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Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children) by country

Adjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.

Countries reporting
165
Highest
100.0%
Malaysia
Lowest
18.0%
Somalia
Median
94.9%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,568

What the numbers show

Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Malaysia; the lowest is 18.0% in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 94.9%, and the mean is 90.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 88.3%), and the largest decrease in Congo, Democratic Republic of the (down 48.0%).

Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malaysia 100.0% 2014 up 0.7% rising
2 Norway 99.9% 2014 up 0.6% flat
3 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99.7% 2017 up 2.2% flat
4 Ireland 99.7% 2001 up 13.1% falling
5 Iceland 99.6% 2016 up 1.9% flat
6 Fiji 99.4% 2015 up 0.6% flat
7 Barbados 99.2% 2018 up 0.8% flat
8 Canada 99.2% 1998 up 3.7% flat
9 Trinidad and Tobago 99.1% 2010 up 1.2% rising
10 France 99.1% 2016 up 3.8% flat
11 Switzerland 99.1% 2012 — rising
12 Seychelles 99.1% 2002 up 12.0% rising
13 Belize 99.0% 2013 up 6.4% flat
14 Bahrain 99.0% 2018 up 11.1% rising
15 Belgium 99.0% 2017 up 2.0% flat
16 Iraq 98.9% 2004 up 19.4% rising
17 Sweden 98.7% 2008 down 0.7% flat
18 Netherlands 98.6% 2017 — rising
19 Finland 98.6% 2017 up 1.4% flat
20 Denmark 98.4% 2015 up 3.0% flat
21 Iran, Islamic Republic of 98.4% 2012 down 1.1% rising
22 Egypt 98.3% 2012 up 7.0% rising
23 Tajikistan 98.3% 2016 down 0.7% flat
24 Sri Lanka 98.3% 2014 down 1.2% flat
25 Thailand 98.3% 2009 — rising
26 New Zealand 98.2% 2016 — flat
27 Oman 98.1% 2011 up 22.0% rising
28 Portugal 98.1% 2017 — rising
29 Serbia 98.0% 2018 down 0.7% flat
30 Algeria 98.0% 2008 up 8.5% rising
31 Cuba 98.0% 2018 up 0.6% flat
32 Greece 98.0% 2017 up 1.8% rising
33 Brunei Darussalam 97.8% 1995 up 28.0% rising
34 Kyrgyzstan 97.8% 2012 up 4.0% flat
35 Luxembourg 97.7% 2015 up 0.4% rising
36 Georgia 97.7% 2016 down 0.5% flat
37 Côte d'Ivoire 97.6% 2018 up 59.5% rising
38 Malta 97.6% 1997 up 3.1% rising
39 Republic of Korea 97.6% 2017 down 0.1% flat
40 Uzbekistan 97.6% 2014 up 4.6% flat
41 Slovenia 97.6% 2014 down 1.7% flat
42 Tonga 97.5% 1999 up 6.5% flat
43 Tunisia 97.5% 2009 up 3.0% rising
44 Mongolia 97.4% 2015 up 6.1% rising
45 Cyprus 97.4% 2017 down 1.5% rising
46 Italy 97.3% 2017 — flat
47 Colombia 97.3% 2018 up 3.4% rising
48 Togo 97.2% 2018 up 0.5% rising
49 Saint Lucia 97.1% 2018 up 0.7% rising
50 Poland 97.0% 2017 up 4.1% flat
51 Spain 97.0% 2017 — flat
52 Qatar 97.0% 2018 up 7.7% rising
53 India 97.0% 2013 up 8.8% rising
54 Guyana 97.0% 2010 up 5.4% rising
55 Palestine, State of 97.0% 2018 up 12.8% rising
56 Cameroon 97.0% 2017 up 2.7% rising
57 Uruguay 97.0% 2014 down 1.5% rising
58 Morocco 96.9% 2017 up 6.1% rising
59 Russian Federation 96.7% 2016 up 5.1% flat
60 Brazil 96.7% 2015 down 0.9% flat
61 Indonesia 96.6% 2018 down 0.4% rising
62 Costa Rica 96.6% 2017 — rising
63 Benin 96.5% 2008 up 25.2% rising
64 Hungary 96.4% 2017 up 0.3% rising
65 Latvia 96.4% 2017 down 1.0% flat
66 Macau, China 96.4% 2018 up 11.9% rising
67 British Virgin Islands 96.3% 2013 up 15.6% rising
68 Australia 96.1% 2017 up 2.3% flat
69 Peru 96.1% 2015 down 1.5% rising
70 Croatia 95.9% 2011 down 0.7% flat
71 Montenegro 95.8% 2017 up 0.2% flat
72 North Macedonia 95.7% 2017 up 3.7% flat
73 Grenada 95.7% 2005 — rising
74 United States of America 95.6% 2017 down 3.6% flat
75 Mozambique 95.4% 2018 up 4.4% rising
76 Belarus 95.3% 2018 up 2.8% rising
77 Saudi Arabia 95.2% 2018 down 2.1% rising
78 Türkiye 95.2% 2017 down 4.7% flat
79 Namibia 95.1% 2012 up 4.2% rising
80 Nicaragua 95.1% 2010 up 13.5% rising
81 Rwanda 95.0% 2018 up 12.7% rising
82 Mauritius 94.9% 2013 up 1.3% rising
