4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (%) by country
Countries reporting
156
Highest
99.95
Liechtenstein
Lowest
11.77
Myanmar
Median
88.02
Years covered
23
2000–2022
Data points
2,200
What the numbers show
4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (%) is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 99.95 in Liechtenstein; the lowest is 11.77 in Myanmar.
The median across all reporting countries is 88.02, and the mean is 76.54.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Algeria (up 881.7%), and the largest decrease in Trinidad and Tobago (down 65.8%).
4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year) … primary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 99.95 | 2020 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 99.94 | 2020 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 3 | Vietnam | 99.91 | 2018 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 4 | Israel | 99.89 | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Peru | 99.85 | 2021 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 6 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99.82 | 2018 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 7 | Spain | 99.76 | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 8 | Moldova | 99.75 | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 99.74 | 2020 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 99.68 | 2020 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 11 | Denmark | 99.68 | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 12 | Switzerland | 99.61 | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 13 | Argentina | 99.55 | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | France | 99.48 | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Austria | 99.39 | 2020 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 16 | Cyprus | 99.33 | 2020 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 99.31 | 2020 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 18 | Mexico | 99.26 | 2020 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 19 | Greece | 99.25 | 2020 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 20 | Netherlands | 99.21 | 2020 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | 99.05 | 2020 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 22 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 98.93 | 2021 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 23 | Togo | 98.88 | 2021 | up 173.4% | rising |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 98.74 | 2020 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 25 | Seychelles | 98.67 | 2021 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 26 | Malta | 98.58 | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 98.5 | 2020 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 28 | Germany | 98.33 | 2020 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 29 | Ireland | 98.08 | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 30 | Vanuatu | 98.03 | 2020 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 31 | Latvia | 97.72 | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 32 | Portugal | 97.3 | 2020 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 33 | Jamaica | 97.11 | 2007 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 34 | Chile | 97.09 | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 35 | Iceland | 96.88 | 2020 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 36 | Finland | 96.87 | 2020 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 37 | Belgium | 96.81 | 2020 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 38 | Thailand | 96.55 | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 39 | Cuba | 96.34 | 2021 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 40 | Norway | 96.3 | 2020 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 41 | British Virgin Islands | 96.18 | 2021 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 42 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 96.14 | 2021 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 43 | Belarus | 96.09 | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 44 | Nauru | 95.98 | 2020 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 45 | Poland | 95.93 | 2020 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 46 | Dominica | 95.9 | 2021 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 47 | Indonesia | 95.8 | 2018 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 48 | Czechia | 95.68 | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 49 | Mongolia | 95.52 | 2021 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 50 | Lithuania | 95.38 | 2020 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 51 | Guyana | 95.15 | 2012 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 52 | Brunei | 94.77 | 2020 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 53 | Pakistan | 94.27 | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 54 | Hungary | 93.94 | 2020 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 55 | Slovenia | 93.54 | 2020 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 56 | Croatia | 93.44 | 2020 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 57 | Ghana | 93.26 | 2020 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 58 | Estonia | 93.17 | 2017 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 59 | Bolivia | 93.04 | 2020 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 60 | Russia | 92.96 | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 61 | Brazil | 92.89 | 2020 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 62 | Anguilla | 92.81 | 2019 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 63 | Serbia | 92.03 | 2021 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 64 | Italy | 92.02 | 2020 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 65 | Maldives | 91.9 | 2020 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 66 | Antigua and Barbuda | 91.07 | 2018 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 67 | United States | 90.95 | 2020 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 68 | Niue | 90.91 | 2021 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 69 | Mauritius | 90.78 | 2021 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 70 | Malaysia | 90.32 | 2020 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 71 | Montserrat | 89.83 | 2019 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 72 | South Korea | 89.82 | 2020 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 73 | El Salvador | 89.7 | 2020 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 74 | New Zealand | 89.63 | 2020 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 75 | Fiji | 89.26 | 2021 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 76 | Tuvalu | 89.03 | 2021 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 77 | Romania | 88.28 | 2020 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 78 | Qatar | 88.14 | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 79 | Cook Islands | 87.89 | 2021 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 80 | Slovakia | 87.14 | 2020 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 81 | Venezuela | 85.8 | 2017 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 82 | Barbados | 85.71 | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 83 | Benin | 84.8 | 2018 | up 260.