Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
199
Highest
146.0%
Sierra Leone
Lowest
40.4%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
99.4%
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
10,391

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 146.0% in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 40.4% in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 99.4%, and the mean is 97.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 62.9%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 34.5%).

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sierra Leone 146.0% 2024 up 45.6% rising
2 Aruba 134.9% 2024 up 25.3% rising
3 Monaco 131.7% 2024 down 11.4% falling
4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 130.4% 2023 up 13.0% rising
5 Turks and Caicos Islands 126.4% 2024 up 40.6% rising
6 Rwanda 123.0% 2024 up 9.8% rising
7 Nepal 118.2% 2024 down 4.1% rising
8 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 117.6% 2024 up 1.6% rising
9 Belgium 117.4% 2023 down 3.2% flat
10 Namibia 116.3% 2024 up 0.5% rising
11 Morocco 114.6% 2024 up 12.6% rising
12 Antigua and Barbuda 114.1% 2023 down 4.0% falling
13 Eswatini 113.6% 2016 up 16.1% rising
14 Peru 113.3% 2024 up 9.4% flat
15 Netherlands 113.3% 2023 up 8.2% falling
16 Sweden 113.2% 2024 down 1.8% rising
17 Algeria 113.0% 2024 down 8.0% rising
18 Portugal 112.0% 2023 down 0.1% falling
19 Venezuela 111.9% 2024 up 12.3% rising
20 Mauritius 111.5% 2024 up 9.5% rising
21 Fiji 110.6% 2024 up 14.3% rising
22 Mexico 110.3% 2024 down 3.1% flat
23 Sao Tome and Principe 109.7% 2017 up 5.3% flat
24 Cook Islands 109.4% 2024 up 9.7% rising
25 Albania 109.3% 2024 up 4.7% flat
26 Grenada 108.9% 2024 down 0.3% flat
27 Uzbekistan 108.6% 2025 up 14.0% flat
28 Costa Rica 108.4% 2024 down 2.5% rising
29 Tonga 108.2% 2024 down 5.5% flat
30 Moldova 107.9% 2024 up 2.0% rising
31 Democratic Republic of Congo 107.3% 2023 up 21.2% rising
32 Hong Kong 106.9% 2024 down 0.1% rising
33 Croatia 106.9% 2023 up 3.2% rising
34 Zambia 106.8% 2024 up 8.3% rising
35 Niue 106.7% 2024 up 14.4% rising
36 Spain 106.6% 2024 down 1.9% flat
37 Uruguay 106.6% 2023 down 4.5% flat
38 United Kingdom 106.1% 2023 down 1.4% rising
39 Denmark 106.0% 2024 down 0.5% flat
40 Colombia 106.0% 2022 down 6.4% flat
41 Cape Verde 105.8% 2022 down 3.4% flat
42 Libya 105.6% 2006 down 8.4% falling
43 Luxembourg 105.3% 2024 up 1.6% flat
44 Bhutan 105.2% 2024 up 5.0% rising
45 Montserrat 105.2% 2023 down 5.3% rising
46 Cyprus 105.1% 2024 up 6.4% flat
47 Brazil 105.0% 2024 down 3.2% flat
48 Botswana 104.8% 2022 up 0.1% flat
49 Myanmar 104.7% 2018 up 22.9% rising
50 Saudi Arabia 104.6% 2024 up 3.6% falling
51 East Timor 104.4% 2020 down 7.9% falling
52 Montenegro 104.4% 2023 up 7.6% falling
53 Argentina 104.3% 2023 down 12.2% flat
54 Palau 104.3% 2024 down 6.2% falling
55 United Arab Emirates 104.2% 2024 up 1.1% flat
56 Russia 103.6% 2023 up 9.7% rising
57 Anguilla 103.5% 2023 up 2.9% falling
