Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
193
Highest
127.1%
Greece
Lowest
37.4%
Papua New Guinea
Median
81.3%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
9,727
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 127.1% in Greece; the lowest is 37.4% in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 81.3%, and the mean is 80.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 126 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 88.6%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 23.1%).
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 127.1% | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 2 | Monaco | 122.7% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 3 | Finland | 120.4% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 4 | Australia | 119.3% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 5 | Singapore | 116.4% | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 6 | Sweden | 113.6% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 7 | Belgium | 113.2% | 2023 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 111.5% | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 110.9% | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 10 | Cyprus | 110.4% | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 11 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 110.4% | 2015 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 12 | Netherlands | 109.8% | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 13 | New Zealand | 109.6% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 14 | Macao | 108.9% | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 15 | Spain | 106.2% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 16 | Grenada | 105.2% | 2016 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 17 | Norway | 105.1% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 105.1% | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 19 | Chile | 104.8% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 20 | Ireland | 104.5% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 21 | Portugal | 103.9% | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 22 | Poland | 103.8% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 103.0% | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 24 | South Korea | 102.7% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 25 | Gibraltar | 102.5% | 2009 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 26 | Denmark | 102.3% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 27 | Uruguay | 102.0% | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 28 | Albania | 101.8% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 100.1% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 30 | Austria | 99.0% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 98.7% | 2019 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 32 | Germany | 98.6% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 33 | Slovenia | 98.1% | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 34 | Georgia | 97.8% | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 35 | Lithuania | 97.6% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 36 | Iceland | 97.5% | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 97.1% | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 38 | Croatia | 97.0% | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 39 | Fiji | 96.5% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 40 | Tonga | 96.4% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 41 | Moldova | 96.0% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 42 | Brazil | 95.8% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 43 | Latvia | 95.7% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 44 | United States Virgin Islands | 95.7% | 1993 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 45 | Hungary | 95.7% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 46 | Estonia | 95.0% | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 94.9% | 2025 | up 45.4% | flat |
| 48 | Malta | 94.7% | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 49 | France | 94.6% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 50 | Switzerland | 94.6% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 51 | Algeria | 94.4% | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 52 | Russia | 94.3% | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 53 | Italy | 94.3% | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 94.1% | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 55 | United States | 93.3% | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 56 | Peru | 92.8% | 2017 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 57 | Libya | 92.4% | 2003 | — | rising |
| 58 | Canada | 92.2% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 59 | Bahrain | 92.2% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 60 | Montserrat | 92.2% | 2019 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 61 | China | 91.8% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 62 | Czechia | 91.6% | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 63 | Andorra | 91.5% | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 64 | Liechtenstein | 91.2% | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 65 | Belarus | 90.3% | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 90.0% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 67 | Mongolia | 89.9% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 68 | Morocco | 89.9% | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 69 | Japan | 89.5% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 70 | Ukraine | 89.2% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 71 | Colombia | 89.0% | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 72 | Cook Islands | 88.9% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 73 | Kuwait | 88.7% | 2015 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 88.1% | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 75 | Venezuela | 87.9% | 2009 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 76 | Israel | 87.5% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 77 | Ecuador | 87.1% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 78 | Vietnam | 86.9% | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 79 | Slovakia | 86.7% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 80 | Mexico | 86.5% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 81 | Montenegro | 86.2% | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 86.0% | 2015 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 83 | Serbia | 85.4% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 84 | Namibia | 84.9% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 85 | Barbados | 84.8% | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 84.7% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 87 | Iran | 84.7% | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 88 | Aruba | 84.5% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 89 | Qatar | 84.5% | 2024 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 90 | Tuvalu | 83.1% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 91 | Armenia | 83.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 92 | Indonesia | 82.6% | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 93 | North Macedonia | 82.2% | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 94 | Oman | 81.9% | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 95 | South Africa | 81.9% | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 81.8% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 81.3% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 98 | Mauritius | 81.2% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 99 | Luxembourg | 81.2% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 100 | Cayman Islands | 81.0% | 2008 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 101 | Thailand | 80.8% | 2025 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 80.1% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 103 | Philippines | 79.9% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 104 | Cuba | 79.4% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 105 | Nepal | 79.4% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 106 | Anguilla | 79.3% | 2008 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 107 | Palestine | 78.8% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 108 | Tunisia | 78.6% | 2016 