Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private institutions, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
184
Highest
96.9%
Macau, China
Lowest
0.0%
Fiji
Median
12.2%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
3,317
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private institutions, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 96.9% in Macau, China; the lowest is 0.0% in Fiji.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.2%, and the mean is 19.4%.
Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 3,093.8%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 100.0%).
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macau, China | 96.9% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 95.5% | 2020 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 3 | Aruba | 90.4% | 2012 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 75.9% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 72.9% | 2023 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Lebanon | 71.8% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 7 | Belize | 68.6% | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 8 | Tonga | 67.5% | 2020 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 9 | Liberia | 65.1% | 2020 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 61.9% | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 11 | Chile | 61.1% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 12 | Mauritius | 58.6% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 13 | Belgium | 57.6% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | Bermuda | 57.4% | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 15 | Qatar | 56.3% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 55.1% | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 17 | Comoros | 50.5% | 2018 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 18 | Pakistan | 48.4% | 2024 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 19 | India | 46.2% | 2020 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 20 | Malta | 44.5% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 21 | Australia | 43.8% | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 22 | Madagascar | 41.8% | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 23 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 40.8% | 2022 | up 149.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Cayman Islands | 39.8% | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 25 | Palestine, State of | 39.7% | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 26 | Indonesia | 39.3% | 2018 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 27 | Monaco | 39.0% | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 38.7% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 29 | Chad | 37.7% | 2024 | up 171.3% | rising |
| 30 | Mali | 36.9% | 2023 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 31 | Kuwait | 35.0% | 2012 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 32 | Guinea | 34.4% | 2014 | up 277.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Dominica | 33.9% | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 34 | Bahamas | 33.1% | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 35 | Spain | 32.1% | 2024 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 36 | Mauritania | 31.6% | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 37 | Denmark | 31.4% | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 38 | Bahrain | 31.0% | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 39 | Tuvalu | 30.4% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Cameroon | 29.1% | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 41 | Angola | 28.8% | 2023 | up 156.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.7% | 2018 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 43 | Solomon Islands | 27.5% | 2019 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 44 | Peru | 26.5% | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 45 | Nigeria | 26.1% | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 46 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 25.8% | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 47 | Ecuador | 25.4% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 48 | British Virgin Islands | 24.9% | 2021 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Jordan | 24.5% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 50 | Cook Islands | 24.4% | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 51 | Honduras | 24.3% | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 52 | Argentina | 24.3% | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 53 | Gambia | 24.2% | 2021 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 54 | Nepal | 24.0% | 2020 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 55 | Puerto Rico | 23.8% | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 56 | Hungary | 23.1% | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Ghana | 22.9% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 58 | France | 22.4% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 59 | Hong Kong, China | 22.4% | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 60 | Congo | 21.6% | 2004 | up 137.3% | rising |
| 61 | Cyprus | 21.5% | 2024 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 62 | Suriname | 21.2% | 2023 | up 2,661.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 21.2% | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 64 | Palau | 21.1% | 2021 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 65 | Benin | 19.7% | 2022 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 66 | Samoa | 19.5% | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 67 | Senegal | 19.1% | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 68 | Sweden | 19.0% | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 69 | Paraguay | 19.0% | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 18.7% | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 71 | Luxembourg | 18.4% | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 72 | Israel | 18.4% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 73 | Colombia | 18.1% | 2022 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 74 | Brunei Darussalam | 18.0% | 2020 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 75 | Timor-Leste | 17.3% | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 76 | Philippines | 16.9% | 2020 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 77 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 16.8% | 2021 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 78 | Antigua and Barbuda | 16.7% | 2018 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 79 | Korea | 16.2% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 80 | Brazil | 16.1% | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 81 | Marshall Islands | 15.6% | 2022 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 82 | Uruguay | 14.6% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 83 | Niger | 14.1% | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 84 | Sudan | 14.0% | 2019 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 85 | Kenya | 14.0% | 2016 | up 214.2% | rising |
