France vs Switzerland: Share of children in primary school age who are in school

France

99.8%

in 2024

Switzerland

99.9%

in 2024

France rank

17th

Switzerland rank

15th

Share of children in primary school age who are in school over time

Switzerland currently reports 99.9% against 99.8% in France, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Switzerland ahead.

France ranks 17th and Switzerland ranks 15th of 209 countries.

Indicator: Share of children in primary school age who are in school
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 209 places, 8,478 data points, 1820–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.