Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entry age, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
166
Highest
100.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
3.3%
Yemen
Median
86.9%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
6,885
What the numbers show
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entry age, female (%) is currently reported for 166 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 3.3% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 86.9%, and the mean is 77.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 31.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 253.5%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 50.5%).
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 100.0% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 1 | Mexico | 100.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 1 | Peru | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 11 | Dominica | 99.7% | 2022 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 12 | Greece | 99.6% | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 13 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.6% | 2024 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 14 | Lithuania | 99.6% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 99.4% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 16 | San Marino | 99.2% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 17 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98.9% | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 18 | Netherlands | 98.8% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 19 | Sweden | 98.8% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 20 | Mongolia | 98.7% | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 21 | Croatia | 98.6% | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 22 | Republic of Moldova | 98.6% | 2015 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 98.5% | 2014 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 24 | Switzerland | 98.5% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 25 | Belgium | 98.4% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Colombia | 98.3% | 2018 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 27 | Germany | 98.3% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 28 | Spain | 98.3% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 29 | Latvia | 98.2% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 30 | Marshall Islands | 97.8% | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 31 | Norway | 97.7% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 32 | Austria | 97.7% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Israel | 97.7% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 34 | Hong Kong | 97.7% | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 35 | Denmark | 97.2% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 36 | Cuba | 97.0% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 37 | Iceland | 96.8% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 38 | Ireland | 96.8% | 2022 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 39 | Naoero | 96.4% | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 40 | Finland | 96.2% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 41 | Liechtenstein | 96.2% | 2021 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 42 | Andorra | 96.1% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 43 | Belarus | 96.1% | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 44 | Türkiye | 96.0% | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 45 | Ecuador | 95.8% | 2022 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 46 | Slovenia | 95.4% | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 47 | Argentina | 95.0% | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 48 | Australia | 94.9% | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 49 | Italy | 94.9% | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 94.8% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 51 | Hungary | 94.7% | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 52 | Republic of Korea | 94.6% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 53 | Brazil | 94.4% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 94.4% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 55 | Malta | 94.0% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 56 | Namibia | 93.8% | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 57 | Kenya | 93.8% | 2023 | up 100.7% | rising |
| 58 | Canada | 93.5% | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 59 | Czechia | 93.4% | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 60 | Slovakia | 93.2% | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 61 | Albania | 93.1% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 62 | Ghana | 92.9% | 2021 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 63 | Jamaica | 92.6% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 64 | Cayman Islands | 92.5% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 65 | Mauritius | 92.4% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 66 | Estonia | 92.4% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 67 | Thailand | 90.6% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 68 | Oman | 90.6% | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 69 | Indonesia | 90.5% | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 70 | Puerto Rico | 89.6% | 2024 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 71 | Togo | 89.4% | 2019 | up 153.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Seychelles | 89.3% | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 73 | Uruguay | 88.6% | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 74 | Morocco | 88.5% | 2024 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 75 | Macao | 88.3% | 2024 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 76 | Suriname | 88.1% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 77 | Lebanon | 88.1% | 2024 | up 16.9% | flat |
| 78 | Chile | 88.0% | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 79 | Serbia | 87.6% | 2022 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 80 | Fiji | 87.4% | 2024 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 81 | United States of America | 87.4% | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 87.1% | 2025 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 83 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 87.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 84 | Gibraltar | 86.8% | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 85 | Cape Verde | 86.3% | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 86 | Maldives | 86.0% | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 87 | New Zealand | 85.8% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 88 | El Salvador | 85.8% | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 85.6% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 90 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 85.6% | 2017 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 91 | Malaysia | 85.0% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 92 | Montenegro | 84.8% | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 93 | Guatemala | 84.1% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 94 | Russian Federation | 83.4% | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 83.3% | 2024 | up 203.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Tonga | 82.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Qatar | 82.0% | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 98 | Vanuatu | 81.6% | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 99 | Romania | 80.6% | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 100 | Rwanda | 80.0% | 2024 | up 79.2% | rising |
