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Primary school enrolment, % gross: ranking of countries
191 countries ranked by their latest value (2020–2025). Sierra Leone is highest at 162.1%; Somalia is lowest at 20.9%.
World 102.2% (2024)Median country 100.4%191 countries
Primary enrolment: world and regions, 1994–2025
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Primary enrolment | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 162.1% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 149.6% | 2024 | |
| 3 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 139.0% | 2024 | |
| 4 | Sint Maarten | Latin America & Caribbean | 135.1% | 2023 | |
| 5 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 132.7% | 2024 | |
| 6 | Nepal | South Asia | 128.6% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 125.1% | 2024 | |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 121.1% | 2023 | |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 121.1% | 2023 | |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 120.9% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 120.7% | 2024 | |
| 12 | Monaco | Europe & Central Asia | 120.6% | 2024 | |
| 13 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 119.7% | 2023 | |
| 14 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 119.2% | 2022 | |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 117.6% | 2023 | |
| 16 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 116.6% | 2024 | |
| 17 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 116.5% | 2023 | |
| 18 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 115.6% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Bhutan | South Asia | 114.9% | 2024 | |
| 20 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 114.9% | 2024 | |
| 21 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 114.4% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 114.3% | 2024 | |
| 23 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | 113.7% | 2024 | |
| 24 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 112.8% | 2024 | |
| 25 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 112.5% | 2024 | |
| 26 | Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | 112.3% | 2023 | |
| 27 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 112.2% | 2023 | |
| 28 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 111.5% | 2024 | |
| 29 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 111.4% | 2024 | |
| 30 | India | South Asia | 111.0% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 111.0% | 2023 | |
| 32 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 110.6% | 2024 | |
| 33 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 110.4% | 2024 | |
| 34 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 109.5% | 2023 | |
| 35 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 109.3% | 2022 | |
| 36 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 109.0% | 2024 | |
| 37 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 108.8% | 2024 | |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 108.0% | 2024 | |
| 39 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 108.0% | 2022 | |
| 40 | Aruba | Latin America & Caribbean | 107.7% | 2024 | |
| 41 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 107.6% | 2024 | |
| 42 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 107.3% | 2024 | |
| 43 | Palau | East Asia & Pacific | 106.9% | 2024 | |
| 44 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 106.5% | 2024 | |
| 45 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 106.3% | 2024 | |
| 46 | Montenegro | Europe & Central Asia | 106.1% | 2023 | |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 105.6% | 2024 | |
| 48 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 105.5% | 2025 | |
| 49 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 105.4% | 2024 | |
| 50 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 105.4% | 2024 | |
| 51 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 105.3% | 2024 | |
| 52 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 104.8% | 2022 | |
| 53 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 104.8% | 2024 | |
| 54 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 104.5% | 2023 | |
| 55 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 104.4% | 2023 | |
| 56 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 104.3% | 2024 | |
| 57 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 104.2% | 2023 | |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 104.0% | 2024 | |
| 59 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 103.6% | 2023 | |
| 60 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 103.4% | 2024 | |
| 61 | Hong Kong | East Asia & Pacific | 103.2% | 2024 | |
| 62 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 103.0% | 2022 | |
| 63 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 102.9% | 2024 | |
| 64 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 102.9% | 2024 | |
| 65 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 102.8% | 2024 | |
| 66 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 102.6% | 2024 | |
| 67 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 102.5% | 2023 | |
| 68 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 102.4% | 2023 | |
| 69 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 102.3% | 2024 | |
| 70 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 102.2% | 2023 | |
| 71 | Liechtenstein | Europe & Central Asia | 102.1% | 2021 | |
| 72 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 102.1% | 2023 | |
| 73 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 102.0% | 2023 | |
| 74 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 102.0% | 2024 | |
| 75 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 102.0% | 2023 | |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 101.9% | 2024 | |
| 77 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 101.8% | 2024 | |
| 78 | Gibraltar | Europe & Central Asia | 101.8% | 2024 | |
| 79 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 101.8% | 2023 | |
| 80 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 101.5% | 2024 | |
| 81 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 101.3% | 2024 | |
| 82 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 101.2% | 2024 | |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 101.2% | 2023 | |
| 84 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 101.2% | 2023 | |
| 85 | Tuvalu | East Asia & Pacific | 101.1% | 2024 | |
| 86 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 101.1% | 2023 | |
| 87 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 101.0% | 2024 | |
| 88 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 101.0% | 2024 | |
| 89 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 100.9% | 2023 | |
| 90 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 100.9% | 2024 | |
| 91 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 100.7% | 2025 | |
| 92 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 100.6% | 2025 | |
| 93 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 100.5% | 2024 | |
| 94 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 100.5% | 2020 | |
| 95 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 100.4% | 2025 | |
