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Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary (% 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
183
Highest
100.0%
Vietnam
Lowest
14.5%
Somalia
Median
95.7%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
4,744

What the numbers show

Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary (% of primary school age children) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Vietnam; the lowest is 14.5% in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 95.7%, and the mean is 91.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 79.9%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 43.0%).

Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Vietnam 100.0% 2013 up 6.5% rising
2 Canada 100.0% 2016 — flat
3 Iceland 99.9% 2017 up 1.8% flat
4 Ireland 99.9% 2017 up 0.1% rising
5 Norway 99.9% 2017 up 0.8% flat
6 Iran 99.8% 2017 up 4.8% rising
7 Gibraltar 99.7% 2016 — rising
8 Algeria 99.6% 2018 up 2.4% rising
9 Uruguay 99.6% 2017 up 1.1% rising
10 Switzerland 99.6% 2017 up 0.3% rising
11 Lithuania 99.6% 2017 up 0.6% flat
12 United Kingdom 99.6% 2017 up 1.8% flat
13 Malta 99.6% 2017 up 0.4% rising
14 Malaysia 99.5% 2015 down 0.1% rising
15 Argentina 99.5% 2017 down 0.2% flat
16 France 99.5% 2017 up 0.3% flat
17 Fiji 99.4% 2016 up 0.3% rising
18 Sweden 99.4% 2017 up 3.3% flat
19 French Polynesia 99.4% 1996 up 6.5% rising
20 Liechtenstein 99.3% 2016 up 0.5% flat
21 Antigua and Barbuda 99.3% 2018 up 1.8% flat
22 Aruba 99.3% 2014 up 4.8% flat
23 Sri Lanka 99.3% 2018 up 4.1% rising
24 Grenada 99.2% 2018 up 0.5% rising
25 Georgia 99.2% 2018 up 0.6% flat
26 New Zealand 99.2% 2017 — flat
27 Mexico 99.2% 2017 down 0.4% rising
28 Morocco 99.2% 2018 up 9.8% rising
29 Belgium 99.1% 2017 up 1.9% flat
30 Tajikistan 99.1% 2017 up 0.7% flat
31 Netherlands 99.0% 2017 — rising
32 Belize 99.0% 2018 up 2.9% flat
33 Tonga 98.9% 2015 up 0.1% rising
34 Denmark 98.9% 2017 up 1.9% flat
35 Tunisia 98.8% 2013 down 0.1% rising
36 Trinidad and Tobago 98.8% 2010 up 0.5% rising
37 Kazakhstan 98.8% 2019 down 1.1% flat
38 United Arab Emirates 98.7% 2017 up 5.4% rising
39 Mongolia 98.7% 2018 up 0.5% rising
40 Finland 98.7% 2017 up 1.3% rising
41 Kyrgyzstan 98.7% 2018 up 3.6% rising
42 Peru 98.5% 2018 down 0.8% rising
43 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 98.5% 2017 down 0.3% flat
44 Egypt 98.5% 2018 up 4.6% rising
45 Barbados 98.4% 2018 down 0.4% flat
46 Luxembourg 98.4% 2017 up 0.0% rising
47 Slovenia 98.3% 2017 down 0.9% flat
48 Saint Lucia 98.3% 2018 up 3.4% flat
49 Malawi 98.2% 2009 up 0.2% flat
50 Serbia 98.2% 2018 down 0.3% flat
51 Greece 98.2% 2017 up 2.8% rising
