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Education · Europe & Central Asia · Lower-middle income

Uzbekistan: education in numbers

Pre-primary enrolment is 44.0% (2021), 121st of 176 in the world and 44th of 51 in Europe & Central Asia. Primary enrolment is 120.9% (2025), 10th of 191 in the world and 1st of 53 in Europe & Central Asia. Primary completion is 83.6% (2025), 127th of 168 in the world and 44th of 47 in Europe & Central Asia.

Pre-primary enrolment44.0%2021 · world 121/176 · region 44/51Primary enrolment120.9%2025 · world 10/191 · region 1/53Primary completion83.6%2025 · world 127/168 · region 44/47Secondary enrolment98.1%2025 · world 67/176 · region 34/53
Pre-primary enrolment
UzbekistanEurope & Central AsiaLower-middle incomeWorld
0%20%40%60%80%199520002005201020152020Uzbekistan44.0%Europe & Central AsiaLower-middle incomeWorld
Primary enrolment
UzbekistanEurope & Central AsiaLower-middle incomeWorld
80%90%100%110%120%130%1995200020052010201520202025Uzbekistan120.9%Europe & Central AsiaLower-middle incomeWorld
12 indicators

Education: Uzbekistan in detail

Latest reported value, world rank and rank within Europe & Central Asia; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.

IndicatorLatestWorld rankIn region~2000~2010~202010-year changeRegionIncome groupWorldSince 2000
Pre-primary enrolmentPre-primary enrolment, % gross44.0%2021121/17644/5123.8%25.6%41.4%+19.1 ppsince 201178.3%58.5%60.9%
Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross120.9%202510/1911/5399.2%96.5%98.6%+24.0 ppsince 201599.9%105.4%102.2%
Primary completionPrimary completion rate, % of age group83.6%2025127/16844/4799.0%96.9%98.7%−10.2 ppsince 201598.1%88.0%88.0%
Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross98.1%202567/17634/5385.3%90.0%90.1%+5.9 ppsince 2015103.3%68.0%77.3%
Lower secondary completionLower secondary completion rate, % of age group97.6%202542/16821/5090.5%200192.4%92.7%+5.8 ppsince 201591.9%73.7%77.9%
Tertiary enrolmentTertiary enrolment, % gross59.8%202563/17238/5213.0%8.9%16.0%+51.8 ppsince 201584.9%27.4%43.6%
Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age0.7%2025145/17834/51·3.3%1.2%−1.7 ppsince 2015—8.3%—
Adult literacyAdult literacy rate, % of people 15+100.0%20222/1411/2798.6%·100.0%2021+1.4 ppsince 200098.8%78.3%87.7%
Youth literacyYouth literacy rate, % of people 15–24100.0%20224/1482/2799.9%·100.0%2021+0.1 ppsince 200099.8%91.9%93.1%
Pupils per teacherPupils per teacher, primary21.5201873/1733/4821.417.821.52018+22%since 200814.928.923.4
Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP5.5%202335/1849/49··4.4%−0.3 ppsince 20134.6%3.4%3.6%
Education, % of budgetEducation spending, % of government expenditure22.1%20249/1792/49··17.1%−0.9 ppsince 201411.7%13.6%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.

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Uzbekistan and its neighbours

Countries sharing a land border with Uzbekistan. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.

IndicatorUzbekistanAfghanistanKazakhstanTajikistanTurkmenistanKyrgyzstan
Pre-primary enrolment44.0%20211.1%201174.1%20209.9%201735.9%202038.5%2021
Primary enrolment120.9%2025112.2%202397.3%202595.8%202495.7%202499.0%2025
Primary completion83.6%202590.3%202398.1%202591.6%201798.6%202495.3%2025
Secondary enrolment98.1%202559.6%202397.6%202586.9%202494.6%202491.7%2025
Lower secondary completion97.6%202562.1%202397.4%202588.0%201781.1%202293.7%2025
Tertiary enrolment59.8%202510.9%202052.9%202535.6%202420.4%202453.9%2025
Out-of-school children0.7%2025—7.9%20254.2%20174.3%20243.0%2025
Adult literacy100.0%202237.3%202199.7%200999.7%200999.9%202299.2%2009
Youth literacy100.0%202262.7%202299.8%200998.8%201799.9%202299.8%2009
Afghanistan: educationKazakhstan: educationTajikistan: educationTurkmenistan: educationKyrgyzstan: education
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