83 Philippines 94.9% 2017 up 9.9% flat
84 Chile 94.8% 2017 down 1.2% flat
85 Bermuda 94.7% 2012 — rising
86 Bangladesh 94.5% 2008 — rising
87 Maldives 94.5% 2017 down 2.8% flat
88 Cape Verde 94.4% 2018 down 3.1% flat
89 Aruba 94.3% 2009 down 3.1% flat
90 Uganda 94.2% 2013 — rising
91 Timor-Leste 94.1% 2018 up 10.0% rising
92 Sao Tome and Principe 94.0% 2017 up 5.6% flat
93 Albania 93.9% 2013 up 2.9% falling
94 Dominican Republic 93.7% 2018 up 9.1% rising
95 Hong Kong, China 93.5% 1996 down 2.1% flat
96 Estonia 93.4% 2017 — rising
97 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 93.3% 2018 down 3.8% flat
98 Ecuador 93.1% 2008 down 3.0% rising
99 Azerbaijan 92.8% 2018 up 10.1% flat
100 Lao People's Democratic Republic 92.3% 2018 up 2.3% rising
101 United Arab Emirates 92.0% 2012 up 11.5% rising
102 Burundi 92.0% 2018 down 1.0% rising
103 Angola 91.8% 2011 up 88.3% rising
104 Vanuatu 91.8% 2015 down 6.2% rising
105 Ukraine 91.1% 2014 up 1.2% flat
106 Armenia 91.0% 2018 down 5.1% rising
107 Cambodia 90.7% 2018 down 6.1% flat
108 Lesotho 90.5% 2016 up 7.0% rising
109 South Africa 90.3% 2017 down 3.4% rising
110 China 90.3% 1997 down 6.6% falling
111 Germany 89.8% 2016 up 2.3% flat
112 Yemen 89.7% 2016 up 2.8% rising
113 Dominica 89.7% 2009 down 0.8% flat
114 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 89.6% 2017 down 4.2% flat
115 Myanmar 89.6% 2010 down 1.3% rising
116 Republic of Moldova 89.5% 2018 down 1.6% falling
117 Bhutan 89.4% 2018 up 12.8% rising
118 Zimbabwe 89.1% 2003 up 6.8% rising
119 Guatemala 88.9% 2018 down 7.1% rising
120 Ethiopia 88.3% 2015 up 37.0% rising
121 Austria 88.1% 2016 up 0.5% falling
122 Bulgaria 88.0% 2017 down 9.2% falling
123 Paraguay 87.7% 2012 down 9.3% rising
124 Botswana 87.3% 2012 up 1.5% rising
125 Panama 87.1% 2017 down 12.3% rising
126 Ghana 86.2% 2019 up 2.8% rising
127 Nepal 86.0% 2004 up 15.6% flat
128 Romania 85.6% 2017 down 11.1% rising
129 Congo 85.5% 2012 up 81.0% falling
130 Guinea 85.4% 2016 up 20.4% rising
131 Suriname 84.4% 2018 down 2.9% falling
132 Kuwait 84.1% 2018 down 7.3% rising
133 Zambia 83.2% 2017 down 9.4% rising
134 San Marino 83.2% 2000 down 2.4% flat
135 Eswatini 82.7% 2017 up 0.3% rising
136 Chad 82.6% 2016 up 21.7% rising
137 Slovakia 82.2% 2017 down 4.6% flat
138 Comoros 81.8% 2018 down 0.3% rising
139 Jordan 81.6% 2018 down 5.3% falling
140 El Salvador 81.1% 2018 down 15.5% rising
141 Jamaica 81.0% 2018 down 12.4% falling
142 Tanzania, United Republic of 80.6% 2018 down 18.7% rising
143 Burkina Faso 80.2% 2018 up 22.7% rising
144 Honduras 79.6% 2017 down 4.9% flat
145 Kenya 79.5% 2012 up 32.6% rising
146 Mauritania 79.2% 2018 up 10.9% rising
147 Gambia 78.0% 2018 up 21.4% rising
148 Madagascar 78.0% 2003 up 50.3% flat
149 Puerto Rico 77.3% 2016 down 11.6% falling
150 Guinea-Bissau 74.5% 2010 up 29.0% rising
151 Pakistan 73.9% 2018 up 5.2% flat
152 Bahamas 73.5% 2018 down 15.0% falling
153 Syrian Arab Republic 73.0% 2013 down 26.8% falling
154 Central African Republic 72.3% 2011 up 32.0% falling
155 Senegal 72.3% 2017 up 3.6% rising
156 Nigeria 71.7% 2010 down 0.2% flat
157 Niger 71.3% 2017 up 42.0% rising
158 Djibouti 67.0% 2019 up 39.9% rising
159 Sudan 62.4% 2017 up 0.4% flat
160 Mali 62.0% 2018 down 5.9% rising
161 Haiti 58.8% 1997 up 38.6% rising
162 Eritrea 54.2% 2018 down 31.7% rising
163 Equatorial Guinea 43.8% 2015 down 38.0% falling
164 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 37.7% 1999 down 48.0% falling
165 Somalia 18.0% 1980 — falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children)
Unit
% of primary school age children
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
201 places, 3,568 data points, 1970–2019
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Adjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.