Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training, by sex (%) by country
Countries reporting
119
Highest
77.9%
Belgium
Lowest
26.4%
Niger
Median
55.4%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
2,463
What the numbers show
Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training, by sex (%) is currently reported for 119 countries. The highest value is 77.9% in Belgium; the lowest is 26.4% in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 55.4%, and the mean is 56.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 165.3%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 29.3%).
Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 77.9% | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 2 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 77.5% | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 3 | Norway | 77.1% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 4 | Sweden | 77.0% | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 5 | Slovenia | 76.7% | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 6 | Latvia | 76.4% | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 7 | Denmark | 76.2% | 2023 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 8 | Estonia | 74.8% | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 9 | Greece | 74.5% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 10 | Ireland | 74.4% | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 11 | Portugal | 74.1% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 74.1% | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 73.7% | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 14 | Finland | 73.6% | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 15 | Spain | 73.2% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 16 | Czechia | 72.8% | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 71.6% | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 18 | Slovakia | 71.6% | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 71.0% | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 20 | Chile | 69.7% | 2024 | up 38.3% | rising |
| 21 | Poland | 69.2% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 22 | France | 69.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Croatia | 69.1% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 24 | Serbia | 68.9% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 25 | Republic of Moldova | 68.5% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 25 | Republic of Moldova | 68.5% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 27 | Lithuania | 68.4% | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 28 | Hungary | 68.2% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 29 | Belarus | 68.1% | 2022 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 67.2% | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 31 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 66.5% | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 32 | Philippines | 66.0% | 2022 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 33 | Iceland | 65.3% | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 34 | Georgia | 64.9% | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 35 | Republic of Korea | 64.3% | 2024 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 35 | Republic of Korea | 64.3% | 2024 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 63.9% | 2022 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 38 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 63.5% | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 39 | Tunisia | 63.2% | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 40 | Uruguay | 63.2% | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 41 | Australia | 63.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 41 | Australia and New Zealand | 63.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 43 | North Macedonia | 62.8% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 44 | Argentina | 61.9% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 45 | Panama | 61.5% | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 46 | Mongolia | 61.4% | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 47 | Malta | 61.3% | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 48 | Togo | 61.2% | 2022 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 49 | Egypt | 59.6% | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 58.9% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 51 | Austria | 58.8% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 52 | Cyprus | 58.0% | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 53 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 57.9% | 2023 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 54 | Kenya | 56.3% | 2022 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 55 | Timor-Leste | 56.2% | 2022 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 55 | Timor-Leste | 56.2% | 2022 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 57 | Brunei Darussalam | 55.6% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 57 | Brunei Darussalam | 55.6% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 59 | Bhutan | 55.5% | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 55.4% | 2023 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 61 | South Africa | 55.4% | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 62 | Armenia | 55.2% | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 63 | Montenegro | 55.1% | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 64 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 55.1% | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 64 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 55.1% | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 66 | United States of America | 54.6% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 67 | Jordan | 54.4% | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 68 | Albania | 54.0% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 69 | Viet Nam | 53.9% | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 69 | Viet Nam | 53.9% | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 71 | Canada | 53.1% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 72 | State of Palestine | 52.6% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 73 | Türkiye | 52.6% | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 73 | Türkiye | 52.6% | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 75 | New Caledonia | 52.1% | 2022 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 76 | Mexico | 52.1% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 77 | India | 51.9% | 2022 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 78 | Mauritius | 51.6% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 79 | Namibia | 51.6% | 2018 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 51.1% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 81 | Uganda | 50.8% | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 82 | Thailand | 50.4% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 83 | Ecuador | 50.3% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 84 | Côte d'Ivoire | 49.3% | 2022 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 84 | Côte d'Ivoire | 49.3% | 2022 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 86 | Nigeria | 49.2% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 87 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 49.1% | 2017 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 88 | Brazil | 48.9% | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 89 | Israel | 48.6% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 90 | Paraguay | 48.5% | 2017 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 91 | Colombia | 47.9% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 92 | Jamaica | 47.8% | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 93 | Bangladesh | 46.2% | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 94 | Grenada | 45.8% | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 95 | Angola | 45.6% | 2022 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 96 | Peru | 45.5% | 2022 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 97 | Switzerland | 45.2% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 98 | Indonesia | 44.5% | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 99 | Malawi | 44.1% | 2020 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 100 | Zambia | 43.8% | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 101 | Ghana | 43.4% | 2022 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 102 | Myanmar | 43.4% | 2020 | up 165.3% | rising |
| 103 | Senegal | 42.9% | 2022 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 104 | El Salvador | 42.8% | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 42.6% | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 106 | Botswana | 39.9% | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 37.6% | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 108 | Rwanda | 37.2% | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 109 | Belize | 35.4% | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 110 | Cambodia | 34.0% | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 33.8% | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 112 | Honduras | 33.7% | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 113 | Mali | 32.8% | 2022 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 114 | United Republic of Tanzania | 30.2% | 2020 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 115 | Vanuatu | 30.2% | 2020 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 30.0% | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 117 | Guatemala | 29.8% | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 118 | Pakistan | 28.3% | 2021 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 119 | Niger | 26.4% | 2022 | up 53.3% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Europe 69.1%
- Europe and Northern America 63.9%
- Oceania 58.7%
- United States of America 54.6%
- Northern America 54.5%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 53.1%
- Northern Africa 51.2%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 50.5%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 50.2%
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 49.8%
- South-Eastern Asia 49.6%
- Western Asia 49.2%
- Southern Asia 48.7%
- Central and Southern Asia 48.7%
- World 46.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 44.2%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 42.1%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 40.5%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 35.5%
- Eastern Asia 28.9%