Primary school enrolment (gross) by country, 2023
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.
166 places ranked for 2023. Highest: Sierra Leone (159.4%). Lowest: Somalia, Fed. Rep. (20.9%). The median is 100.1%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 166. Somalia, Fed. Rep. 20.9%
- 165. Suriname 64.2%
- 164. Niger 66.9%
- 163. Burkina Faso 72.2%
- 162. Mali 72.8%
- 161. Syria 76.8%
- 160. Lebanon 78.2%
- 159. Bahamas 78.4%
- 158. Solomon Islands 80.3%
- 157. Pakistan 81.4%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 166. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 159.4% | 2023 | |
| 2 | Rwanda | 151.9% | 2023 | |
| 3 | Malawi | 136.0% | 2023 | |
| 4 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 135.1% | 2023 | |
| 5 | Madagascar | 130.6% | 2023 | |
| 6 | Nepal | 126.6% | 2023 | |
| 7 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 124.4% | 2023 | |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 121.1% | 2023 | |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 121.1% | 2023 | |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 119.7% | 2023 | |
| 11 | Namibia | 119.5% | 2023 | |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 117.6% | 2023 | |
| 13 | Morocco | 117.6% | 2023 | |
| 14 | Eswatini | 116.5% | 2023 | |
| 15 | Togo | 116.3% | 2023 | |
| 16 | Sweden | 115.0% | 2023 | |
| 17 | Cameroon | 114.4% | 2023 | |
| 18 | Peru | 113.9% | 2023 | |
| 19 | Vanuatu | 113.2% | 2023 | |
| 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | 112.3% | 2023 | |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 112.2% | 2023 | |
| 22 | India | 112.0% | 2023 | |
| 23 | Fiji | 111.9% | 2023 | |
| 24 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 111.3% | 2023 | |
| 25 | Venezuela | 111.1% | 2023 | |
| 26 | Portugal | 111.0% | 2023 | |
| 27 | Mauritius | 110.9% | 2023 | |
| 28 | Naoero | 109.9% | 2023 | |
| 29 | Tonga | 109.6% | 2023 | |
| 30 | Nicaragua | 109.5% | 2023 | |
| 31 | Curaçao | 109.2% | 2023 | |
| 32 | Tuvalu | 108.9% | 2023 | |
| 33 | Marshall Islands | 107.1% | 2023 | |
| 34 | Cambodia | 107.0% | 2023 | |
| 35 | Bhutan | 106.7% | 2023 | |
| 36 | Moldova | 106.7% | 2023 | |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 106.3% | 2023 | |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 106.2% | 2023 | |
| 39 | Montenegro | 106.1% | 2023 | |
| 40 | Algeria | 105.8% | 2023 | |
| 41 | Poland | 105.4% | 2023 | |
| 42 | Viet Nam | 105.2% | 2023 | |
| 43 | Uruguay | 104.5% | 2023 | |
| 44 | Tunisia | 104.4% | 2023 | |
| 45 | Netherlands | 104.2% | 2023 | |
| 46 | Mauritania | 104.0% | 2023 | |
| 47 | Hungary | 103.6% | 2023 | |
| 48 | Italy | 103.6% | 2023 | |
| 49 | Gibraltar | 103.6% | 2023 | |
| 50 | France | 103.3% | 2023 | |
| 51 | Bangladesh | 103.1% | 2023 | |
| 52 | Slovakia | 103.1% | 2023 | |
| 53 | Spain | 103.0% | 2023 | |
| 54 | Lithuania | 102.7% | 2023 | |
| 55 | Thailand | 102.6% | 2023 | |
| 56 | Argentina | 102.5% | 2023 | |
| 57 | Türkiye | 102.4% | 2023 | |
| 58 | Switzerland | 102.3% | 2023 | |
| 59 | Germany | 102.2% | 2023 | |
| 60 | United Kingdom | 102.2% | 2023 | |
| 61 | Belgium | 102.1% | 2023 | |
| 62 | Guatemala | 102.0% | 2023 | |
| 63 | Greece | 102.0% | 2023 | |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 102.0% | 2023 | |
| 65 | Iran | 102.0% | 2023 | |
| 66 | South Africa | 101.8% | 2023 | |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 101.6% | 2023 | |
| 68 | Samoa | 101.6% | 2023 | |
| 69 | Cayman Islands | 101.4% | 2023 | |
| 70 | Mexico | 101.4% | 2023 | |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 101.4% | 2023 | |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 101.2% | 2023 | |
| 73 | Croatia | 101.2% | 2023 | |
| 74 | Cyprus | 101.1% | 2023 | |
