Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
189
Highest
1.4%
Ireland
Lowest
0.3%
Suriname
Median
1.0%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
2,925
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 1.4% in Ireland; the lowest is 0.3% in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.0%, and the mean is 1.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 79.9%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 73.8%).
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 1.4% | 2022 | up 79.9% | rising |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.3% | 2017 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 3 | Japan | 1.2% | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 4 | Angola | 1.2% | 2023 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 1.2% | 2022 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 6 | Iceland | 1.1% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 7 | Dominica | 1.1% | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 8 | Eswatini | 1.1% | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 9 | Montserrat | 1.1% | 2019 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 1.1% | 2021 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.1% | 2018 | up 28.0% | flat |
| 12 | British Virgin Islands | 1.1% | 2024 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 13 | Senegal | 1.1% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 14 | Bermuda | 1.1% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 15 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.1% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 17 | Serbia | 1.1% | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 18 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.1% | 2018 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 19 | Finland | 1.1% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 20 | Cayman Islands | 1.1% | 2024 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 21 | Liberia | 1.0% | 2020 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 22 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.0% | 2015 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 23 | Namibia | 1.0% | 2018 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 24 | Gambia | 1.0% | 2021 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 25 | Zambia | 1.0% | 2013 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 26 | Uganda | 1.0% | 2017 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 1.0% | 2018 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 28 | Congo | 1.0% | 2018 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 29 | Malawi | 1.0% | 2017 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 30 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.0% | 2022 | up 25.5% | flat |
| 31 | New Zealand | 1.0% | 2024 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 32 | Grenada | 1.0% | 2023 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 33 | Maldives | 1.0% | 2024 | down 42.6% | flat |
| 34 | Guyana | 1.0% | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 35 | Comoros | 1.0% | 2017 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 36 | Panama | 1.0% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 37 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.0% | 2021 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 38 | Malta | 1.0% | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 39 | Denmark | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 40 | Austria | 1.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 41 | Seychelles | 1.0% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 1.0% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 43 | Mozambique | 1.0% | 2022 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 44 | Bahamas | 1.0% | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 45 | Ecuador | 1.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 46 | Nigeria | 1.0% | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 47 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.0% | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 48 | South Africa | 1.0% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 49 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.0% | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 50 | Cape Verde | 1.0% | 2022 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 1.0% | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | 1.0% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 53 | Honduras | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 54 | Australia | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 55 | Botswana | 1.0% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 56 | Sweden | 1.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 57 | Madagascar | 1.0% | 2019 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 1.0% | 2020 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 59 | Kenya | 1.0% | 2014 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 60 | Cambodia | 1.0% | 2019 | up 16.4% | flat |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 62 | Cook Islands | 1.0% | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 63 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.0% | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 64 | Mauritania | 1.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 65 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 66 | Hungary | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 67 | El Salvador | 1.0% | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 68 | Togo | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 69 | Tonga | 1.0% | 2020 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 70 | Thailand | 1.0% | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 71 | Cameroon | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 72 | Gabon | 1.0% | 2019 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 1.0% | 2021 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 74 | Timor-Leste | 1.0% | 2019 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 75 | Burundi | 1.0% | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 76 | Canada | 1.0% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 77 | Estonia | 1.0% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 78 | Mexico | 1.0% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 79 | Mongolia | 1.0% | 2019 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 80 | Rwanda | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 81 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.0% | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 82 | Djibouti | 1.0% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 1.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 84 | Chile | 1.0% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 85 | Mauritius | 1.0% | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 1.0% | 2024 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 87 | Paraguay | 1.0% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 88 | Belgium | 1.0% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 89 | Brazil | 1.0% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 90 | Ghana | 1.0% | 2022 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 91 | Spain | 1.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 92 | Jamaica | 1.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 93 | Lithuania | 1.0% | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 94 | Guatemala | 1.0% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 95 | Italy | 1.0% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 96 | Pakistan | 1.0% | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 97 | Armenia | 1.0% | 2024 | up 29.7% | flat |