| 101 | Algeria | 79.6% | 2025 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 79.4% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 103 | South Africa | 78.9% | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 104 | Brunei Darussalam | 78.0% | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 105 | Belize | 77.9% | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 106 | Panama | 77.7% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 107 | Guyana | 77.0% | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 108 | Philippines | 76.7% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 109 | Barbados | 76.7% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 110 | Grenada | 76.2% | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 111 | Ukraine | 75.9% | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 112 | Nepal | 75.8% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 113 | Paraguay | 75.5% | 2024 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | 74.0% | 2025 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 115 | Cambodia | 73.9% | 2024 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 116 | Uzbekistan | 72.7% | 2024 | up 154.3% | rising |
| 117 | British Virgin Islands | 72.1% | 2024 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 118 | Jordan | 71.6% | 2024 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 119 | Palestine, State of | 70.1% | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 120 | Madagascar | 68.8% | 2024 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 121 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 68.8% | 2024 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 122 | Bahrain | 68.5% | 2024 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 123 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 67.2% | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Gambia | 66.6% | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 125 | Saudi Arabia | 66.0% | 2024 | up 71.7% | rising |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 65.7% | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 127 | Liberia | 65.6% | 2022 | down 23.9% | flat |
| 128 | Papua New Guinea | 65.4% | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 129 | Sierra Leone | 65.1% | 2024 | up 97.9% | rising |
| 130 | Timor-Leste | 61.7% | 2020 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 131 | Ethiopia | 61.3% | 2024 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 132 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 60.8% | 2020 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 133 | Honduras | 60.1% | 2024 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 134 | Montserrat | 59.3% | 2023 | up 58.0% | falling |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 57.1% | 2024 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 136 | Botswana | 56.7% | 2022 | up 103.2% | rising |
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | 55.9% | 2015 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 138 | Solomon Islands | 54.1% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 139 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 53.6% | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 140 | Angola | 51.5% | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 141 | North Macedonia | 51.3% | 2023 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 142 | Bahamas | 50.1% | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 143 | Syria | 46.8% | 2024 | up 40.1% | falling |
| 144 | Kuwait | 46.3% | 2021 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 145 | Guinea | 45.4% | 2020 | up 95.1% | rising |
| 146 | Tokelau | 43.5% | 2025 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 147 | Bhutan | 43.1% | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Cameroon | 41.1% | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 149 | Comoros | 40.9% | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Egypt | 37.7% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 151 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.5% | 2023 | up 173.7% | rising |
| 152 | Eritrea | 36.7% | 2022 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 153 | Armenia | 32.0% | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 154 | Samoa | 31.8% | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 155 | Lesotho | 30.8% | 2020 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 156 | Burundi | 28.7% | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 157 | Senegal | 28.2% | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 158 | Mali | 27.7% | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 159 | Côte d'Ivoire | 25.2% | 2024 | up 61.6% | falling |
| 160 | Niger | 20.3% | 2024 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 161 | Chad | 17.5% | 2024 | up 135.4% | rising |
| 162 | Iraq | 16.8% | 2007 | up 253.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Burkina Faso | 16.0% | 2024 | up 74.7% | rising |
| 164 | Myanmar | 12.3% | 2018 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 165 | Tajikistan | 10.4% | 2017 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 166 | Yemen | 3.3% | 2016 | down 8.0% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- WB: Euro Area 98.0%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 98.0%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 97.2%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 97.1%
- WB: European Union 97.1%
- WB: South Asia 95.4%
- WB: South Asia (ida & Ibrd) 95.4%
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 94.8%
- WB: Oecd Members 94.7%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 94.2%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 93.8%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (excluding High Income) 93.2%
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 93.1%
- UNICEF: South Asia 93.1%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 92.1%
- ECLAC: Latin America (unsdcode:98302) 91.9%
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 91.9%
- MDG: Latin America 91.8%
- UNICEF: Latin America and Caribbean 91.7%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean 91.7%
- ECLAC: All Countries (unsdcode:98300) 91.7%
- ESCAP: Latin America (lac) (unsdcode:98424) 91.7%
- MDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 91.7%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 91.7%
- UIS: Latin America and the Caribbean 91.7%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 91.7%
- WB: Latin America & Caribbean (ida & Ibrd) 91.7%
- AIMS: South and West Asia 91.7%
- MDG: Southern Asia 91.7%
- SDG: Southern Asia 91.7%
- UIS: South and West Asia 91.7%
- SDG: Europe 91.6%
- MDG: Caribbean 91.4%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 90.8%
- MDG: Developed Regions 90.5%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 90.1%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 89.9%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 89.9%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 89.5%
- MDG: Eastern Asia (excluding China) 88.6%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release