Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes (%) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
198
Highest
132.4%
Turks and Caicos Islands
Lowest
32.6%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
94.3%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
14,076

What the numbers show

Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 132.4% in Turks and Caicos Islands; the lowest is 32.6% in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 94.3%, and the mean is 89.0%.

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

Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 111 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 122.3%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 49.2%).

Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Turks and Caicos Islands 132.4% 2024 up 74.4% rising
2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 124.3% 2023 up 6.2% rising
3 Antigua and Barbuda 123.4% 2022 up 3.1% rising
4 Fiji 116.3% 2024 up 20.4% rising
5 Vanuatu 113.4% 2024 up 20.3% rising
6 Montserrat 113.2% 2019 up 43.1% rising
7 Nepal 109.4% 2025 down 2.5% rising
8 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109.0% 2024 up 3.0% rising
9 Hungary 108.9% 2024 up 10.7% flat
10 Tonga 108.1% 2024 down 8.6% rising
11 Republic of Moldova 108.1% 2024 down 1.0% rising
12 Albania 107.3% 2024 up 1.6% flat
13 Thailand 107.1% 2025 up 10.9% rising
14 Montenegro 106.7% 2023 up 10.9% rising
15 Cayman Islands 106.5% 2024 down 0.7% flat
16 Costa Rica 106.4% 2024 up 15.1% rising
17 Morocco 106.4% 2024 up 11.5% rising
18 Guadeloupe 105.9% 1991 down 3.5% rising
19 Myanmar 105.4% 2018 up 14.2% rising
20 Portugal 104.5% 2023 up 5.1% flat
21 Guyana 104.3% 2012 up 23.0% rising
22 Georgia 103.8% 2024 down 4.4% rising
23 China 103.5% 2010 up 10.7% flat
24 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 103.0% 2024 up 8.3% rising
25 Korea 102.9% 2024 up 4.7% flat
26 Mexico 102.3% 2024 down 8.3% rising
27 Cyprus 102.2% 2024 up 3.6% flat
28 Kenya 102.2% 2016 up 16.3% rising
29 Bermuda 102.2% 2015 up 5.3% rising
30 Botswana 101.5% 2022 down 1.1% rising
31 Uruguay 101.2% 2023 up 0.6% rising
32 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 101.1% 2023 up 2.2% flat
33 Viet Nam 100.6% 2024 up 3.1% flat
34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.5% 2023 up 32.4% rising
35 Croatia 100.5% 2023 up 2.8% flat
36 Palau 100.4% 2024 up 2.1% falling
37 Ecuador 100.2% 2023 down 3.8% flat
38 Lithuania 100.1% 2024 down 0.1% flat
39 Russian Federation 100.0% 2019 up 7.1% flat
40 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 100.0% 1987 up 5.2% rising
41 Samoa 100.0% 2024 down 2.9% rising
42 Indonesia 100.0% 2023 down 6.6% rising
43 Greece 99.9% 2023 up 4.7% flat
44 Estonia 99.9% 2024 up 1.6% falling
45 Sweden 99.8% 2024 up 0.6% flat
46 Denmark 99.7% 2024 down 0.4% flat
47 Brunei Darussalam 99.4% 2024 up 2.4% rising
48 Saudi Arabia 99.4% 2024 up 1.8% rising
49 Sierra Leone 99.2% 2024 up 58.1% rising
50 United Arab Emirates 99.2% 2023 down 5.6% rising
51 Chile 99.1% 2024 up 1.0% flat
52 Cape Verde 99.1% 2022 up 3.2% volatile