| 98 | United Arab Emirates | 1.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 1.0% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 100 | Portugal | 1.0% | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 101 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.0% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 102 | Romania | 1.0% | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 103 | Greece | 1.0% | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 104 | Norway | 1.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 105 | Netherlands | 1.0% | 2022 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 106 | Germany | 1.0% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 107 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.0% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 108 | Israel | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 109 | Belarus | 0.9% | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 110 | Belize | 0.9% | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 111 | Andorra | 0.9% | 2024 | down 19.1% | flat |
| 112 | Mali | 0.9% | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 0.9% | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 114 | Samoa | 0.9% | 2021 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 115 | Niger | 0.9% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 116 | Peru | 0.9% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 117 | Slovakia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 118 | Hong Kong, China | 0.9% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 119 | Morocco | 0.9% | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 120 | Bulgaria | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 121 | Aruba | 0.9% | 2014 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 122 | Monaco | 0.9% | 2024 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 123 | Barbados | 0.9% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 124 | Benin | 0.9% | 2022 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 125 | Lebanon | 0.9% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 126 | Uruguay | 0.9% | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 127 | Colombia | 0.9% | 2022 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 128 | Cyprus | 0.9% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 129 | France | 0.9% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 130 | Sri Lanka | 0.9% | 2020 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 131 | Slovenia | 0.9% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 132 | Bhutan | 0.9% | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 133 | Republic of Korea | 0.9% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 134 | Egypt | 0.9% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 135 | Gibraltar | 0.9% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9% | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 0.9% | 2019 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 138 | Macau, China | 0.9% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 139 | Poland | 0.9% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 140 | Philippines | 0.9% | 2020 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 141 | Czechia | 0.9% | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 142 | Russian Federation | 0.9% | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 143 | Ukraine | 0.9% | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 144 | Türkiye | 0.9% | 2023 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 145 | Algeria | 0.9% | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 146 | Tunisia | 0.9% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 147 | Montenegro | 0.9% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 148 | Bahrain | 0.9% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 149 | Qatar | 0.9% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 150 | Eritrea | 0.9% | 2018 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 151 | Indonesia | 0.9% | 2018 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 152 | Kazakhstan | 0.9% | 2020 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 153 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.9% | 2020 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 154 | Albania | 0.9% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 0.9% | 2020 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 156 | Georgia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 157 | Palestine, State of | 0.9% | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 158 | Guinea | 0.9% | 2020 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 0.9% | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 160 | Latvia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 161 | Republic of Moldova | 0.9% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.9% | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 163 | Tuvalu | 0.9% | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 164 | United States of America | 0.9% | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 165 | Central African Republic | 0.9% | 2016 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 166 | Oman | 0.9% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 167 | Croatia | 0.9% | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 168 | Sudan | 0.9% | 2019 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 169 | Kuwait | 0.9% | 2021 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 170 | Viet Nam | 0.9% | 2021 | up 16.8% | flat |
| 171 | Liechtenstein | 0.8% | 2021 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 172 | Chad | 0.8% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 173 | Malaysia | 0.8% | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 174 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.8% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 175 | India | 0.8% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 176 | Azerbaijan | 0.8% | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 177 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.8% | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 178 | North Macedonia | 0.8% | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 179 | Anguilla | 0.8% | 2022 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 180 | Jordan | 0.7% | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 181 | China | 0.7% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 182 | Switzerland | 0.7% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 183 | Singapore | 0.7% | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 184 | Nepal | 0.7% | 2020 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 185 | Yemen | 0.6% | 2016 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 186 | Uzbekistan | 0.6% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 187 | Tajikistan | 0.5% | 2017 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 188 | Afghanistan | 0.5% | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 189 | Suriname | 0.3% | 2023 | down 73.8% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release