Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age, rural, poorest quintile, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
31
Highest
100.0%
Uruguay
Lowest
20.6%
Côte d'Ivoire
Median
75.2%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
364
What the numbers show
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age, rural, poorest quintile, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Uruguay; the lowest is 20.6% in Côte d'Ivoire.
The median across all reporting countries is 75.2%, and the mean is 68.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 464.1%), and the largest decrease in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (down 26.1%).
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 98.7% | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 98.6% | 2024 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 4 | Peru | 97.3% | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 95.7% | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 6 | Mexico | 94.7% | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.4% | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 8 | Chile | 93.1% | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 9 | Thailand | 88.1% | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 10 | El Salvador | 86.9% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 11 | Paraguay | 81.7% | 2024 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 12 | Colombia | 78.6% | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 77.6% | 2022 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 14 | Ecuador | 77.3% | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 15 | Lesotho | 75.4% | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 16 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 75.2% | 2021 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 17 | Honduras | 73.6% | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 70.2% | 2019 | up 464.1% | rising |
| 19 | Sierra Leone | 69.1% | 2019 | up 107.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Malawi | 63.8% | 2020 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Ghana | 62.3% | 2022 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 22 | Panama | 61.5% | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 23 | Gambia | 56.3% | 2020 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 24 | Zambia | 53.5% | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 25 | Benin | 34.2% | 2021 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 26 | Nigeria | 34.0% | 2021 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 27 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 32.9% | 2024 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 28 | Senegal | 29.5% | 2023 | up 223.8% | rising |
| 29 | Cameroon | 29.5% | 2018 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 30 | Mali | 21.0% | 2024 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 31 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20.6% | 2022 | up 59.7% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release