53 Argentina 98.9% 2023 down 4.2% rising
54 Czechia 98.7% 2023 up 0.0% flat
55 Norway 98.7% 2024 down 1.0% flat
56 Iceland 98.6% 2023 down 0.6% flat
57 Spain 98.5% 2024 up 1.8% flat
58 Marshall Islands 98.5% 2024 up 8.4% flat
59 Slovakia 98.4% 2024 up 5.8% falling
60 Algeria 98.2% 2025 down 0.2% rising
61 Armenia 98.2% 2024 up 4.5% flat
62 Egypt 98.2% 2024 up 10.6% rising
63 Kazakhstan 98.1% 2025 up 5.2% flat
64 Latvia 98.1% 2024 down 2.3% flat
65 Cook Islands 97.7% 2024 down 2.3% rising
66 Ghana 97.5% 2024 up 8.7% rising
67 Grenada 97.5% 2024 down 9.3% rising
68 Iran, Islamic Republic of 97.4% 2023 up 3.8% rising
69 Slovenia 97.4% 2023 up 0.1% flat
70 Saint Lucia 97.4% 2024 down 0.1% falling
71 Italy 97.4% 2023 down 2.2% falling
72 Azerbaijan 97.2% 2024 down 0.9% rising
73 Finland 97.2% 2024 down 2.0% flat
74 Colombia 97.1% 2022 down 14.5% flat
75 Malta 97.1% 2023 down 2.7% falling
76 Jordan 97.0% 2024 up 2.8% rising
77 Israel 97.0% 2024 down 0.8% flat
78 Singapore 96.8% 2023 down 2.9% flat
79 Germany 96.8% 2024 down 2.7% falling
80 Austria 96.7% 2024 down 0.6% flat
81 Niue 96.3% 2025 up 2.7% falling
82 Panama 96.2% 2024 down 0.5% rising
83 Anguilla 96.1% 2019 up 0.3% flat
84 Serbia 96.0% 2022 down 2.0% flat
85 Belarus 95.8% 2024 down 5.0% flat
86 North Macedonia 95.8% 2023 down 2.2% falling
87 United States of America 95.7% 2022 down 3.1% flat
88 Martinique 95.4% 1992 down 7.4% rising
89 Gibraltar 95.4% 2024 down 7.8% falling
90 Qatar 95.4% 2024 up 6.9% rising
91 South Africa 95.3% 2023 up 4.4% rising
92 Kyrgyzstan 95.3% 2025 down 2.9% rising
93 Tuvalu 95.1% 2024 down 3.0% falling
94 Peru 95.0% 2019 down 6.9% rising
95 Poland 94.7% 2019 down 2.1% flat
96 Bulgaria 94.6% 2024 down 4.4% falling
97 Ukraine 94.6% 2024 down 1.7% falling
98 Sri Lanka 94.5% 2023 down 1.0% rising
99 Bangladesh 94.3% 2024 up 54.8% rising
100 Seychelles 94.2% 2024 down 21.8% rising
101 Belize 94.2% 2024 down 9.6% rising
102 Macau, China 94.1% 2024 down 1.2% falling
103 Bahrain 94.1% 2024 down 7.9% rising
104 Switzerland 94.0% 2024 down 2.6% flat
105 Aruba 93.8% 2022 down 0.2% rising
106 Maldives 93.8% 2024 down 1.0% falling
107 Ireland 93.7% 2022 down 4.2% flat
108 Tunisia 93.6% 2021 down 3.8% rising
109 Eswatini 93.6% 2023 up 12.0% rising
110 Mongolia 93.5% 2024 down 4.4% flat
111 San Marino 93.4% 2024 down 1.8% flat
112 Timor-Leste 93.2% 2023 up 2.1% rising
113 Kiribati 92.8% 2024 down 8.0% rising
114 New Caledonia 92.5% 1990 down 7.1% falling
115 Oman 92.1% 2024 down 10.9% rising
116 Hong Kong, China 91.7% 2024 down 9.5% flat
117 Trinidad and Tobago 91.6% 2023 up 3.2% falling
118 Tajikistan 91.6% 2017 down 1.6% rising
119 Philippines 91.4% 2024 down 0.2% rising
120 Togo 91.2% 2024 up 9.9% rising
121 Palestine, State of 91.2% 2023 down 4.7% rising
122 Cuba 91.1% 2024 down 4.5% rising
123 Dominica 91.1% 2025 down 6.8% falling
124 Cambodia 91.0% 2024 down 2.5% rising
125 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 91.0% 2024 down 0.8% flat
126 Türkiye 90.6% 2023 down 12.3% rising
127 Afghanistan 90.3% 2023 up 8.2% volatile
128 India 90.3% 2025 down 9.7% rising
129 Libya 90.1% 1983 up 59.9% rising
130 Dominican Republic 90.0% 2024 down 5.6% rising
