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Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes (%) by country

Total enrollment in primary, secondary and tertiary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of primary school age, secondary school age, and the five-year age group following on from secondary school leaving. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and...

Countries reporting
181
Highest
119.8%
Sweden
Lowest
34.0%
Papua New Guinea
Median
78.7%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
5,762

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 119.8% in Sweden; the lowest is 34.0% in Papua New Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 78.7%, and the mean is 79.0%.

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

Over the past decade 137 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 127.3%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 32.0%).

Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sweden 119.8% 2018 up 29.6% rising
2 Greece 118.7% 2018 up 23.6% rising
3 Finland 117.9% 2018 up 16.5% rising
4 Australia 117.6% 2018 — rising
5 Belgium 116.9% 2018 up 2.8% rising
6 Ireland 111.6% 2018 up 16.7% rising
7 Grenada 110.6% 2018 up 6.9% rising
8 Netherlands 110.2% 2018 up 11.7% rising
9 Spain 107.4% 2018 up 10.9% rising
10 Turkey 104.8% 2018 up 34.0% rising
11 New Zealand 104.7% 2018 up 1.9% rising
12 Costa Rica 104.6% 2019 up 18.2% rising
13 Denmark 104.1% 2018 up 4.3% rising
14 Argentina 103.7% 2017 up 10.2% rising
15 Latvia 102.5% 2018 up 10.4% rising
16 Saint Kitts and Nevis 102.3% 2015 up 21.4% rising
17 Hong Kong 101.3% 2019 up 11.1% rising
18 Kazakhstan 101.3% 2019 up 17.0% rising
19 Norway 101.3% 2018 up 4.0% rising
20 Macao 100.8% 2019 up 35.3% rising
21 Iceland 100.3% 2018 up 4.2% rising
22 Lithuania 99.8% 2018 up 0.3% rising
23 Slovenia 99.6% 2018 up 5.3% rising
24 Portugal 99.5% 2018 up 5.0% rising
25 Chile 98.7% 2018 up 14.5% rising
26 Uruguay 98.7% 2017 up 11.5% rising
27 Russia 98.6% 2018 up 19.3% rising
28 Belarus 98.4% 2018 up 0.9% rising
29 United States 98.3% 2018 up 3.1% rising
30 Estonia 97.9% 2018 up 6.4% rising
31 South Korea 97.9% 2018 down 2.3% rising
32 Austria 97.5% 2018 up 3.9% rising
33 United Kingdom 96.8% 2018 up 10.0% rising
34 Saudi Arabia 96.3% 2019 up 19.1% rising
35 Poland 96.0% 2018 up 9.9% rising
36 Germany 95.8% 2018 up 1.6% rising
37 Barbados 95.7% 2011 up 9.2% rising
38 Puerto Rico 95.7% 2018 down 1.1% flat
39 Canada 95.3% 2018 up 7.5% flat
40 Israel 94.1% 2018 up 1.9% rising
41 Ukraine 93.9% 2014 up 6.2% rising
42 Peru 93.8% 2017 up 16.2% rising
43 France 93.8% 2018 up 4.7% rising
44 Cyprus 93.6% 2018 up 15.1% rising
45 Georgia 92.6% 2019 up 20.7% rising
46 Czechia 92.0% 2018 up 7.2% rising
47 Malta 91.8% 2018 up 14.7% rising
48 Switzerland 91.3% 2018 up 7.1% rising
49 Bahrain 91.2% 2019 up 16.7% rising