| 86 | Panama | 13.7% | 2016 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 87 | Seychelles | 13.2% | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 88 | El Salvador | 12.9% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 89 | Kiribati | 12.7% | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 90 | Portugal | 12.5% | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 91 | Saudi Arabia | 12.4% | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 92 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 12.4% | 2021 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 93 | Morocco | 12.1% | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 94 | Malaysia | 12.1% | 2024 | up 122.6% | rising |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.1% | 2023 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 12.1% | 2023 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 97 | Oman | 11.9% | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Gibraltar | 11.6% | 2024 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 99 | Zambia | 11.5% | 2017 | up 233.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 11.1% | 2020 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 101 | Thailand | 11.0% | 2020 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 102 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.7% | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 103 | Germany | 10.6% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 104 | Djibouti | 10.5% | 2023 | up 22.7% | falling |
| 105 | Austria | 10.4% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 106 | China | 10.1% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 107 | Costa Rica | 10.0% | 2024 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 108 | Albania | 10.0% | 2024 | up 91.6% | rising |
| 109 | Georgia | 9.7% | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 110 | Canada | 9.7% | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 111 | Slovakia | 9.5% | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 112 | Mozambique | 9.4% | 2017 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 113 | Mexico | 9.4% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 114 | United States of America | 9.2% | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 115 | Afghanistan | 9.1% | 2023 | up 351.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Switzerland | 8.4% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 117 | Eritrea | 8.3% | 2018 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 118 | Barbados | 8.2% | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 119 | Sierra Leone | 8.1% | 2021 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 120 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.8% | 2021 | up 97.9% | rising |
| 121 | Poland | 7.7% | 2024 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 122 | Japan | 7.6% | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 123 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.5% | 2024 | up 107.3% | rising |
| 124 | Tunisia | 7.5% | 2023 | up 220.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Lithuania | 7.1% | 2024 | up 136.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Egypt | 7.0% | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 127 | Malawi | 6.9% | 2018 | up 83.4% | rising |
| 128 | Türkiye | 6.8% | 2023 | up 130.9% | rising |
| 129 | Mongolia | 6.5% | 2019 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Estonia | 6.4% | 2024 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Guyana | 6.3% | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Norway | 6.2% | 2024 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 133 | Andorra | 6.2% | 2024 | up 227.7% | rising |
| 134 | Greece | 6.0% | 2023 | up 27.5% | flat |
| 135 | Finland | 5.9% | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 136 | Burundi | 5.6% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 137 | Liechtenstein | 5.5% | 2021 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 138 | Vanuatu | 5.5% | 2021 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Latvia | 5.5% | 2024 | up 271.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Rwanda | 5.3% | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Singapore | 5.3% | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 142 | New Zealand | 5.1% | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 143 | South Africa | 4.9% | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 144 | Ethiopia | 4.7% | 2017 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 145 | Namibia | 4.6% | 2017 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 146 | Cambodia | 4.5% | 2019 | up 250.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Yemen | 4.3% | 2016 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 148 | Czechia | 4.3% | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 149 | Italy | 4.1% | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 150 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.0% | 2020 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 151 | Cape Verde | 3.5% | 2022 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Bulgaria | 3.4% | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Jamaica | 3.4% | 2024 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Sri Lanka | 3.1% | 2020 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.1% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Botswana | 2.8% | 2013 | up 28.7% | flat |
| 157 | Iceland | 2.6% | 2023 | up 172.5% | rising |
| 158 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.6% | 2020 | up 136.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Maldives | 2.4% | 2019 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Armenia | 2.3% | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 2.2% | 2023 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 162 | Republic of Moldova | 2.1% | 2024 | up 128.2% | rising |
| 163 | Netherlands | 1.9% | 2022 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 164 | Ukraine | 1.9% | 2024 | up 365.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Algeria | 1.9% | 2024 | up 635.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.8% | 2023 | up 84.1% | rising |
| 167 | Eswatini | 1.5% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Viet Nam | 1.5% | 2021 | up 156.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Bhutan | 1.4% | 2020 | up 101.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Romania | 1.4% | 2023 | up 325.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Lesotho | 1.3% | 2016 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Azerbaijan | 1.3% | 2024 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Croatia | 1.2% | 2023 | up 180.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Russian Federation | 1.0% | 2023 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 175 | Kazakhstan | 1.0% | 2020 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 176 | Montenegro | 1.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Slovenia | 1.0% | 2023 | up 234.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Tajikistan | 0.9% | 2017 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 179 | North Macedonia | 0.9% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 180 | Uzbekistan | 0.9% | 2024 | up 3,093.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Serbia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 144.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2024 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release