Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age, rural, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
41
Highest
99.3%
Costa Rica
Lowest
30.0%
Côte d’Ivoire
Median
80.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
437
What the numbers show
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age, rural, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 99.3% in Costa Rica; the lowest is 30.0% in Côte d’Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 80.3%, and the mean is 74.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 693.3%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of the Congo (down 21.5%).
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 99.3% | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 2 | South Africa | 97.8% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 3 | Brazil | 97.6% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 4 | Peru | 97.3% | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 5 | Uruguay | 97.2% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 6 | Mexico | 96.6% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 7 | Colombia | 95.3% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 94.4% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 9 | Chile | 94.1% | 2022 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan | 92.8% | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 11 | El Salvador | 92.4% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 12 | Kenya | 89.2% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 13 | Tunisia | 88.0% | 2024 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 14 | Thailand | 86.7% | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 15 | Lesotho | 85.9% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 16 | Rwanda | 85.3% | 2022 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 17 | Paraguay | 84.8% | 2024 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 18 | Ghana | 84.2% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 84.1% | 2022 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 20 | Bolivia | 81.3% | 2021 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 80.3% | 2019 | up 693.3% | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 79.0% | 2021 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 23 | Honduras | 78.6% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 24 | Ecuador | 76.4% | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 74.1% | 2019 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Panama | 74.1% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 27 | Armenia | 71.7% | 2023 | up 686.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Malawi | 71.1% | 2020 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Mongolia | 70.4% | 2022 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 30 | Zambia | 62.5% | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 31 | Gambia | 62.4% | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 32 | Tanzania | 62.3% | 2022 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 33 | Cambodia | 60.2% | 2020 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 34 | Benin | 52.2% | 2021 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 35 | Cameroon | 49.6% | 2018 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 36 | Nigeria | 47.5% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 37 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 38.6% | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 38 | Mali | 37.0% | 2024 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 39 | Senegal | 33.3% | 2023 | up 186.5% | rising |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 32.4% | 2022 | up 108.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Côte d’Ivoire | 30.0% | 2022 | up 67.6% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release