50 Libya 90.9% 2003 — rising
51 Thailand 90.9% 2016 up 21.8% rising
52 Italy 90.8% 2018 down 1.3% rising
53 Iran 89.9% 2017 up 35.1% rising
54 Venezuela 89.6% 2009 up 32.0% rising
55 Hungary 89.3% 2018 down 1.3% rising
56 Mongolia 88.5% 2010 up 35.1% rising
57 Colombia 88.4% 2018 up 4.6% rising
58 Brazil 88.4% 2011 down 2.5% flat
59 Ecuador 88.4% 2015 — rising
60 Croatia 88.2% 2018 up 8.8% rising
61 Tonga 88.1% 2003 — flat
62 Kuwait 88.1% 2015 up 13.2% rising
63 Serbia 87.5% 2019 up 10.7% rising
64 Bulgaria 87.1% 2018 up 9.5% rising
65 Mexico 86.6% 2018 up 10.6% rising
66 Liechtenstein 86.6% 2018 down 0.8% flat
67 Aruba 86.4% 2012 up 2.4% flat
68 Oman 85.9% 2019 up 15.7% rising
69 Albania 85.0% 2019 up 17.6% rising
70 Dominican Republic 84.1% 2017 up 4.3% rising
71 Kyrgyzstan 83.9% 2019 up 10.7% flat
72 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 83.6% 2015 up 6.9% rising
73 Morocco 82.8% 2019 up 31.4% rising
74 Tunisia 82.7% 2016 up 6.6% rising
75 Cuba 82.6% 2018 down 20.2% rising
76 China 82.5% 2019 up 24.3% rising
77 Montenegro 82.5% 2019 down 4.6% rising
78 Mauritius 82.4% 2017 up 7.6% rising
79 Philippines 82.4% 2017 up 7.1% rising
80 Gibraltar 81.6% 2009 up 14.8% rising
81 Seychelles 81.1% 2019 up 12.0% rising
82 Algeria 80.9% 2011 up 20.7% rising
83 Slovakia 80.4% 2018 down 1.2% rising
84 Romania 80.4% 2018 down 6.1% rising
85 Indonesia 80.2% 2018 up 15.2% rising
86 South Africa 80.0% 2018 up 3.8% rising
87 Sri Lanka 79.9% 2018 up 4.8% rising
88 Egypt 79.9% 2017 up 15.6% rising
89 Palestine 79.9% 2019 up 2.0% rising
90 Azerbaijan 78.8% 2019 — flat
91 Malaysia 78.7% 2017 up 8.5% rising
92 Armenia 78.0% 2019 down 4.7% rising
93 Fiji 77.9% 2004 up 5.2% rising
94 Luxembourg 77.8% 2018 up 2.7% rising
95 Brunei 77.0% 2019 down 0.9% rising
96 Sao Tome and Principe 76.9% 2015 up 18.4% rising
97 Benin 76.8% 2016 up 39.2% rising
98 Jamaica 76.7% 2015 down 2.1% rising
99 Panama 76.4% 2016 down 0.6% rising
100 Belize 76.4% 2019 up 0.7% flat
101 Eswatini 76.2% 2013 up 24.2% rising
102 Togo 75.9% 2017 up 23.9% rising
103 Nepal 75.7% 2019 up 8.3% rising
104 Cape Verde 75.3% 2018 up 0.8% rising
105 Gabon 74.9% 2001 down 0.7% rising
106 Botswana 73.8% 2008 down 0.2% rising
107 San Marino 73.2% 2019 down 15.5% falling
108 North Macedonia 73.1% 2018 up 4.5% rising
109 Guyana 73.0% 2012 down 0.5% rising
110 Uzbekistan 73.0% 2019 up 9.4% falling
111 Maldives 72.0% 2003 down 0.2% flat
112 Cayman Islands 71.9% 2008 down 6.6% falling
113 Kiribati 71.9% 2008 up 9.3% rising
114 Lesotho 71.8% 2017 up 8.6% rising
115 Cameroon 71.6% 2016 up 43.5% rising
116 Ghana 71.6% 2019 up 22.0% rising
117 Moldova 71.5% 2019 up 2.8% flat
118 Samoa 71.3% 2000 — rising
119 Namibia 71.3% 2006 down 2.8% flat
120 Bhutan 71.1% 2018 up 19.8% rising
121 Tajikistan 70.9% 2013 up 2.3% flat
122 Paraguay 70.8% 2010 down 2.3% rising
123 Malawi 70.6% 2011 down 3.1% rising
