Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age, second quintile, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
32
Highest
100.0%
Costa Rica
Lowest
26.6%
Mali
Median
85.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
381
What the numbers show
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary entry age, second quintile, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Costa Rica; the lowest is 26.6% in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 85.4%, and the mean is 76.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 712.9%), and the largest decrease in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (down 23.9%).
Adjusted net attendance rate, one year before the official primary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica | 100.0% | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 3 | Peru | 97.5% | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 4 | Mexico | 97.0% | 2022 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 96.6% | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 6 | El Salvador | 95.2% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 95.2% | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 8 | Chile | 95.0% | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 9 | Kyrgyz Republic | 94.8% | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 10 | Venezuela, República Bolivariana de | 94.5% | 2014 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 86.9% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 12 | Paraguay | 86.5% | 2024 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 13 | Lesotho, Kingdom of | 86.3% | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 14 | Ecuador | 86.1% | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 15 | Panama | 85.8% | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 16 | Ghana | 85.6% | 2022 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 17 | Bolivia | 85.2% | 2021 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 84.1% | 2022 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 19 | Honduras | 82.0% | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 20 | Thailand | 79.6% | 2023 | down 16.6% | flat |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 78.0% | 2019 | up 712.9% | rising |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 74.8% | 2019 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Malawi | 67.3% | 2020 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Gambia, The | 66.7% | 2020 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 25 | Zambia | 63.5% | 2023 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 26 | Cameroon | 57.4% | 2018 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 27 | Nigeria | 53.4% | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 28 | Benin | 44.9% | 2021 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 29 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 38.5% | 2024 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 30 | Senegal | 33.9% | 2023 | up 150.1% | rising |
| 31 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.4% | 2022 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 32 | Mali | 26.6% | 2024 | up 55.6% | flat |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release