Primary school enrolment (gross) by country, 2023, OECD (38 countries)
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.
35 places ranked for 2023. Highest: Sweden (115.0%). Lowest: Canada (95.0%). The median is 101.4%.
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Highest 10
- 1. Sweden 115.0%
- 2. Portugal 111.0%
- 3. Costa Rica 106.2%
- 4. Poland 105.4%
- 5. Netherlands 104.2%
- 6. Hungary 103.6%
- 7. Italy 103.6%
- 8. France 103.3%
- 9. Slovakia 103.1%
- 10. Spain 103.0%
Lowest 10
- 35. Canada 95.0%
- 34. New Zealand 96.9%
- 33. Iceland 98.2%
- 32. Israel 98.3%
- 31. Estonia 98.3%
- 30. Latvia 98.5%
- 29. Norway 98.6%
- 28. Luxembourg 99.1%
- 27. Finland 99.1%
- 26. Australia 99.4%
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 115.0% | 2023 | |
| 2 | Portugal | 111.0% | 2023 | |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 106.2% | 2023 | |
| 4 | Poland | 105.4% | 2023 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | 104.2% | 2023 | |
| 6 | Hungary | 103.6% | 2023 | |
| 7 | Italy | 103.6% | 2023 | |
| 8 | France | 103.3% | 2023 | |
| 9 | Slovakia | 103.1% | 2023 | |
| 10 | Spain | 103.0% | 2023 | |
| 11 | Lithuania | 102.7% | 2023 | |
| 12 | Türkiye | 102.4% | 2023 | |
| 13 | Switzerland | 102.3% | 2023 | |
| 14 | Germany | 102.2% | 2023 | |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 102.2% | 2023 | |
| 16 | Belgium | 102.1% | 2023 | |
| 17 | Greece | 102.0% | 2023 | |
| 18 | Mexico | 101.4% | 2023 | |
| 19 | Japan | 101.1% | 2023 | |
| 20 | Austria | 100.9% | 2023 | |
| 21 | Slovenia | 100.9% | 2023 | |
| 22 | Chile | 100.3% | 2023 | |
| 23 | South Korea | 100.3% | 2023 | |
| 24 | Denmark | 99.9% | 2023 | |
| 25 | Czechia | 99.7% | 2023 | |
| 26 | Australia | 99.4% | 2023 | |
| 27 | Finland | 99.1% | 2023 | |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 99.1% | 2023 | |
| 29 | Norway | 98.6% | 2023 | |
| 30 | Latvia | 98.5% | 2023 | |
| 31 | Estonia | 98.3% | 2023 | |
| 32 | Israel | 98.3% | 2023 | |
| 33 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2023 | |
| 34 | New Zealand | 96.9% | 2023 | |
| 35 | Canada | 95.0% | 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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