131 Liechtenstein 88.9% 2021 down 11.7% flat
132 Paraguay 88.7% 2024 down 7.5% rising
133 Namibia 88.6% 2024 down 3.0% rising
134 Bahamas 87.9% 2019 down 8.9% flat
135 Malaysia 87.7% 2024 down 9.5% falling
136 Bhutan 86.5% 2024 down 10.1% rising
137 Guatemala 86.5% 2024 down 0.2% rising
138 Naoero 86.4% 2025 down 24.6% rising
139 Zimbabwe 86.0% 2024 down 0.1% falling
140 Barbados 85.3% 2024 down 11.3% falling
141 Lao People's Democratic Republic 85.2% 2025 down 15.6% rising
142 Sao Tome and Principe 85.1% 2017 up 20.9% flat
143 Réunion 84.9% 1987 down 13.2% falling
144 Gambia 84.2% 2025 up 34.0% rising
145 Jamaica 83.6% 2024 down 7.0% flat
146 Uzbekistan 83.6% 2025 down 10.9% flat
147 Mauritius 83.2% 2024 down 10.7% falling
148 Papua New Guinea 82.7% 2023 up 16.4% rising
149 El Salvador 82.6% 2024 down 12.7% rising
150 Zambia 81.8% 2013 up 37.0% rising
151 Nicaragua 81.7% 2022 down 1.3% rising
152 Romania 81.0% 2023 down 15.0% falling
153 Kuwait 80.4% 2021 down 19.9% rising
154 Côte d'Ivoire 80.2% 2024 up 44.5% rising
155 Micronesia, Federated States of 78.9% 2024 down 16.0% falling
156 Tanzania, United Republic of 77.3% 2024 up 4.2% rising
157 Luxembourg 76.5% 2024 down 6.2% falling
158 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 75.7% 2023 up 18.4% rising
159 Cameroon 75.3% 2024 up 0.5% rising
160 Suriname 75.2% 2021 down 3.3% flat
161 Pakistan 74.1% 2024 up 30.2% rising
162 Mauritania 73.4% 2020 up 8.5% rising
163 Comoros 72.7% 2024 down 10.0% rising
164 Mozambique 72.4% 2022 up 36.2% rising
165 Honduras 72.0% 2024 down 4.3% rising
166 Congo 71.1% 2023 down 2.0% flat
167 Solomon Islands 70.5% 2024 down 15.4% rising
168 Nigeria 70.2% 2010 down 12.9% falling
169 Malawi 70.1% 2024 down 9.7% rising
170 Gabon 67.7% 2003 up 22.2% falling
171 Andorra 67.4% 2024 up 3.3% falling
172 Lebanon 67.3% 2023 down 8.8% falling
173 Lesotho 67.0% 2023 down 18.2% rising
174 Rwanda 66.8% 2024 up 3.9% rising
175 Iraq 63.6% 2007 up 13.2% rising
176 Senegal 62.9% 2024 up 3.9% rising
177 Guinea-Bissau 62.6% 2010 up 122.3% volatile
178 Benin 61.6% 2022 down 10.1% rising
179 Eritrea 61.3% 2022 up 5.3% rising
180 Madagascar 60.7% 2024 down 6.4% rising
181 Yemen 60.1% 2016 up 12.4% rising
182 Syrian Arab Republic 60.1% 2024 down 5.2% rising
183 Sudan 60.1% 2019 up 3.9% rising
184 Guinea 59.9% 2020 up 6.6% volatile
185 Liberia 57.8% 2022 down 8.8% rising
186 Ethiopia 54.4% 2024 up 6.4% rising
187 Uganda 53.3% 2017 up 2.8% rising
188 Haiti 52.6% 1997 up 44.0% rising
189 Tokelau 52.4% 2025 down 22.7% falling
190 Burkina Faso 52.0% 2024 down 12.8% volatile
191 Mali 48.4% 2023 down 4.0% volatile
192 Angola 47.9% 2023 down 4.2% rising
193 Burundi 47.6% 2020 down 9.4% volatile
194 British Virgin Islands 46.4% 2024 down 49.2% falling
195 Chad 41.8% 2021 up 24.8% rising
196 Niger 40.8% 2024 down 27.7% volatile
197 Central African Republic 38.5% 2016 up 68.8% rising
198 Equatorial Guinea 32.6% 2015 up 1.9% 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 intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
417 places, 14,076 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release