58 Gibraltar 103.5% 2024 down 17.9% falling
59 Tunisia 103.4% 2023 down 1.9% flat
60 Marshall Islands 103.2% 2024 up 2.7% rising
61 Italy 103.0% 2023 up 0.0% flat
62 Turkey 103.0% 2023 down 7.3% rising
63 Australia 102.9% 2024 down 6.3% falling
64 Tuvalu 102.8% 2024 down 0.3% rising
65 Germany 102.8% 2024 up 0.7% flat
66 Greece 102.7% 2023 up 3.4% flat
67 India 102.5% 2025 up 4.4% rising
68 South Africa 102.2% 2023 down 1.5% rising
69 France 102.1% 2024 up 1.2% flat
70 Switzerland 102.1% 2024 down 1.2% falling
71 Liechtenstein 101.8% 2021 down 1.9% flat
72 Kuwait 101.7% 2012 up 3.8% rising
73 Dominica 101.7% 2023 down 4.9% falling
74 Vietnam 101.7% 2023 up 4.7% flat
75 Vanuatu 101.7% 2023 down 3.8% rising
76 Lithuania 101.5% 2024 down 1.0% flat
77 Chile 101.4% 2024 down 1.1% flat
78 Togo 101.2% 2023 down 0.6% rising
79 Afghanistan 101.2% 2023 up 7.0% rising
80 Japan 101.1% 2023 up 0.6% flat
81 Austria 101.1% 2024 up 0.1% flat
82 Papua New Guinea 100.9% 2023 up 8.0% rising
83 Samoa 100.8% 2023 down 2.4% rising
84 Hungary 100.8% 2024 up 0.1% flat
85 Singapore 100.5% 2023 down 1.4% flat
86 Andorra 100.4% 2024 up 13.0% flat
87 Thailand 100.3% 2025 down 9.2% rising
88 Slovakia 100.3% 2024 up 2.6% flat
89 Finland 100.2% 2024 down 0.2% flat
90 Malawi 99.9% 2023 down 6.5% flat
91 Czechia 99.9% 2023 up 0.3% falling
92 Norway 99.8% 2024 up 0.3% flat
93 Georgia 99.8% 2024 down 9.4% flat
94 Slovenia 99.7% 2023 up 1.2% flat
95 China 99.7% 2024 up 5.0% flat
96 South Korea 99.6% 2024 down 0.3% flat
97 Brunei 99.6% 2023 down 4.9% falling
98 Indonesia 99.5% 2025 down 5.4% flat
99 Estonia 99.5% 2024 up 0.0% falling
100 Armenia 99.4% 2024 up 7.3% flat
101 Ireland 99.3% 2022 down 3.9% flat
102 Iran 99.1% 2023 down 7.2% flat
103 Maldives 98.9% 2023 up 1.9% falling
104 Guyana 98.8% 2024 down 7.6% flat
105 New Zealand 98.8% 2024 down 1.1% flat
106 Latvia 98.7% 2024 down 2.4% flat
107 Madagascar 98.7% 2021 up 1.3% rising
108 Malta 98.6% 2023 down 3.0% falling
109 Kenya 98.4% 2023 down 7.8% rising
110 Dominican Republic 98.3% 2024 down 4.9% flat
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.2% 2023 up 11.6% flat
112 Iceland 98.2% 2023 down 0.6% flat
113 Trinidad and Tobago 98.2% 2024 up 0.4% rising
114 Azerbaijan 98.0% 2024 up 1.7% rising
115 United States 97.9% 2022 down 1.6% flat
116 Qatar 97.7% 2024 up 0.5% flat
117 Jordan 97.6% 2024 up 1.1% rising
118 Nicaragua 97.6% 2023 down 8.7% rising
119 Kazakhstan 97.6% 2025 up 1.3% flat
120 Israel 97.5% 2024 down 1.5% flat
121 Belize 97.3% 2024 down 6.3% flat
122 Poland 97.1% 2024 down 2.9% flat
123 Ghana 97.0% 2024 up 3.9% rising
124 Kiribati 97.0% 2024 down 7.1% rising
125 Kyrgyzstan 96.9% 2025 up 1.9% rising
126 Cambodia 96.8% 2024 up 3.9% rising
127 Bulgaria 96.8% 2024 down 12.2% falling
128 Cayman Islands 96.5% 2024 down 2.3% falling
129 Ecuador 96.5% 2023 down 9.6% flat
130 Cuba 96.4% 2024 down 2.5% flat
131 Canada 96.3% 2023 down 3.6% flat
132 Bahrain 96.1% 2024 down 7.6% flat
