Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
189
Highest
60.9%
Ireland
Lowest
20.9%
Suriname
Median
48.9%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
2,925
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions, female (%) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 60.9% in Ireland; the lowest is 20.9% in Suriname.
The median across all reporting countries is 48.9%, and the mean is 48.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 41.6%), and the largest decrease in Suriname (down 58.4%).
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 60.9% | 2022 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 59.8% | 2017 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 3 | Japan | 56.0% | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 4 | Angola | 55.1% | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 54.2% | 2022 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 6 | Iceland | 53.5% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 7 | Dominica | 52.7% | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 8 | Eswatini | 52.6% | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 9 | Montserrat | 52.6% | 2019 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 52.4% | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 52.3% | 2018 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 12 | British Virgin Islands | 52.3% | 2024 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 13 | Senegal | 51.9% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 14 | Bermuda | 51.7% | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 15 | Lesotho | 51.7% | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.7% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 17 | Serbia | 51.6% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 18 | Antigua and Barbuda | 51.6% | 2018 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 19 | Finland | 51.6% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 20 | Cayman Islands | 51.5% | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 21 | Liberia | 51.2% | 2020 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 22 | Equatorial Guinea | 51.2% | 2015 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 23 | Namibia | 51.1% | 2018 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 24 | Gambia | 51.1% | 2021 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 25 | Zambia | 51.1% | 2013 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 26 | Uganda | 50.9% | 2017 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 50.9% | 2018 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 28 | Congo | 50.7% | 2018 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 29 | Malawi | 50.7% | 2017 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 30 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 50.7% | 2022 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 31 | New Zealand | 50.6% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 32 | Grenada | 50.6% | 2023 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 33 | Maldives | 50.5% | 2024 | down 38.3% | flat |
| 34 | Guyana | 50.5% | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 35 | Comoros | 50.5% | 2017 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 36 | Panama | 50.4% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 37 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50.4% | 2021 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 38 | Malta | 50.3% | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 39 | Denmark | 50.2% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 40 | Austria | 50.2% | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 41 | Seychelles | 50.2% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 42 | Argentina | 50.1% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 43 | Mozambique | 50.1% | 2022 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 44 | Bahamas | 50.1% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 45 | Ecuador | 50.1% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 46 | Nigeria | 50.0% | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 47 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 50.0% | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 48 | South Africa | 50.0% | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 49 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 50.0% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 50 | Cape Verde | 50.0% | 2022 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 50.0% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | 50.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 53 | Honduras | 49.9% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 54 | Australia | 49.9% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 55 | Botswana | 49.9% | 2021 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 56 | Sweden | 49.8% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 57 | Madagascar | 49.8% | 2019 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 49.8% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 59 | Kenya | 49.8% | 2014 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 60 | Cambodia | 49.8% | 2019 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 49.7% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 62 | Cook Islands | 49.7% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 63 | Brunei Darussalam | 49.7% | 2020 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 64 | Mauritania | 49.6% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 65 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 49.6% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 66 | Hungary | 49.6% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 67 | El Salvador | 49.6% | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 68 | Togo | 49.5% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 69 | Tonga | 49.5% | 2020 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 70 | Thailand | 49.5% | 2020 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 71 | Cameroon | 49.5% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 72 | Gabon | 49.5% | 2019 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 49.4% | 2021 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 74 | Timor-Leste | 49.4% | 2019 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 75 | Burundi | 49.4% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 76 | Canada | 49.4% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 77 | Estonia | 49.3% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 78 | Mexico | 49.3% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 79 | Mongolia | 49.3% | 2019 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 80 | Rwanda | 49.3% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 81 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 49.2% | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 82 | Djibouti | 49.2% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 49.2% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 84 | Chile | 49.2% | 2024 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 85 | Mauritius | 49.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 49.1% | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 87 | Paraguay | 49.1% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 88 | Belgium | 49.1% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 89 | Brazil | 49.1% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 90 | Ghana | 49.0% | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 91 | Spain | 49.0% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 92 | Jamaica | 49.0% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 93 | Lithuania | 48.9% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 94 | Guatemala | 48.9% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 95 | Italy | 48.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 96 | Pakistan | 48.9% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 97 | Armenia | 48.9% | 2024 | up 15.2% | flat |
