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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private institutions, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
185 places, 3,317 data points, 1998–2025
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February 2026 Data Release