Education · North America · High income
Canada: education in numbers
Pre-primary enrolment is 48.9% (2020), 116th of 176 in the world and 2nd of 2 in North America. Primary enrolment is 95.0% (2023), 144th of 191 in the world and 2nd of 3 in North America. Secondary enrolment is 104.3% (2023), 44th of 176 in the world and 1st of 3 in North America.
Primary enrolment
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Secondary enrolment
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Education: Canada in detail
Latest reported value, world rank and rank within North America; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.
| Indicator | Latest | World rank | In region | ~2000 | ~2010 | ~2020 | 10-year change | Region | Income group | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolmentPre-primary enrolment, % gross | 48.9%2020 | 116/176 | 2/2 | · | · | 48.9% | −15.5 ppsince 1996 | 70.3% | 83.8% | 60.9% | |
| Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross | 95.0%2023 | 144/191 | 2/3 | 99.4% | 99.1% | 96.9% | −4.4 ppsince 2013 | 96.8% | 99.8% | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross | 104.3%2023 | 44/176 | 1/3 | 102.0% | 102.5% | 109.6% | −7.1 ppsince 2013 | 98.1% | 103.2% | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolmentTertiary enrolment, % gross | 76.3%2023 | 41/172 | 2/3 | 58.5% | 61.9% | 75.2% | +10.5 ppsince 2013 | 79.0% | 82.0% | 43.6% | |
| Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age | 5.0%2023 | 71/178 | 1/2 | 0.6% | 0.5%2012 | 3.1% | +4.4 ppsince 2013 | — | 2.5% | — | |
| Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP | 4.8%2022 | 67/184 | 2/3 | 5.4% | 5.4% | 4.9% | −0.4 ppsince 2011 | 4.8% | 4.7% | 3.6% | |
| Education, % of budgetEducation spending, % of government expenditure | 10.7%2022 | 130/179 | 2/2 | 13.0% | 12.3% | 12.0% | −1.6 ppsince 2011 | 10.7% | 12.0% | 14.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)“·” — no value reported within two years of that date. World rank counts countries with a recent value.
Better than ten years ago
- Tertiary enrolment+10.5 pp76.3% in 2023
Worse than ten years ago
- Pre-primary enrolment−15.5 pp48.9% in 2020
- Secondary enrolment−7.1 pp104.3% in 2023
- Out-of-school children+4.4 pp5.0% in 2023
Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).
neighbours
Canada and its neighbours
Countries sharing a land border with Canada. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.
| Indicator | Canada | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolment | 48.9%2020 | 72.4%2020 |
| Primary enrolment | 95.0%2023 | 97.0%2022 |
| Secondary enrolment | 104.3%2023 | 97.5%2022 |
| Tertiary enrolment | 76.3%2023 | 79.4%2022 |
| Out-of-school children | 5.0%2023 | 4.0%2022 |
| Education spending | 4.8%2022 | 5.4%2021 |
| Education, % of budget | 10.7%2022 | 11.3%2021 |