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Education in North America: how the countries rank

School enrolment, completion, literacy and public spending on education. 4 indicators for the 3 economies of North America, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Primary enrolment
North AmericaWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
95%100%105%110%115%120%199520002005201020152020North America96.8%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
Secondary enrolment
North AmericaWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
0%50%100%150%199520002005201020152020North America98.1%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
countries

All 3 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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CountryPrimary enrolmentSecondary enrolmentTertiary enrolmentEducation spending
United States97.0%#1 · 202297.5%#2 · 202279.4%#1 · 20225.4%#1 · 2021
Canada95.0%#2 · 2023104.3%#1 · 202376.3%#2 · 20234.8%#2 · 2022
Bermuda92.9%#3 · 202374.4%#3 · 202317.3%#3 · 20231.9%#3 · 2023
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

  1. 1United States97.0%2022
  2. 2Canada95.0%2023
  3. 3Bermuda92.9%2023
Median country 95.0% · group 96.8%
  1. 1Canada104.3%2023
  2. 2United States97.5%2022
  3. 3Bermuda74.4%2023
Median country 97.5% · group 98.1%
  1. 1United States79.4%2022
  2. 2Canada76.3%2023
  3. 3Bermuda17.3%2023
Median country 76.3% · group 79.0%
  1. 1United States5.4%2021
  2. 2Canada4.8%2022
  3. 3Bermuda1.9%2023
Median country 4.8% · group 4.8%