Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes (%) by country
Total enrollment in primary and secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official primary and secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
139.5%
Sweden
Lowest
15.9%
Somalia
Median
97.1%
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
8,565
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 139.5% in Sweden; the lowest is 15.9% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.1%, and the mean is 93.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 119.2%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 24.4%).
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 139.5% | 2018 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 2 | Belgium | 129.0% | 2018 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 127.6% | 2019 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 4 | Finland | 126.9% | 2018 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 120.6% | 2018 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 6 | Netherlands | 120.4% | 2018 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 7 | United States Virgin Islands | 117.3% | 1993 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 114.6% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 9 | Palau | 114.5% | 2014 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 10 | Denmark | 114.2% | 2018 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 11 | Portugal | 114.1% | 2018 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 113.8% | 2018 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 113.4% | 2018 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 14 | Grenada | 111.9% | 2018 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 15 | Peru | 111.4% | 2019 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 111.2% | 2018 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 17 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110.7% | 2018 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 18 | Nauru | 110.5% | 2019 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 19 | Liechtenstein | 109.7% | 2018 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 20 | Argentina | 109.2% | 2017 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 109.2% | 2019 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 22 | Iceland | 108.9% | 2018 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 108.6% | 2019 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 24 | Thailand | 108.4% | 2019 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 25 | Tonga | 108.3% | 2015 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 26 | Slovenia | 108.3% | 2018 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 108.2% | 2018 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 28 | Norway | 108.1% | 2018 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 29 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 107.9% | 2016 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 30 | Brazil | 107.8% | 2011 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 31 | Canada | 107.8% | 2018 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 32 | Antigua and Barbuda | 107.6% | 2018 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 33 | Aruba | 107.4% | 2012 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 34 | Malta | 107.0% | 2018 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 35 | Lithuania | 106.9% | 2018 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 106.6% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 37 | Algeria | 106.2% | 2011 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 38 | Estonia | 106.1% | 2018 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 39 | Mongolia | 105.9% | 2010 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 105.8% | 2019 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 41 | Oman | 105.4% | 2019 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 42 | Israel | 105.1% | 2018 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 43 | Mexico | 105.1% | 2018 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 44 | Colombia | 104.9% | 2018 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 45 | Nepal | 104.5% | 2019 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 46 | Russia | 104.1% | 2018 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 47 | Latvia | 104.1% | 2018 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 48 | Poland | 104.1% | 2018 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 49 | Switzerland | 103.9% | 2018 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 103.8% | 2018 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 51 | Qatar | 103.8% | 2010 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 52 | France | 103.6% | 2018 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 53 | Eswatini | 103.4% | 2016 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 54 | Libya | 103.2% | 2006 | — | rising |
| 55 | Tunisia | 103.2% | 2016 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 56 | Georgia | 102.5% | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 57 | Ecuador | 102.4% | 2018 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 58 | Chile | 102.3% | 2018 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 59 | Greece | 102.1% | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 60 | Belarus | 101.7% | 2018 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 61 | Cuba | 101.6% | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 62 | Hungary | 101.5% | 2018 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 63 | Czechia | 101.5% | 2018 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 64 | Barbados | 101.5% | 2019 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 65 | Italy | 101.3% | 2018 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 66 | Turkey | 101.3% | 2018 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 67 | Macao | 101.2% | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 68 | Austria | 101.0% | 2018 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 69 | Gibraltar | 100.9% | 2019 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 70 | Dominica | 100.7% | 2019 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 71 | Samoa | 100.6% | 2016 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 100.4% | 2019 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | 100.3% | 2018 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 74 | United States | 100.3% | 2018 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 75 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2018 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 76 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2015 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 77 | Germany | 99.4% | 2018 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 78 | East Timor | 99.4% | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 79 | South Africa | 99.3% | 2018 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 99.3% | 2010 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 81 | Iran | 99.2% | 2017 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | 99.2% | 2019 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 83 | Kiribati | 99.1% | 2008 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 84 | South Korea | 99.0% | 2018 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 85 | Sao Tome and Principe | 98.9% | 2017 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 86 | Albania | 98.7% | 2019 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 87 | Egypt | 98.7% | 2019 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 88 | Morocco | 98.6% | 2019 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 89 | Belize | 98.3% | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 90 | Croatia | 98.2% | 2018 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 91 | Mauritius | 98.1% | 2019 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 92 | French Polynesia | 97.9% | 1993 | — | rising |
| 93 | Guyana | 97.8% | 2012 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 94 | Fiji | 97.8% | 2012 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 95 | Indonesia | 97.6% | 2018 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 96 | Bahrain | 97.6% | 2019 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 97 | Micronesia (country) | 97.3% | 2005 | — | falling |
| 98 | Gabon | 97.2% | 2002 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 99 | Ukraine | 97.1% | 2014 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 100 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 97.0% | 2018 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 96.9% | 2019 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 102 | Botswana | 96.7% | 2008 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 103 | Saint Lucia | 96.7% | 2019 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 104 | Lesotho | 96.2% | 2017 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 96.2% | 2018 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 106 | Serbia | 96.1% | 2019 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 107 | Azerbaijan | 96.0% | 2019 | — | falling |