| 98 | United Arab Emirates | 48.9% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 48.9% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 100 | Portugal | 48.8% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 101 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 48.8% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 102 | Romania | 48.8% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 103 | Greece | 48.8% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 104 | Norway | 48.8% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 105 | Netherlands | 48.7% | 2022 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 106 | Germany | 48.7% | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 107 | Syrian Arab Republic | 48.7% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 108 | Israel | 48.7% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 109 | Belarus | 48.7% | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 110 | Belize | 48.7% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 111 | Andorra | 48.6% | 2024 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 112 | Mali | 48.6% | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 48.6% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 114 | Samoa | 48.6% | 2021 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 115 | Niger | 48.6% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 116 | Peru | 48.6% | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 117 | Slovakia | 48.5% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 118 | Hong Kong, China | 48.5% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 119 | Morocco | 48.5% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 120 | Bulgaria | 48.5% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 121 | Aruba | 48.5% | 2014 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 122 | Monaco | 48.5% | 2024 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 123 | Barbados | 48.5% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 124 | Benin | 48.4% | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 125 | Lebanon | 48.4% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 126 | Uruguay | 48.3% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 127 | Colombia | 48.3% | 2022 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 128 | Cyprus | 48.3% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 129 | France | 48.3% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 130 | Sri Lanka | 48.3% | 2020 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 131 | Slovenia | 48.3% | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 132 | Bhutan | 48.3% | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 133 | Korea | 48.2% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 134 | Egypt | 48.2% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 135 | Gibraltar | 48.1% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48.1% | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 48.0% | 2019 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 138 | Macau, China | 47.9% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 139 | Poland | 47.9% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 140 | Philippines | 47.9% | 2020 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 141 | Czechia | 47.9% | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 142 | Russian Federation | 47.9% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 143 | Ukraine | 47.8% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 144 | Türkiye | 47.8% | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 145 | Algeria | 47.8% | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 146 | Tunisia | 47.7% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 147 | Montenegro | 47.7% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 148 | Bahrain | 47.6% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 149 | Qatar | 47.6% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 150 | Eritrea | 47.6% | 2018 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 151 | Indonesia | 47.5% | 2018 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 152 | Kazakhstan | 47.5% | 2020 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 153 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 47.5% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 154 | Albania | 47.4% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 47.4% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 156 | Georgia | 47.3% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 157 | Palestine, State of | 47.3% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 158 | Guinea | 47.3% | 2020 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 47.1% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 160 | Latvia | 47.0% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 161 | Republic of Moldova | 47.0% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.9% | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 163 | Tuvalu | 46.9% | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 164 | United States of America | 46.9% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 165 | Central African Republic | 46.8% | 2016 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 166 | Oman | 46.7% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 167 | Croatia | 46.6% | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 168 | Sudan | 46.3% | 2019 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 169 | Kuwait | 46.2% | 2021 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 170 | Viet Nam | 46.1% | 2021 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 171 | Liechtenstein | 45.8% | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 172 | Chad | 45.6% | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 173 | Malaysia | 45.5% | 2024 | down 7.6% | flat |
| 174 | Kyrgyzstan | 45.3% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 175 | India | 44.7% | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 176 | Azerbaijan | 44.5% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 177 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.3% | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 178 | North Macedonia | 44.0% | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 179 | Anguilla | 43.6% | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 180 | Jordan | 42.8% | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 181 | China | 42.6% | 2024 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 182 | Switzerland | 42.5% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 183 | Singapore | 41.0% | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 184 | Nepal | 40.6% | 2020 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 185 | Yemen | 37.6% | 2016 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 186 | Uzbekistan | 37.3% | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 187 | Tajikistan | 34.8% | 2017 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 188 | Afghanistan | 33.0% | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 189 | Suriname | 20.9% | 2023 | down 58.4% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release