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Grenada | 84.77 | 2020 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 85 | Algeria | 84.73 | 2011 | up 881.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 84.55 | 2010 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 84.37 | 2021 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 88 | Suriname | 84.36 | 2021 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 84.15 | 2020 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 83.81 | 2021 | up 162.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Ecuador | 83.71 | 2020 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 92 | Guatemala | 82.37 | 2021 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 93 | Australia | 82.05 | 2020 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 94 | Uruguay | 81.67 | 2020 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 95 | Albania | 81.38 | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 96 | Cape Verde | 81.2 | 2019 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 97 | Montenegro | 79.81 | 2021 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 98 | Turkey | 79.49 | 2020 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 77.74 | 2020 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 100 | Paraguay | 77.41 | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 101 | Panama | 75.58 | 2017 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 73.28 | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 103 | South Africa | 73.11 | 2020 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 104 | Honduras | 72.1 | 2021 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 105 | Liberia | 71.45 | 2020 | down 19.9% | flat |
| 106 | Nepal | 70.79 | 2022 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 107 | Laos | 70.62 | 2021 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Cambodia | 70.47 | 2020 | up 91.8% | rising |
| 109 | Bahrain | 70.07 | 2019 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 110 | Uzbekistan | 68.87 | 2021 | up 108.6% | rising |
| 111 | Rwanda | 68.07 | 2021 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 112 | Philippines | 66.41 | 2021 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 113 | Morocco | 66.06 | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 114 | Solomon Islands | 65.64 | 2019 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 115 | Angola | 65.16 | 2016 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 116 | Iran | 64.42 | 2020 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 117 | Oman | 62.7 | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 118 | East Timor | 60.13 | 2020 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 119 | Palestine | 59.37 | 2021 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 120 | Marshall Islands | 58.81 | 2021 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 121 | Tanzania | 56.33 | 2020 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 122 | Zimbabwe | 55.53 | 2021 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 123 | Gambia | 55.43 | 2022 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 124 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52.38 | 2015 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 125 | Burundi | 49.03 | 2021 | up 153.1% | rising |
| 126 | Jordan | 47.92 | 2021 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 127 | Guinea | 47.26 | 2020 | up 104.8% | rising |
| 128 | Kenya | 46.27 | 2009 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 129 | Saudi Arabia | 45.55 | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 130 | Mali | 44.84 | 2018 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 131 | Equatorial Guinea | 43.98 | 2015 | up 605.7% | rising |
| 132 | Kuwait | 43.92 | 2021 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 133 | Cameroon | 43.9 | 2019 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 134 | Belize | 43.45 | 2021 | down 45.6% | rising |
| 135 | Bahamas | 43.31 | 2019 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 136 | Ethiopia | 42.07 | 2021 | up 570.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 41.37 | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 138 | Syria | 39.59 | 2013 | down 27.8% | flat |
| 139 | Lesotho | 38.66 | 2019 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 140 | Armenia | 38.14 | 2021 | down 19.1% | flat |
| 141 | Egypt | 36.72 | 2019 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 142 | Samoa | 34.87 | 2021 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 143 | North Macedonia | 34.78 | 2020 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31.36 | 2021 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 145 | Congo | 29.46 | 2018 | up 80.6% | rising |
| 146 | Eritrea | 27.21 | 2019 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 147 | Cote d'Ivoire | 22.52 | 2021 | up 38.6% | falling |
| 148 | Botswana | 21.33 | 2015 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 149 | Burkina Faso | 21.28 | 2021 | up 828.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Niger | 20.71 | 2021 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 151 | Senegal | 17.79 | 2021 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 152 | Chad | 16.93 | 2021 | up 98.3% | rising |
| 153 | Djibouti | 14.87 | 2021 | up 97.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Micronesia (country) | 12.6 | 2021 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 155 | Tajikistan | 12.5 | 2017 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 156 | Myanmar | 11.77 | 2018 | up 94.0% | rising |