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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
189 places, 2,925 data points, 1997–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release