52 Qatar 98.2% 2018 down 1.4% rising
53 Namibia 98.1% 2018 up 7.4% rising
54 Bahrain 98.1% 2018 up 6.8% rising
55 Thailand 98.1% 2009 — rising
56 Libya 98.1% 1983 up 7.7% rising
57 Myanmar 98.1% 2018 up 9.1% rising
58 Croatia 98.0% 2017 down 0.9% rising
59 Dominica 98.0% 2016 up 12.8% flat
60 Cuba 97.8% 2018 up 0.9% flat
61 Russia 97.8% 2017 up 4.6% flat
62 Cyprus 97.8% 2017 down 1.6% rising
63 Colombia 97.8% 2018 up 2.1% rising
64 India 97.7% 2013 up 10.5% rising
65 Portugal 97.7% 2017 down 1.4% rising
66 Ecuador 97.6% 2018 up 3.2% rising
67 Brazil 97.6% 2017 up 5.5% flat
68 South Korea 97.5% 2017 down 2.1% flat
69 Albania 97.4% 2018 up 12.3% flat
70 Costa Rica 97.4% 2018 down 2.0% rising
71 Spain 97.3% 2017 down 2.5% flat
72 Israel 97.3% 2017 up 0.0% flat
73 Guyana 97.3% 2012 up 6.5% rising
74 Italy 97.2% 2017 down 1.9% flat
75 Benin 97.2% 2018 up 7.8% rising
76 Poland 97.2% 2017 up 4.1% flat
77 Latvia 97.1% 2017 down 1.5% flat
78 Palestine 97.1% 2018 up 12.8% rising
79 Montenegro 96.9% 2018 up 0.8% flat
80 Madagascar 96.9% 2018 up 24.0% rising
81 Uzbekistan 96.8% 2018 up 3.2% rising
82 Hungary 96.5% 2017 up 0.4% rising
83 Australia 96.5% 2017 down 0.1% flat
84 Macao 96.4% 2018 up 12.0% rising
85 Nicaragua 96.3% 2010 up 13.1% rising
86 Nepal 96.3% 2019 down 3.1% rising
87 Hong Kong 96.3% 2018 down 3.0% rising
88 Saint Kitts and Nevis 96.2% 2016 down 3.4% flat
89 Kiribati 96.1% 2017 — flat
90 Brunei 96.1% 2018 down 1.2% rising
91 Samoa 95.7% 2018 down 2.7% flat
92 North Macedonia 95.7% 2017 up 4.7% flat
93 Uganda 95.6% 2013 — rising
94 United States 95.6% 2017 down 3.9% flat
95 Oman 95.5% 2018 down 3.4% rising
96 Maldives 95.4% 2017 down 1.9% flat
97 East Timor 95.4% 2018 up 13.7% rising
98 Rwanda 95.3% 2018 up 11.4% rising
99 Belarus 95.2% 2018 up 5.8% flat
100 Saudi Arabia 95.1% 2018 down 2.1% rising
101 Philippines 95.0% 2017 up 8.7% flat
102 Mauritius 95.0% 2018 down 1.7% rising
103 Bangladesh 95.0% 2010 down 2.4% rising
104 Turkey 94.9% 2017 down 3.7% rising
105 Chile 94.8% 2017 down 0.8% flat
106 Togo 94.7% 2018 up 3.7% rising
107 Zimbabwe 94.6% 2013 up 5.5% falling
108 Indonesia 94.4% 2018 down 1.8% rising
109 Sao Tome and Principe 94.0% 2017 up 4.8% flat
110 Estonia 93.9% 2017 down 5.2% flat
111 Mozambique 93.9% 2018 up 7.1% rising
112 San Marino 93.9% 2004 up 1.3% falling
113 Dominican Republic 93.9% 2018 up 8.4% rising
114 British Virgin Islands 93.8% 2014 down 1.5% flat
115 Cote d'Ivoire 93.7% 2018 up 67.8% rising
116 Cape Verde 93.5% 2018 down 3.1% flat
117 Burundi 93.4% 2018 up 1.0% rising
118 Bolivia 93.2% 2018 down 1.8% falling
119 Iraq 93.0% 2004 up 18.3% rising
120 Cameroon 92.9% 2017 up 10.0% rising
121 Seychelles 92.9% 2018 down 6.5% rising
