Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
43
Highest
99.5%
Uruguay
Lowest
34.4%
Cote d'Ivoire
Median
83.9%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
463
What the numbers show
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 99.5% in Uruguay; the lowest is 34.4% in Cote d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 83.9%, and the mean is 79.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 862.0%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 14.5%).
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 99.2% | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 3 | Peru | 98.3% | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 97.8% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 5 | Mexico | 96.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 6 | South Africa | 96.5% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 7 | Tunisia | 95.1% | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 8 | El Salvador | 94.9% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 9 | Colombia | 94.4% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 10 | Chile | 94.2% | 2022 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 11 | Venezuela | 93.2% | 2014 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 92.0% | 2023 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 91.3% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 90.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 15 | Paraguay | 89.5% | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 16 | Lesotho | 89.5% | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 17 | Ghana | 89.2% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 87.6% | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 19 | Rwanda | 86.5% | 2022 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 20 | United States | 86.1% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Bolivia | 85.8% | 2021 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 83.9% | 2021 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 83.8% | 2022 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 24 | Panama | 82.6% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 25 | Mongolia | 82.5% | 2022 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 26 | Ecuador | 82.3% | 2024 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 81.0% | 2019 | up 819.0% | rising |
| 28 | Honduras | 78.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 78.4% | 2019 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Armenia | 77.4% | 2023 | up 862.0% | rising |
| 31 | Malawi | 72.2% | 2020 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Zambia | 71.1% | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 33 | Tanzania | 68.6% | 2022 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 34 | Cameroon | 65.0% | 2018 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 35 | Gambia | 64.9% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 36 | Cambodia | 60.9% | 2020 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Benin | 59.9% | 2021 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 38 | Nigeria | 54.0% | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 39 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 48.4% | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 40 | Mali | 44.5% | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 41 | Senegal | 42.7% | 2023 | up 136.1% | rising |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 39.8% | 2022 | up 124.1% | rising |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 34.4% | 2022 | up 11.7% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release