124 Rwanda 70.5% 2019 up 2.9% rising
125 Bangladesh 70.5% 2018 up 34.3% rising
126 Saint Lucia 70.1% 2019 down 4.6% rising
127 Bahamas 70.0% 1995 down 2.5% falling
128 Suriname 70.0% 2002 up 5.7% rising
129 Nicaragua 69.7% 2002 up 24.3% rising
130 Bermuda 69.3% 2015 down 0.3% rising
131 Uganda 68.9% 2004 up 88.4% rising
132 Burundi 68.6% 2018 up 37.9% volatile
133 British Virgin Islands 67.6% 2018 down 32.0% falling
134 India 67.5% 2019 up 7.7% rising
135 Trinidad and Tobago 67.3% 2004 down 1.9% rising
136 Qatar 67.3% 2019 up 17.6% falling
137 Zimbabwe 66.2% 2013 up 14.5% rising
138 El Salvador 66.2% 2018 down 11.9% rising
139 Myanmar 66.0% 2018 up 26.3% rising
140 Liberia 65.4% 2000 — rising
141 Comoros 65.3% 2014 up 10.4% rising
142 Congo 64.5% 2012 up 17.0% flat
143 Afghanistan 64.4% 2018 up 9.0% volatile
144 Vietnam 63.5% 1998 up 29.6% rising
145 Vanuatu 63.5% 2004 up 7.1% rising
146 Madagascar 63.4% 2018 up 0.2% rising
147 Lebanon 63.4% 1985 down 10.0% flat
148 Kenya 63.3% 2009 up 22.7% rising
149 Mozambique 63.2% 2017 up 8.3% rising
150 Guatemala 63.2% 2015 down 2.6% rising
151 Iraq 63.1% 2004 up 2.8% rising
152 Jordan 62.8% 2018 down 16.9% flat
153 Cambodia 62.8% 2008 up 20.0% rising
154 Laos 62.5% 2019 up 1.6% rising
155 Democratic Republic of Congo 61.9% 2013 up 16.8% rising
156 Angola 61.3% 2011 up 127.3% rising
157 Nauru 59.6% 2008 up 1.4% flat
158 Cote d'Ivoire 58.4% 2017 — rising
159 Honduras 58.0% 2017 down 11.3% rising
160 Tanzania 57.4% 2019 down 0.8% rising
161 Nigeria 56.1% 2011 up 12.1% rising
162 Yemen 55.5% 2011 up 11.9% rising
163 Solomon Islands 55.4% 2007 up 27.2% rising
164 Mauritania 55.2% 2019 up 19.2% rising
165 Burkina Faso 55.1% 2019 up 39.1% volatile
166 Syria 55.1% 2013 down 14.8% rising
167 Ethiopia 54.5% 2012 up 60.9% volatile
168 Guinea 54.5% 2014 up 32.0% rising
169 Senegal 53.1% 2019 up 16.2% rising
170 Zambia 50.9% 1990 up 3.9% rising
171 Mali 50.3% 2017 up 6.8% volatile
172 Pakistan 49.9% 2018 up 18.3% rising
173 Sudan 49.7% 2015 up 16.6% rising
174 Eritrea 49.1% 2015 up 0.1% rising
175 Chad 46.7% 2015 up 29.0% rising
176 Haiti 43.1% 1986 up 45.7% rising
177 Central African Republic 42.2% 2012 — rising
178 Niger 41.7% 2017 up 58.2% volatile
179 Sierra Leone 41.2% 2001 up 62.7% rising
180 Djibouti 38.3% 2011 up 90.0% rising
181 Papua New Guinea 34.0% 1998 up 25.9% rising

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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 to tertiary, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
226 places, 5,762 data points, 1970–2019
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Total enrollment in primary, secondary and tertiary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total population of primary school age, secondary school age, and the five-year age group following on from secondary school leaving. 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.