Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 25+ years, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
137
Highest
100.0%
Albania
Lowest
17.5%
Niger
Median
97.1%
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
1,785
What the numbers show
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 25+ years, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Albania; the lowest is 17.5% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.1%, and the mean is 89.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 93.1%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 28.6%).
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED) … both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 100.0% | 2023 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bermuda | 100.0% | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Canada | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Czechia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 100.0% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ireland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Azerbaijan | 99.9% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 35 | Cayman Islands | 99.8% | 2015 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 36 | Poland | 99.7% | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | United States | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 38 | Armenia | 99.7% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 39 | Georgia | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 40 | Moldova | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 41 | Uruguay | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 42 | Cook Islands | 99.4% | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 99.4% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 44 | Serbia | 99.3% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 45 | Qatar | 99.3% | 2022 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 46 | Kiribati | 99.2% | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 47 | Namibia | 99.1% | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 48 | Tajikistan | 99.0% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 49 | Chile | 98.8% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.8% | 2022 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 51 | Bahamas | 98.6% | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 52 | Tonga | 98.6% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 53 | Montenegro | 98.6% | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 54 | Saint Lucia | 98.5% | 2020 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 55 | United Arab Emirates | 98.3% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 56 | Puerto Rico | 98.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 57 | Indonesia | 98.0% | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 58 | Philippines | 98.0% | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 59 | South Korea | 97.9% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 97.8% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 97.8% | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 62 | Samoa | 97.7% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 63 | Brunei | 97.7% | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 64 | Paraguay | 97.6% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 65 | Fiji | 97.4% | 2021 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 66 | Palestine | 97.3% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 67 | Grenada | 97.2% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 97.1% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 69 | Cyprus | 97.1% | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 70 | Guyana | 97.1% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 97.1% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 72 | Macao | 96.7% | 2016 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 73 | South Africa | 96.7% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 74 | Vietnam | 96.6% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 75 | Argentina | 96.5% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 76 | Venezuela | 96.4% | 2017 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 77 | Panama | 96.3% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 96.0% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 79 | Mauritius | 95.9% | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 80 | Mongolia | 95.8% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | 95.8% | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 82 | Thailand | 95.6% | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 83 | Kuwait | 95.5% | 2018 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 84 | Brazil | 95.4% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 85 | Hong Kong | 95.4% | 2015 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 86 | Mexico | 95.0% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 87 | Bahrain | 94.9% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 88 | Bolivia | 94.9% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 89 | Saudi Arabia | 94.8% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 90 | Ecuador | 94.4% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 91 | Colombia | 94.3% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 92 | Peru | 94.3% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 93 | Jordan | 93.9% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 94 | Belize | 93.6% | 2022 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 95 | Lesotho | 92.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 96 | Eswatini | 91.9% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 97 | Turkey | 91.2% | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 98 | Zambia | 90.7% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 99 | Botswana | 89.9% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 100 | Myanmar | 89.0% | 2019 | — | rising |
| 101 | Honduras | 87.9% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 102 | Iran | 86.9% | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 103 | El Salvador | 86.8% | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 104 | Kenya | 86.3% | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 105 | Cambodia | 86.1% | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 106 | Rwanda | 84.8% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 107 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 84.2% | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 108 | Ghana | 82.9% | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 109 | Tunisia | 82.8% | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 110 | Malawi | 82.6% | 2020 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 111 | Laos | 80.8% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 112 | Syria | 79.1% | 2009 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 113 | Tanzania | 79.0% | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 114 | Egypt | 75.6% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 115 | Guatemala | 75.4% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 116 | Algeria | 75.4% | 2019 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 117 | Cameroon | 74.9% | 2018 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 118 | Nigeria | 74.9% | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 119 | Angola | 74.9% | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 120 | India | 74.2% | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 121 | Uganda | 72.8% | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 122 | Bangladesh | 72.0% | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 123 | Mozambique | 68.6% | 2022 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 124 | Haiti | 67.2% | 2017 | up 91.1% | rising |
| 125 | Togo | 63.3% | 2022 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 126 | Liberia | 60.8% | 2019 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 127 | Nepal | 59.2% | 2021 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Pakistan | 51.8% | 2021 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 47.9% | 2022 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 41.5% | 2019 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 131 | Senegal | 38.8% | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 132 | Benin | 37.7% | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 34.0% | 2024 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 134 | Afghanistan | 28.1% | 2022 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 135 | Guinea | 27.9% | 2018 | up 75.7% | rising |
| 136 | Mali | 27.3% | 2022 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 137 | Niger | 17.5% | 2022 | down 28.6% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release