Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
135
Highest
100.0%
Austria
Lowest
19.6%
Mali
Median
94.8%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
2,264
What the numbers show
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%) is currently reported for 135 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Austria; the lowest is 19.6% in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 94.8%, and the mean is 85.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 85.5%), and the largest decrease in Tunisia (down 26.5%).
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 100.0% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 100.0% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Russia | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ukraine | 100.0% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 100.0% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 14 | Czechia | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 15 | Slovakia | 99.8% | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 16 | Belarus | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 17 | Estonia | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | Slovenia | 99.8% | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 19 | Malta | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 20 | Latvia | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 21 | Hungary | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 22 | Norway | 99.8% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Ireland | 99.7% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 24 | Poland | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 25 | Switzerland | 99.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Georgia | 99.7% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 27 | Cook Islands | 99.7% | 2020 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 28 | Croatia | 99.6% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 29 | Andorra | 99.6% | 2022 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 30 | Armenia | 99.6% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 31 | Australia | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 32 | Moldova | 99.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 33 | Serbia | 99.5% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 34 | Albania | 99.4% | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 35 | Lithuania | 99.4% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 36 | South Korea | 99.4% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 37 | Oman | 99.4% | 2022 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 38 | Trinidad and Tobago | 99.3% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 99.3% | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 40 | Montenegro | 99.3% | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 99.3% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 42 | United States | 99.1% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 43 | Romania | 99.1% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 44 | Cayman Islands | 99.1% | 2015 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 45 | Jamaica | 98.9% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 46 | Italy | 98.6% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 47 | Bahamas | 98.6% | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 48 | Greece | 98.5% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 98.5% | 2023 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 98.2% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 51 | Cyprus | 98.0% | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 52 | Netherlands | 97.9% | 2022 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 53 | Mauritius | 97.9% | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 54 | Seychelles | 97.7% | 2020 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 55 | Israel | 97.3% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 56 | Portugal | 97.0% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 57 | Grenada | 97.0% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 97.0% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 59 | Canada | 96.6% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 60 | Venezuela | 96.5% | 2017 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96.3% | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 96.3% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 63 | Belgium | 96.0% | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 64 | Malaysia | 96.0% | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 65 | Tonga | 95.9% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 66 | Spain | 95.5% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 67 | Mongolia | 94.8% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 68 | Saudi Arabia | 94.8% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 69 | Turkey | 94.3% | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 70 | Jordan | 93.9% | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 71 | Puerto Rico | 93.7% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 72 | Uruguay | 93.7% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 73 | Palestine | 93.6% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 74 | Belize | 93.6% | 2022 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 75 | Kiribati | 93.6% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 76 | Chile | 93.4% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 77 | Brunei | 92.7% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 78 | Singapore | 92.3% | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 79 | Macao | 92.1% | 2016 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 80 | Samoa | 91.8% | 2019 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 81 | Iran | 91.4% | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 82 | Fiji | 90.9% | 2021 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 83 | Vietnam | 90.3% | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 84 | South Africa | 90.0% | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 85 | Qatar | 89.8% | 2022 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 86 | Panama | 89.2% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 87 | Bahrain | 88.6% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 88.1% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 89 | Argentina | 87.8% | 2022 | — | rising |
| 90 | Mexico | 87.0% | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 91 | Indonesia | 86.6% | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 86.6% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 93 | Ecuador | 85.2% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 94 | Philippines | 84.2% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 95 | Kenya | 83.5% | 2024 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 96 | Colombia | 82.5% | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 97 | Peru | 81.5% | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 98 | Paraguay | 81.4% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 99 | Nigeria | 81.2% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 100 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 80.7% | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 101 | Botswana | 80.7% | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 102 | Zimbabwe | 80.6% | 2019 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 103 | Thailand | 79.7% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 104 | Brazil | 79.0% | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 77.4% | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 106 | India | 77.1% | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 107 | Bolivia | 76.0% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 108 | Ghana | 75.9% | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 109 | Egypt | 74.9% | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 110 | Tanzania | 72.6% | 2022 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 111 | Algeria | 70.4% | 2019 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 112 | El Salvador | 68.7% | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 113 | Angola | 66.1% | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 114 | Honduras | 63.7% | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 115 | Tunisia | 63.1% | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 116 | Liberia | 63.0% | 2019 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 117 | Pakistan | 60.3% | 2021 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 118 | Guatemala | 60.0% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 119 | Kuwait | 59.8% | 2018 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 120 | Nepal | 59.0% | 2021 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 121 | Togo | 58.3% | 2022 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 122 | Malawi | 57.7% | 2020 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Bangladesh | 57.7% | 2022 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 124 | Cambodia | 57.0% | 2023 | up 85.5% | falling |
| 125 | Uganda | 52.3% | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 126 | Rwanda | 47.7% | 2022 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 127 | Sierra Leone | 44.8% | 2019 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 128 | Mozambique | 41.6% | 2022 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 39.6% | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 130 | Afghanistan | 32.4% | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 131 | Senegal | 32.1% | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 132 | Benin | 31.0% | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 133 | Burkina Faso | 26.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 134 | Niger | 23.2% | 2022 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 135 | Mali | 19.6% | 2022 | down 11.7% | rising |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release