Participation/ enrolment in education (ISCED 0-4) (1998-2012) by country

Countries reporting
34
Highest
99.3
Ireland
Lowest
42.7
Belgium
Median
91.85
Years covered
15
1998–2012
Data points
515

What the numbers show

Participation/ enrolment in education (ISCED 0-4) (1998-2012) is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 99.3 in Ireland; the lowest is 42.7 in Belgium.

The median across all reporting countries is 91.85, and the mean is 88.49.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Netherlands (up 306.8%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 9.7%).

Participation/ enrolment in education (ISCED 0-4): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 99.3 2012 up 0.1% flat
1 North Macedonia 99.3 2012 down 0.4% flat
3 Lithuania 98.7 2012 down 1.0% flat
4 Latvia 98.6 2012 down 0.3% flat
5 Croatia 98.5 2012 down 0.7% flat
6 Slovenia 98.3 2012 unchanged flat
7 Romania 97.4 2012 down 1.2% flat
8 Netherlands 96.4 2012 up 306.8% volatile
9 Bulgaria 96.3 2012 down 3.0% flat
10 Estonia 95.8 2012 down 2.0% flat
11 Liechtenstein 95.6 2012 down 0.8% flat
12 Albania 95.1 2007 down 4.9% flat
13 Norway 94.7 2012 down 1.1% flat
14 Greece 94.4 2012 up 1.5% flat
15 Czechia 93 2012 down 1.6% flat
16 Italy 92.7 2012 down 1.5% flat
17 Germany 92.5 2012 down 1.9% flat
18 Switzerland 91.2 2012 down 2.5% flat
19 Austria 91 2012 down 1.6% flat
20 Finland 90.6 2012 down 4.5% falling
21 Slovak Republic 90.5 2012 down 4.3% falling
22 Iceland 90 2012 down 7.1% falling
23 Poland 87.9 2012 down 7.5% falling
24 Cyprus 86.8 2012 down 5.5% falling
25 Luxembourg 86.2 2012 down 1.9% flat
26 Sweden 86.1 2012 down 9.7% falling
27 Denmark 86 2012 down 3.3% flat
28 Portugal 84.3 2012 down 3.8% falling
29 Hungary 82.2 2012 down 9.3% falling
30 France 78.4 2012 down 0.8% flat
31 Spain 70.9 2012 up 3.2% flat
32 Malta 63.7 2012 down 6.5% falling
33 United Kingdom 63.6 2012 up 8.0% rising
34 Belgium 42.7 2012 down 1.2% flat

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Indicator
Participation/ enrolment in education (ISCED 0-4) (1998-2012)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
37 places, 515 data points, 1998–2012
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