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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 before the): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Liechtenstein 99.95 2020 up 3.8% flat
2 United Kingdom 99.94 2020 up 0.9% rising
3 Viet Nam 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 Republic of 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 Naoero 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 Darussalam 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, Plurinational State of 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 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, Bolivarian Republic of 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 Türkiye 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic 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 Timor-Leste 60.13 2020 up 9.2% falling
119 Palestine, State of 59.37 2021 up 12.9% rising
120 Marshall Islands 58.81 2021 down 6.4% falling
121 Tanzania, United Republic of 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 Syrian Arab Republic 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 Côte 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 (Federated States of) 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

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4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (%)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
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Coverage
156 places, 2,200 data points, 2000–2022
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