| 75 | Japan | 101.1% | 2023 | |
| 76 | Austria | 100.9% | 2023 | |
| 77 | Georgia | 100.9% | 2023 | |
| 78 | Slovenia | 100.9% | 2023 | |
| 79 | Palau | 100.7% | 2023 | |
| 80 | Maldives | 100.5% | 2023 | |
| 81 | Chile | 100.3% | 2023 | |
| 82 | South Korea | 100.3% | 2023 | |
| 83 | Singapore | 100.2% | 2023 | |
| 84 | Denmark | 99.9% | 2023 | |
| 85 | Czechia | 99.7% | 2023 | |
| 86 | Australia | 99.4% | 2023 | |
| 87 | Cuba | 99.3% | 2023 | |
| 88 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.2% | 2023 | |
| 89 | China | 99.2% | 2023 | |
| 90 | Finland | 99.1% | 2023 | |
| 91 | Dominica | 99.1% | 2023 | |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 99.1% | 2023 | |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 99.0% | 2023 | |
| 94 | Gambia | 98.7% | 2023 | |
| 95 | Norway | 98.6% | 2023 | |
| 96 | Bolivia | 98.6% | 2023 | |
| 97 | Latvia | 98.5% | 2023 | |
| 98 | Estonia | 98.3% | 2023 | |
| 99 | Israel | 98.3% | 2023 | |
| 100 | Jordan | 98.3% | 2023 | |
| 101 | Kenya | 98.2% | 2023 | |
| 102 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2023 | |
| 103 | Indonesia | 98.2% | 2023 | |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 98.1% | 2023 | |
| 105 | Armenia | 98.1% | 2023 | |
| 106 | Belize | 97.8% | 2023 | |
| 107 | Russia | 97.7% | 2023 | |
| 108 | Malta | 97.7% | 2023 | |
| 109 | Andorra | 97.4% | 2023 | |
| 110 | Kiribati | 97.4% | 2023 | |
| 111 | Turkmenistan | 97.3% | 2023 | |
| 112 | Ecuador | 97.2% | 2023 | |
| 113 | Seychelles | 97.1% | 2023 | |
| 114 | Tajikistan | 97.0% | 2023 | |
| 115 | Brunei | 96.9% | 2023 | |
| 116 | New Zealand | 96.9% | 2023 | |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 96.3% | 2023 | |
| 118 | Egypt | 95.9% | 2023 | |
| 119 | Tanzania | 95.6% | 2023 | |
| 120 | Qatar | 95.4% | 2023 | |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 95.4% | 2023 | |
| 122 | Belarus | 95.2% | 2023 | |
| 123 | Panama | 95.2% | 2023 | |
| 124 | San Marino | 95.1% | 2023 | |
| 125 | Laos | 95.0% | 2023 | |
| 126 | Canada | 95.0% | 2023 | |
| 127 | Ukraine | 94.6% | 2023 | |
| 128 | Guyana | 94.4% | 2023 | |
| 129 | Bahrain | 93.9% | 2023 | |
| 130 | Albania | 93.7% | 2023 | |
| 131 | Uzbekistan | 93.5% | 2023 | |
| 132 | Zimbabwe | 93.2% | 2023 | |
| 133 | Mongolia | 93.1% | 2023 | |
| 134 | Bermuda | 92.9% | 2023 | |
| 135 | Philippines | 92.4% | 2023 | |
| 136 | Côte d'Ivoire | 91.8% | 2023 | |
| 137 | Malaysia | 91.5% | 2023 | |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 91.5% | 2023 | |
| 139 | West Bank and Gaza | 91.4% | 2023 | |
| 140 | El Salvador | 90.9% | 2023 | |
| 141 | Paraguay | 90.4% | 2023 | |
| 142 | Nigeria | 89.6% | 2023 | |
| 143 | Chad | 88.3% | 2023 | |
| 144 | Puerto Rico (US) | 88.1% | 2023 | |
| 145 | Barbados | 88.0% | 2023 | |
| 146 | Republic of the Congo | 87.9% | 2023 | |
| 147 | Jamaica | 87.7% | 2023 | |
| 148 | British Virgin Islands | 87.3% | 2023 | |
| 149 | Angola | 86.7% | 2023 | |
| 150 | Macao SAR, China | 86.4% | 2023 | |
| 151 | Senegal | 85.5% | 2023 | |
| 152 | Romania | 84.9% | 2023 | |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 83.7% | 2023 | |
| 154 | Honduras | 82.5% | 2023 | |
| 155 | Micronesia | 82.2% | 2023 | |
| 156 | Lesotho | 81.6% | 2023 | |
| 157 | Pakistan | 81.4% | 2023 | |
| 158 | Solomon Islands | 80.3% | 2023 | |
| 159 | Bahamas | 78.4% | 2023 | |
| 160 | Lebanon | 78.2% | 2023 | |
| 161 | Syria | 76.8% | 2023 | |
| 162 | Mali | 72.8% | 2023 | |
| 163 | Burkina Faso | 72.2% | 2023 | |
| 164 | Niger | 66.9% | 2023 | |
| 165 | Suriname | 64.2% | 2023 | |
| 166 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 20.9% | 2023 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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