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.5% | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 110 | Egypt | 78.2% | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 111 | Romania | 78.0% | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 112 | Cape Verde | 77.6% | 2018 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 113 | Kiribati | 77.5% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 114 | Jamaica | 77.1% | 2015 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 115 | Rwanda | 77.0% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 116 | Panama | 77.0% | 2016 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 117 | Paraguay | 76.9% | 2010 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 118 | Sao Tome and Principe | 76.9% | 2015 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 119 | Brunei | 76.9% | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 76.8% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 121 | Guyana | 75.5% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 122 | Eswatini | 75.4% | 2013 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 123 | Maldives | 75.1% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 124 | India | 74.9% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 125 | Jordan | 74.9% | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 126 | Niue | 74.1% | 2005 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 73.7% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 128 | Togo | 73.3% | 2017 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 129 | Bahamas | 72.5% | 1995 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 130 | Seychelles | 72.4% | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 131 | Myanmar | 72.2% | 2018 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 132 | Kenya | 72.1% | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 133 | Ghana | 71.6% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 134 | Belize | 71.3% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 135 | Botswana | 71.0% | 2021 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 70.8% | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 137 | Malaysia | 70.7% | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 138 | Saint Lucia | 70.7% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 139 | Gabon | 70.3% | 2001 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 140 | Samoa | 70.2% | 2000 | — | rising |
| 141 | Bhutan | 69.6% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 142 | Cote d'Ivoire | 69.1% | 2024 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 143 | Comoros | 68.4% | 2014 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 144 | Uganda | 68.2% | 2004 | up 88.6% | rising |
| 145 | San Marino | 67.7% | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 146 | Afghanistan | 66.6% | 2018 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Lebanon | 66.3% | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 148 | Lesotho | 66.1% | 2017 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 149 | Cambodia | 65.8% | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 150 | Cameroon | 65.4% | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 151 | British Virgin Islands | 65.0% | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 152 | Bangladesh | 64.8% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 153 | Malawi | 64.6% | 2021 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 154 | Mozambique | 64.1% | 2017 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 155 | Zimbabwe | 64.1% | 2013 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 156 | El Salvador | 64.0% | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 157 | Bermuda | 63.7% | 2023 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 62.3% | 2004 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 159 | Congo | 61.8% | 2012 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 160 | Benin | 61.6% | 2022 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 161 | Guatemala | 61.6% | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 162 | Liberia | 61.6% | 2000 | — | rising |
| 163 | Tokelau | 61.6% | 2003 | — | falling |
| 164 | Suriname | 59.6% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 165 | Iraq | 59.3% | 2004 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 166 | Angola | 57.1% | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 167 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 56.9% | 2013 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 168 | Madagascar | 56.4% | 2019 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 55.3% | 2007 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 170 | Nauru | 55.2% | 2008 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 171 | Honduras | 54.4% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 172 | Tanzania | 54.2% | 2021 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 173 | Guinea | 53.8% | 2014 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 174 | Laos | 53.5% | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 175 | Mauritania | 53.0% | 2020 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 176 | Nigeria | 52.9% | 2011 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 177 | Senegal | 52.6% | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 178 | Zambia | 51.9% | 1990 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 179 | Ethiopia | 51.9% | 2012 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Syria | 50.4% | 2013 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 181 | Burundi | 50.2% | 2025 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Pakistan | 49.9% | 2024 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 183 | Eritrea | 48.4% | 2015 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 184 | Yemen | 47.9% | 2011 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 185 | Mali | 46.9% | 2017 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Sudan | 46.2% | 2015 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 187 | Chad | 45.7% | 2015 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 188 | Burkina Faso | 44.0% | 2024 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Sierra Leone | 43.0% | 2001 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 190 | Haiti | 42.3% | 1986 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 191 | Niger | 41.2% | 2017 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Central African Republic | 38.8% | 2012 | — | rising |
| 193 | Papua New Guinea | 37.4% | 1998 | up 17.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 115.6%
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 99.3%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 99.2%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 99.0%
- WB: Euro Area 98.9%
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 98.8%
- UNICEF: Gulf Area 97.9%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 97.8%
- WB: European Union 97.8%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 97.4%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 97.4%
- SDG: Europe 96.9%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 96.8%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 96.6%
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 96.4%
- ESCWA: Gulf Cooperation Council (gcc) (unsdcode:98502) 96.4%
- WB: Oecd Members 96.4%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 96.3%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 96.3%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 96.1%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 96.0%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 96.0%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 95.9%
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 95.7%
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 95.7%
- MDG: Developed Regions 95.6%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 95.5%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 95.1%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 94.9%
- ESCAP: Pacific (pac) (unsdcode:98418) 94.5%
- AIMS: Pacific 94.5%
- SDG: Oceania 94.5%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 93.1%
- UNICEF: North America 93.0%
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 93.0%
- SDG: Northern America 93.0%
- WB: North America 93.0%
- ESCWA: Maghreb Subregion (unsdcode:98504) 91.3%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 91.2%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 91.1%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release