Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
43
Highest
99.6%
Costa Rica
Lowest
33.1%
Cote d'Ivoire
Median
84.7%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
463
What the numbers show
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age, male (%) is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 99.6% in Costa Rica; the lowest is 33.1% in Cote d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 84.7%, and the mean is 78.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 853.1%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 18.0%).
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 99.6% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 2 | Uruguay | 99.2% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 3 | Peru | 97.8% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 97.4% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 5 | Mexico | 96.2% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 6 | South Africa | 96.1% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 7 | Tunisia | 94.8% | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 94.6% | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 9 | El Salvador | 93.8% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 10 | Chile | 93.6% | 2022 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 11 | Venezuela | 92.2% | 2014 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 12 | Colombia | 91.7% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 91.5% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 14 | Lesotho | 91.0% | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 15 | Kenya | 90.5% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 16 | Ghana | 88.7% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 17 | Thailand | 88.5% | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 18 | Paraguay | 87.4% | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 19 | Bolivia | 86.7% | 2021 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 20 | United States | 85.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 21 | Rwanda | 85.1% | 2022 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 22 | Mongolia | 84.7% | 2022 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 23 | Togo | 84.5% | 2021 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 24 | Ecuador | 82.7% | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 82.3% | 2022 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 82.0% | 2019 | up 831.0% | rising |
| 27 | Panama | 80.6% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 28 | Armenia | 79.5% | 2023 | up 853.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 76.6% | 2019 | up 80.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Honduras | 74.9% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 31 | Malawi | 69.1% | 2020 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Zambia | 67.4% | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 33 | Tanzania | 67.3% | 2022 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 34 | Cameroon | 66.8% | 2018 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 35 | Gambia | 61.0% | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 36 | Benin | 60.5% | 2021 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 37 | Cambodia | 57.8% | 2020 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Nigeria | 53.4% | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 39 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 47.0% | 2024 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 40 | Mali | 45.1% | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 41 | Senegal | 40.3% | 2023 | up 141.8% | rising |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 38.2% | 2022 | up 124.1% | rising |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 33.1% | 2022 | up 6.0% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release