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Education in East Asia & Pacific: how the countries rank

School enrolment, completion, literacy and public spending on education. 12 indicators for the 37 economies of East Asia & Pacific, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Pre-primary enrolment83.2%East Asia & Pacific, 2020 · world 60.9%Primary enrolment100.0%East Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 102.2%Primary completion95.4%East Asia & Pacific, 2022 · world 88.0%Secondary enrolment92.0%East Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 77.3%Lower secondary completion97.3%East Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 77.9%Tertiary enrolment63.3%East Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 43.6%Out-of-school children2.5%median countryAdult literacy96.6%East Asia & Pacific, 2024 · world 87.7%
Pre-primary enrolment
East Asia & PacificWorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
0%25%50%75%100%199520002005201020152020East Asia & Pacific83.2%WorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
Primary enrolment
East Asia & PacificWorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
80%90%100%110%120%199520002005201020152020East Asia & Pacific100.0%WorldEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East & North Africa
countries

All 37 economies, education

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its education profile.

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CountryPre-primary enrolmentPrimary enrolmentPrimary completionSecondary enrolmentLower secondary completionTertiary enrolmentOut-of-school childrenAdult literacy
Australia160.2%#1 · 202099.6%#19 · 2024—131.9%#2 · 2024—108.4%#4 · 20240.1%#27 · 2024—
Vanuatu102.6%#2 · 2020112.5%#3 · 2024113.4%#2 · 2024134.7%#1 · 202364.6%#22 · 2024—2.5%#15 · 202488.0%#19 · 2023
Singapore96.1%#3 · 2020100.2%#17 · 202396.8%#12 · 2023103.1%#5 · 2023101.6%#5 · 202397.3%#5 · 20230.2%#26 · 202397.7%#8 · 2021
Hong Kong93.6%#4 · 2020103.2%#9 · 202491.7%#18 · 2024107.2%#4 · 2024129.5%#1 · 2024120.1%#2 · 20241.4%#21 · 2024—
Solomon Islands93.3%#5 · 201981.8%#30 · 202470.5%#26 · 2024—57.8%#24 · 2023—30.1%#1 · 2024—
China93.1%#6 · 202199.6%#18 · 2024———76.9%#7 · 2024—96.7%#9 · 2020
Vietnam92.4%#7 · 2021106.3%#8 · 2024100.6%#6 · 202493.4%#14 · 202295.2%#14 · 202437.6%#18 · 20241.7%#19 · 202496.1%#12 · 2022
South Korea91.8%#8 · 2020100.9%#14 · 2024102.9%#5 · 202496.3%#10 · 202497.3%#10 · 2024111.9%#3 · 20240.1%#29 · 2024—
New Zealand91.7%#9 · 202096.7%#20 · 2024—114.2%#3 · 2024—77.2%#6 · 20242.6%#14 · 2024—
Philippines90.2%#10 · 202194.0%#24 · 202491.4%#19 · 202485.3%#21 · 202484.8%#19 · 202447.4%#13 · 202411.6%#4 · 202498.5%#6 · 2020
Kiribati88.8%#11 · 202095.3%#21 · 202492.8%#17 · 202490.3%#19 · 202496.0%#12 · 20245.0%#27 · 20248.7%#7 · 202498.6%#5 · 2020
Malaysia87.5%#12 · 202190.4%#27 · 202487.7%#21 · 202480.3%#23 · 202481.5%#20 · 202438.5%#16 · 202412.0%#3 · 202495.8%#15 · 2022
Macao86.4%#13 · 202189.8%#28 · 202494.1%#14 · 202494.7%#12 · 202494.2%#15 · 2024141.9%#1 · 202410.8%#5 · 202496.5%#11 · 2016
Tuvalu85.9%#14 · 2021101.1%#11 · 202495.1%#13 · 202490.7%#18 · 2024102.8%#4 · 202419.4%#24 · 20230.5%#25 · 2024100.0%#1 · 2022
Mongolia80.1%#15 · 202192.3%#26 · 202493.5%#15 · 202496.8%#9 · 202389.1%#17 · 202469.0%#10 · 20248.6%#8 · 202498.6%#4 · 2024
Thailand74.4%#16 · 2022100.7%#15 · 2025107.1%#4 · 202592.1%#16 · 202595.7%#13 · 202549.1%#12 · 20250.8%#24 · 202591.1%#18 · 2022
Palau70.5%#17 · 2020106.9%#7 · 2024100.4%#7 · 202495.7%#11 · 202491.7%#16 · 202471.8%#9 · 20241.3%#22 · 202499.8%#2 · 2020
Marshall Islands67.8%#18 · 2021101.8%#10 · 202498.5%#11 · 202485.8%#20 · 2024114.1%#2 · 202437.7%#17 · 20241.5%#20 · 202495.8%#16 · 2021
Brunei63.5%#19 · 202094.8%#22 · 202499.4%#10 · 202491.8%#17 · 2023105.0%#3 · 202436.4%#19 · 20233.6%#13 · 202496.1%#13 · 2011
Indonesia62.3%#20 · 2018100.4%#16 · 2025100.0%#9 · 202397.2%#8 · 202599.7%#6 · 202544.9%#14 · 20230.9%#23 · 202596.0%#14 · 2020