| 108 | Brunei | 95.8% | 2019 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 109 | Malawi | 95.6% | 2019 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 110 | Benin | 95.5% | 2016 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 111 | Bhutan | 95.3% | 2018 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 112 | Malaysia | 94.9% | 2017 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 113 | Namibia | 94.8% | 2007 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 114 | Suriname | 94.7% | 2018 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 115 | China | 94.5% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 116 | Montenegro | 94.1% | 2019 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 117 | Slovakia | 94.1% | 2018 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 118 | Bolivia | 94.0% | 2018 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 94.0% | 2004 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 120 | Togo | 93.7% | 2017 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 93.3% | 2018 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 122 | Palestine | 93.3% | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 123 | Philippines | 93.2% | 2018 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 124 | Venezuela | 93.1% | 2017 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 125 | Tajikistan | 92.9% | 2013 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 126 | Maldives | 92.3% | 2019 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 127 | British Virgin Islands | 91.1% | 2018 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 128 | Rwanda | 91.0% | 2019 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 129 | Ghana | 90.7% | 2019 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 130 | Bangladesh | 90.4% | 2018 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 131 | Paraguay | 89.9% | 2012 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 132 | Seychelles | 89.5% | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 133 | Cameroon | 88.8% | 2016 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 134 | Armenia | 88.5% | 2019 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 135 | Romania | 88.4% | 2018 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 136 | Bermuda | 87.6% | 2015 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 137 | Moldova | 87.5% | 2019 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 138 | Myanmar | 87.5% | 2018 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 139 | Burundi | 86.7% | 2019 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 140 | North Macedonia | 86.6% | 2018 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 141 | Panama | 85.5% | 2017 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 142 | Jamaica | 85.2% | 2019 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 143 | Zimbabwe | 85.2% | 2013 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 85.1% | 2006 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 83.7% | 2018 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 146 | Iraq | 83.6% | 2007 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 147 | Sierra Leone | 83.4% | 2017 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 148 | India | 83.3% | 2019 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 149 | Vanuatu | 83.2% | 2015 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 150 | El Salvador | 83.0% | 2018 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 151 | Vietnam | 83.0% | 1998 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 152 | Cambodia | 82.8% | 2008 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 153 | Kenya | 82.7% | 2009 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 154 | Cayman Islands | 82.6% | 2018 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 155 | San Marino | 82.2% | 2019 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 156 | Uganda | 82.1% | 2007 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 157 | Afghanistan | 81.3% | 2018 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 80.8% | 2015 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 80.6% | 2012 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 160 | Laos | 80.6% | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 161 | Mozambique | 80.6% | 2017 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 162 | Congo | 80.5% | 2012 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 163 | Honduras | 79.8% | 2019 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 164 | Comoros | 79.6% | 2018 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 79.5% | 2016 | — | rising |
| 166 | Madagascar | 78.9% | 2019 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 167 | Angola | 78.3% | 2011 | up 119.2% | rising |
| 168 | Cote d'Ivoire | 77.2% | 2019 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 169 | Guatemala | 76.4% | 2019 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 170 | Lebanon | 76.2% | 1985 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 171 | Bahamas | 75.2% | 2018 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 172 | Jordan | 73.9% | 2019 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 173 | Tuvalu | 73.9% | 2019 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 174 | Yemen | 73.8% | 2016 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 175 | Marshall Islands | 71.8% | 2019 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 176 | Tanzania | 71.8% | 2019 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 177 | Mauritania | 70.3% | 2019 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 69.7% | 2015 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Liberia | 69.2% | 2015 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 180 | Burkina Faso | 68.6% | 2019 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Pakistan | 66.4% | 2019 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 182 | Guinea | 66.4% | 2014 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 183 | Gambia | 66.0% | 2010 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 184 | Nigeria | 65.6% | 2016 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 185 | Senegal | 64.7% | 2019 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 186 | Sudan | 64.0% | 2017 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 187 | Djibouti | 62.9% | 2020 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 188 | Syria | 62.7% | 2013 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 189 | Zambia | 61.3% | 1994 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 190 | Mali | 60.5% | 2018 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Central African Republic | 58.7% | 2016 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 192 | Eritrea | 57.7% | 2018 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 193 | Haiti | 57.2% | 1986 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 194 | Chad | 55.9% | 2019 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 195 | Equatorial Guinea | 55.6% | 2005 | down 18.9% | flat |
| 196 | Niger | 51.2% | 2017 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 197 | Somalia | 15.9% | 2007 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- European Union 106.4%
- Euro area 106.2%
- OECD members 103.7%
- World 88.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 103.5%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 103.4%
- Europe & Central Asia 103.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean 103.3%
- High income 103.3%
- Post-demographic dividend 102.7%
- North America 100.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 99.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 99.6%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 98.9%
- Upper middle income 98.0%
- Late-demographic dividend 97.2%
- East Asia & Pacific 94.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 94.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 94.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 93.5%
- IBRD only 92.5%
- Caribbean Small States 92.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 92.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 92.1%
- Pacific island small states 92.0%
- Small states 90.7%
- Other small states 90.3%
- Middle income 88.7%
- Early-demographic dividend 87.2%
- IDA & IBRD total 86.5%
- Low & middle income 86.4%
- Arab World 84.8%
- Lower middle income 82.2%
- South Asia 82.1%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 82.1%
- IDA only 77.1%
- Least developed countries 76.8%
- IDA total 75.1%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 74.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 73.6%
About this data
Total enrollment in primary and secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of official primary and secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.