133 Egypt 96.1% 2024 up 9.7% rising
134 Serbia 95.8% 2024 down 4.4% flat
135 Nauru 95.8% 2025 down 2.8% rising
136 Belarus 95.6% 2024 down 4.0% flat
137 North Macedonia 95.5% 2023 up 3.4% falling
138 Bolivia 95.1% 2024 down 1.3% falling
139 Lesotho 95.1% 2017 down 7.1% rising
140 Tajikistan 95.0% 2024 up 2.6% rising
141 Oman 94.7% 2024 down 11.1% rising
142 Saint Lucia 94.5% 2024 down 1.0% flat
143 Bangladesh 94.5% 2024 down 0.9% rising
144 San Marino 94.1% 2024 up 0.7% flat
145 Jamaica 93.7% 2024 up 1.1% falling
146 Seychelles 93.7% 2024 down 21.0% flat
147 Mongolia 93.5% 2024 down 2.0% rising
148 Palestine 92.9% 2023 down 0.2% rising
149 Zimbabwe 92.9% 2013 down 6.9% falling
150 Mozambique 92.9% 2017 up 7.2% rising
151 Macao 92.4% 2024 down 12.6% falling
152 Sri Lanka 92.3% 2023 down 5.4% falling
153 Ukraine 91.9% 2024 down 5.7% falling
154 Panama 91.8% 2023 down 7.7% falling
155 Barbados 91.4% 2024 down 8.3% falling
156 Iraq 91.3% 2007 up 17.3% rising
157 Guatemala 90.2% 2024 down 3.1% rising
158 Gambia 89.7% 2024 up 22.0% rising
159 Congo 89.7% 2012 up 11.6% rising
160 Cameroon 89.5% 2023 down 5.7% rising
161 Bahamas 89.4% 2024 down 6.6% falling
162 Philippines 89.3% 2024 down 9.0% flat
163 Malaysia 88.9% 2024 down 4.8% falling
164 Bermuda 88.6% 2023 down 9.4% falling
165 Cote d'Ivoire 88.3% 2024 up 23.4% rising
166 Benin 88.1% 2022 down 5.8% rising
167 Paraguay 87.1% 2024 down 18.0% falling
168 Puerto Rico 86.8% 2024 down 12.2% falling
169 El Salvador 86.6% 2024 down 14.1% falling
170 Romania 84.4% 2023 down 10.5% falling
171 Comoros 84.0% 2022 down 3.8% rising
172 Mauritania 83.9% 2024 up 14.0% rising
173 Micronesia (country) 82.1% 2024 down 13.8% falling
174 Eritrea 81.1% 2022 up 2.1% falling
175 Laos 80.2% 2025 down 17.5% flat
176 British Virgin Islands 79.5% 2024 down 21.0% falling
177 Angola 79.0% 2023 down 22.3% rising
178 Tanzania 78.4% 2021 down 4.0% rising
179 Nigeria 78.3% 2023 up 2.4% flat
180 Burundi 77.4% 2025 down 19.6% rising
181 Lebanon 76.5% 2024 up 2.5% falling
182 Solomon Islands 76.3% 2023 down 22.2% rising
183 Guinea 76.0% 2014 up 27.6% rising
184 Suriname 75.4% 2023 down 20.8% flat
185 Pakistan 74.9% 2024 up 21.8% rising
186 Senegal 72.2% 2023 down 2.8% rising
187 Honduras 70.0% 2024 down 12.7% falling
188 Yemen 68.9% 2016 up 0.6% rising
189 Syria 68.7% 2024 up 6.8% falling
190 Ethiopia 68.6% 2023 down 6.7% rising
191 Sudan 67.7% 2019 up 5.0% rising
192 Central African Republic 66.7% 2016 up 62.9% rising
193 Chad 66.2% 2024 down 9.7% rising
194 Mali 64.2% 2023 down 1.1% rising
195 Burkina Faso 62.6% 2024 down 9.2% rising
196 Liberia 60.9% 2022 down 28.2% falling
197 Tokelau 59.8% 2025 down 34.5% falling
198 Niger 50.4% 2024 down 4.6% rising
199 Equatorial Guinea 40.4% 2015 down 19.4% falling

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

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
420 places, 10,391 data points, 1981–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release