Laos49.3%#21 · 202193.1%#25 · 202585.2%#23 · 202550.5%#26 · 202549.3%#25 · 202514.9%#26 · 202310.4%#6 · 202575.6%#21 · 2023
Tonga48.3%#22 · 2020108.8%#6 · 2024108.1%#3 · 202492.4%#15 · 202499.4%#7 · 202442.9%#15 · 20232.3%#17 · 202299.5%#3 · 2023
Papua New Guinea45.8%#23 · 2018121.1%#1 · 202382.7%#24 · 202352.1%#25 · 202341.9%#26 · 2023—4.0%#11 · 202187.0%#20 · 2022
Samoa41.4%#24 · 2021101.0%#13 · 2024100.0%#8 · 2024—96.8%#11 · 202416.0%#25 · 20241.8%#18 · 202498.0%#7 · 2019
Cambodia33.6%#25 · 2021109.0%#5 · 202491.0%#20 · 202458.8%#24 · 202461.6%#23 · 202421.4%#22 · 20243.7%#12 · 202471.9%#22 · 2021
Nauru32.2%#26 · 202094.4%#23 · 202586.4%#22 · 202594.5%#13 · 202597.9%#8 · 2025—6.6%#10 · 202596.6%#10 · 2023
Fiji31.3%#27 · 2021110.4%#4 · 2024116.3%#1 · 202498.1%#7 · 202497.3%#9 · 202475.0%#8 · 20242.4%#16 · 2024—
Timor-Leste27.9%#28 · 2020119.7%#2 · 202393.2%#16 · 202384.7%#22 · 202088.3%#18 · 202031.0%#20 · 20236.9%#9 · 202369.4%#23 · 2022
Myanmar8.5%#29 · 2018————20.4%#23 · 2018—93.5%#17 · 2020
Micronesia5.9%#30 · 202182.2%#29 · 202478.9%#25 · 2024—75.1%#21 · 2024—23.1%#2 · 2024—
Japan—101.1%#12 · 2023—101.5%#6 · 2023—64.5%#11 · 20230.1%#28 · 2023—
North Korea—————26.7%#21 · 2018——
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Pre-primary enrolment30 countries
  1. 1Australia160.2%2020
  2. 2Vanuatu102.6%2020
  3. 3Singapore96.1%2020
Lowest
  1. 30Micronesia5.9%2021
  2. 29Myanmar8.5%2018
  3. 28Timor-Leste27.9%2020
Median country 77.3% · group 83.2%
Primary enrolment30 countries
  1. 1Papua New Guinea121.1%2023
  2. 2Timor-Leste119.7%2023
  3. 3Vanuatu112.5%2024
Lowest
  1. 30Solomon Islands81.8%2024
  2. 29Micronesia82.2%2024
  3. 28Macao89.8%2024
Median country 100.5% · group 100.0%
Primary completion26 countries
  1. 1Fiji116.3%2024
  2. 2Vanuatu113.4%2024
  3. 3Tonga108.1%2024
Lowest
  1. 26Solomon Islands70.5%2024
  2. 25Micronesia78.9%2024
  3. 24Papua New Guinea82.7%2023
Median country 94.6% · group 95.4%
Secondary enrolment26 countries
  1. 1Vanuatu134.7%2023
  2. 2Australia131.9%2024
  3. 3New Zealand114.2%2024
Lowest
  1. 26Laos50.5%2025
  2. 25Papua New Guinea52.1%2023
  3. 24Cambodia58.8%2024
Median country 94.0% · group 92.0%
Lower secondary completion26 countries
  1. 1Hong Kong129.5%2024
  2. 2Marshall Islands114.1%2024
  3. 3Brunei105.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 26Papua New Guinea41.9%2023
  2. 25Laos49.3%2025
  3. 24Solomon Islands57.8%2023
Median country 95.5% · group 97.3%
Tertiary enrolment27 countries
  1. 1Macao141.9%2024
  2. 2Hong Kong120.1%2024
  3. 3South Korea111.9%2024
Lowest
  1. 27Kiribati5.0%2024
  2. 26Laos14.9%2023
  3. 25Samoa16.0%2024
Median country 44.9% · group 63.3%
Out-of-school children29 countries
  1. 1Solomon Islands30.1%2024
  2. 2Micronesia23.1%2024
  3. 3Malaysia12.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 29South Korea0.1%2024
  2. 28Japan0.1%2023
  3. 27Australia0.1%2024
Median country 2.5%
Adult literacy23 countries
  1. 1Tuvalu100.0%2022
  2. 2Palau99.8%2020
  3. 3Tonga99.5%2023
Lowest
  1. 23Timor-Leste69.4%2022
  2. 22Cambodia71.9%2021
  3. 21Laos75.6%2023
Median country 96.1% · group 96.6%
Youth literacy23 countries
  1. 1Palau100.0%2020
  2. 2Tuvalu100.0%2022
  3. 3Singapore99.9%2021
Lowest
  1. 23Timor-Leste86.1%2022
  2. 22Laos90.4%2023
  3. 21Kiribati90.4%2019
Median country 98.8% · group 99.1%
Pupils per teacher27 countries
  1. 1Cambodia41.72018
  2. 2Nauru40.22016
  3. 3Papua New Guinea35.52016
Lowest
  1. 27Brunei9.92018
  2. 26Malaysia11.72017
  3. 25Hong Kong13.32018
Median country 20.3 · group 17.5
Education spending29 countries
  1. 1Kiribati16.4%2023
  2. 2Tuvalu12.8%2023
  3. 3Micronesia11.6%2020
Lowest
  1. 29Papua New Guinea0.8%2023
  2. 28Laos1.2%2023
  3. 27Indonesia1.3%2023
Median country 4.2% · group 3.5%
Education, % of budget28 countries
  1. 1Solomon Islands25.2%2024
  2. 2Kiribati20.1%2024
  3. 3Vanuatu19.3%2024
Lowest
  1. 28Papua New Guinea3.5%2023
  2. 27Timor-Leste4.3%2025
  3. 26Nauru6.6%2025
Median country 12.6% · group 13.0%
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