122 Bermuda 92.7% 2012 down 4.9% rising
123 Azerbaijan 92.6% 2018 up 10.3% flat
124 South Africa 92.4% 2017 down 2.2% rising
125 Vanuatu 92.1% 2015 down 7.1% rising
126 Ukraine 92.0% 2014 up 2.5% flat
127 Laos 91.5% 2018 up 4.3% rising
128 Lesotho 91.2% 2016 up 5.5% rising
129 Armenia 90.8% 2018 down 6.4% rising
130 Cambodia 90.7% 2018 down 4.4% rising
131 Germany 90.4% 2017 up 1.7% rising
132 Bhutan 90.1% 2018 up 12.1% rising
133 Moldova 89.8% 2018 down 0.7% falling
134 Venezuela 89.7% 2017 down 4.5% rising
135 Czechia 89.4% 2017 up 0.1% flat
136 China 89.3% 1997 down 3.8% falling
137 Congo 89.3% 2012 up 72.3% falling
138 Guatemala 89.2% 2018 down 6.1% rising
139 Austria 88.6% 2017 up 0.5% flat
140 Botswana 88.3% 2012 up 0.8% rising
141 Kuwait 88.2% 2018 down 10.5% rising
142 Bulgaria 88.1% 2017 down 11.5% flat
143 Paraguay 87.8% 2012 down 9.6% rising
144 Panama 86.8% 2017 down 12.1% rising
145 Ghana 86.7% 2019 up 3.1% rising
146 Suriname 86.0% 2018 down 2.7% falling
147 Romania 85.7% 2017 down 11.1% rising
148 Ethiopia 85.2% 2015 up 39.2% rising
149 Zambia 85.1% 2017 down 7.2% rising
150 Yemen 84.4% 2016 up 9.7% rising
151 Slovakia 83.2% 2017 down 4.4% flat
152 Eswatini 82.6% 2017 up 0.6% rising
153 Tanzania 82.4% 2018 down 16.9% rising
154 Gambia 81.8% 2018 up 22.8% rising
155 Comoros 81.7% 2018 up 3.2% rising
156 El Salvador 81.6% 2018 down 15.0% rising
157 Angola 81.6% 2011 up 79.9% rising
158 Jamaica 81.4% 2018 down 12.3% falling
159 Kenya 81.2% 2012 up 35.0% rising
160 Jordan 81.0% 2018 down 6.6% falling
161 Honduras 80.5% 2017 down 4.8% flat
162 Mauritania 80.3% 2018 up 10.0% rising
163 Burkina Faso 79.3% 2018 up 30.1% volatile
164 Puerto Rico 78.8% 2016 down 12.5% falling
165 Guinea 78.1% 2016 up 19.1% rising
166 Senegal 76.5% 2017 up 8.9% rising
167 Bahamas 74.4% 2018 down 13.6% falling
168 Chad 73.5% 2016 up 27.5% rising
169 Guinea-Bissau 72.7% 2010 up 47.7% rising
170 Syria 72.2% 2013 down 26.6% rising
171 Pakistan 68.2% 2018 up 5.0% rising
172 Solomon Islands 67.5% 2018 down 16.3% falling
173 Djibouti 67.0% 2019 up 39.7% rising
174 Niger 66.5% 2017 up 51.8% rising
175 Nigeria 66.0% 2010 down 0.3% flat
176 Central African Republic 64.2% 2011 up 34.8% rising
177 Sudan 61.7% 2017 up 5.0% rising
178 Mali 58.9% 2018 down 1.9% rising
179 Haiti 58.1% 1997 up 36.6% rising
180 Eritrea 51.8% 2018 down 30.8% rising
181 Equatorial Guinea 44.3% 2015 down 34.5% falling
182 Democratic Republic of Congo 36.8% 1999 down 43.0% falling
183 Somalia 14.5% 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 (% 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
219 places, 4,744 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.