| 96 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 100.4% | 2025 | |
| 97 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 100.2% | 2023 | |
| 98 | Andorra | Europe & Central Asia | 99.9% | 2024 | |
| 99 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 99.8% | 2024 | |
| 100 | Maldives | South Asia | 99.7% | 2024 | |
| 101 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 99.7% | 2023 | |
| 102 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 99.6% | 2024 | |
| 103 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 99.6% | 2024 | |
| 104 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 99.5% | 2024 | |
| 105 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 99.4% | 2024 | |
| 106 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 99.2% | 2024 | |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 99.0% | 2025 | |
| 108 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 98.9% | 2024 | |
| 109 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 98.6% | 2024 | |
| 110 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 98.5% | 2024 | |
| 111 | South Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 98.4% | 2024 | |
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 98.3% | 2024 | |
| 113 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 98.2% | 2023 | |
| 114 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 98.2% | 2023 | |
| 115 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 98.1% | 2024 | |
| 116 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 97.8% | 2024 | |
| 117 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 97.7% | 2023 | |
| 118 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 97.7% | 2023 | |
| 119 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 97.7% | 2025 | |
| 120 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 97.6% | 2024 | |
| 121 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 97.6% | 2024 | |
| 122 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 97.6% | 2024 | |
| 123 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 97.4% | 2024 | |
| 124 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 97.3% | 2025 | |
| 125 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 97.3% | 2024 | |
| 126 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 97.2% | 2023 | |
| 127 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 97.0% | 2024 | |
| 128 | United States | North America | 97.0% | 2022 | |
| 129 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 96.9% | 2024 | |
| 130 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 96.9% | 2024 | |
| 131 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 96.8% | 2024 | |
| 132 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 96.8% | 2024 | |
| 133 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 96.7% | 2024 | |
| 134 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 96.7% | 2024 | |
| 135 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 96.5% | 2024 | |
| 136 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 96.5% | 2022 | |
| 137 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 96.3% | 2023 | |
| 138 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 96.0% | 2024 | |
| 139 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 95.8% | 2024 | |
| 140 | Cayman Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 95.7% | 2024 | |
| 141 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 95.7% | 2024 | |
| 142 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 95.3% | 2024 | |
| 143 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 95.3% | 2024 | |
| 144 | Canada | North America | 95.0% | 2023 | |
| 145 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 94.8% | 2024 | |
| 146 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 94.7% | 2024 | |
| 147 | Nauru | East Asia & Pacific | 94.4% | 2025 | |
| 148 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 94.0% | 2024 | |
| 149 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 93.7% | 2024 | |
| 150 | San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | 93.5% | 2024 | |
| 151 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 93.4% | 2024 | |
| 152 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 93.3% | 2024 | |
| 153 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 93.3% | 2024 | |
| 154 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 93.1% | 2025 | |
| 155 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 93.1% | 2024 | |
| 156 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 92.9% | 2024 | |
| 157 | Bermuda | North America | 92.9% | 2023 | |
| 158 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 92.7% | 2024 | |
| 159 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 92.3% | 2024 | |
| 160 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 91.9% | 2024 | |
| 161 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 91.5% | 2023 | |
| 162 | West Bank and Gaza | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 91.4% | 2023 | |
| 163 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 90.4% | 2024 | |
| 164 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 89.9% | 2024 | |
| 165 | Macao | East Asia & Pacific | 89.8% | 2024 | |
| 166 | Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 89.7% | 2022 | |
| 167 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 89.6% | 2023 | |
| 168 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 89.4% | 2024 | |
| 169 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 88.5% | 2024 | |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | Latin America & Caribbean | 87.9% | 2024 | |
| 171 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 87.9% | 2023 | |
| 172 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 86.7% | 2023 | |
| 173 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 85.3% | 2024 | |
| 174 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 84.9% | 2023 | |
| 175 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 84.4% | 2024 | |
| 176 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 83.9% | 2024 | |
| 177 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 83.7% | 2024 | |
| 178 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 82.4% | 2021 | |
| 179 | Micronesia | East Asia & Pacific | 82.2% | 2024 | |
| 180 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 81.8% | 2024 | |
| 181 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 81.8% | 2024 | |
| 182 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 81.4% | 2024 | |
| 183 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 80.2% | 2024 | |
| 184 | Curaçao | Latin America & Caribbean | 79.3% | 2024 | |
| 185 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 79.0% | 2024 | |
| 186 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 77.2% | 2024 | |
| 187 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 72.8% | 2023 | |
| 188 | British Virgin Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 72.8% | 2024 | |
| 189 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 66.6% | 2022 | |
| 190 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.7% | 2024 | |
| 191 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.9% | 2023 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)School enrollment, primary (% gross)