles 96.7%
  82. 82 Cuba 96.6%
  83. 83 Curaçao 96.6%
  84. 84 Armenia 96.5%
  85. 85 Samoa 96.4%
  86. 86 Cameroon 96.3%
  87. 87 North Macedonia 96.2%
  88. 88 Dominica 96.0%
  89. 89 Bolivia 95.8%
  90. 90 Egypt 95.6%
  91. 91 Ecuador 95.3%
  92. 92 Costa Rica 95.3%nat_est (National estimate)
  93. 93 Georgia 95.2%
  94. 94 Uzbekistan 95.2%
  95. 95 Russia 95.1%
  96. 96 Dominican Republic 95.0%
  97. 97 Canada 95.0%nat_est (National estimate)
  98. 98 Belarus 94.5%
  99. 99 Bulgaria 94.3%nat_est (National estimate)
  100. 100 Kenya 94.3%
  101. 101 Kazakhstan 94.1%
  102. 102 South Africa 93.9%
  103. 103 Nicaragua 93.3%
  104. 104 Bahrain 93.3%
  105. 105 San Marino 93.2%
  106. 106 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 93.2%
  107. 107 Maldives 93.2%
  108. 108 Qatar 93.2%
  109. 109 Timor-Leste 93.1%
  110. 110 Bangladesh 93.1%
  111. 111 Mongolia 92.3%
  112. 112 Cambodia 92.2%
  113. 113 Palau 91.8%
  114. 114 Guatemala 91.6%
  115. 115 Kiribati 91.5%
  116. 116 Panama 91.1%
  117. 117 Sri Lanka 90.9%
  118. 118 Zimbabwe 90.9%
  119. 119 Malaysia 90.9%
  120. 120 Laos 90.5%
  121. 121 West Bank and Gaza 90.4%
  122. 122 Philippines 89.5%
  123. 123 Albania 89.1%
  124. 124 Belize 88.4%
  125. 125 Bhutan 88.2%
  126. 126 Ukraine 88.0%
  127. 127 Jamaica 87.6%
  128. 128 Paraguay 87.6%
  129. 129 Puerto Rico (US) 87.0%
  130. 130 Côte d'Ivoire 86.8%
  131. 131 Tanzania 85.9%
  132. 132 Macao SAR, China 85.8%
  133. 133 El Salvador 85.7%
  134. 134 Barbados 85.5%
  135. 135 British Virgin Islands 84.6%
  136. 136 Romania 84.4%nat_est (National estimate)
  137. 137 Republic of the Congo 82.9%uis_est (UIS estimate)
  138. 138 Guyana 82.0%
  139. 139 Gambia 81.2%
  140. 140 Ethiopia 76.2%
  141. 141 Honduras 76.1%
  142. 142 Micronesia 76.1%
  143. 143 Senegal 75.9%
  144. 144 Nigeria 75.7%
  145. 145 Lebanon 74.3%
  146. 146 Syria 73.7%
  147. 147 Chad 73.3%
  148. 148 Pakistan 72.3%
  149. 149 Bahamas 71.1%
  150. 150 Trinidad and Tobago 70.7%
  151. 151 Lesotho 69.3%
  152. 152 Solomon Islands 67.6%
  153. 153 Mali 66.0%
  154. 154 Angola 63.2%
  155. 155 Niger 60.6%
  156. 156 Suriname 60.4%
  157. 157 Burkina Faso 58.0%
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