Percentage of enrolment in primary education in public institutions, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
201
Highest
100.0%
Cuba
Lowest
3.6%
Macau, China
Median
88.8%
Years covered
29
1997–2025
Data points
3,881
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in public institutions, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Cuba; the lowest is 3.6% in Macau, China.
The median across all reporting countries is 88.8%, and the mean is 82.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 158 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 10,797.3%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 41.0%).
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in public institutions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Fiji | 100.0% | 2020 | up 10,797.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Iraq | 100.0% | 2007 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kiribati | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Naoero | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Niue | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Tokelau | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 10 | Belarus | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 11 | Serbia | 99.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 12 | Netherlands | 99.7% | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 13 | North Macedonia | 99.2% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 14 | Ireland | 99.0% | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 15 | Slovenia | 98.9% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 16 | Tajikistan | 98.9% | 2017 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 17 | Montenegro | 98.8% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 18 | Croatia | 98.7% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 98.7% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 20 | Japan | 98.7% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 98.7% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 22 | Sao Tome and Principe | 98.6% | 2017 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 98.5% | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 24 | Azerbaijan | 98.4% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 98.4% | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 26 | Korea | 98.3% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 27 | Algeria | 98.2% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 28 | Finland | 98.2% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 29 | Mozambique | 98.0% | 2022 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 30 | Malawi | 97.9% | 2017 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 31 | Cape Verde | 97.8% | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 97.8% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 33 | Romania | 97.8% | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 34 | New Zealand | 97.8% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 97.8% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 36 | Ukraine | 97.6% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 37 | Republic of Moldova | 97.3% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 38 | Eswatini | 97.0% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 39 | Liechtenstein | 97.0% | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 40 | Burundi | 96.9% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 41 | Kyrgyzstan | 96.9% | 2021 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 42 | Armenia | 96.8% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 43 | Zambia | 96.8% | 2013 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 96.8% | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 45 | Iceland | 96.7% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 46 | Grenada | 96.4% | 2023 | up 325.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Bhutan | 96.3% | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 48 | Czechia | 96.0% | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 49 | Norway | 95.9% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 50 | Latvia | 95.8% | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 95.6% | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 52 | Niger | 95.5% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 53 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 95.5% | 2021 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 54 | Singapore | 95.4% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 55 | Libya | 95.3% | 2006 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 56 | Lesotho | 95.3% | 2023 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 57 | Myanmar | 95.1% | 2018 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 58 | Vanuatu | 95.0% | 2020 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 59 | Yemen | 95.0% | 2016 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 60 | Germany | 94.9% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 61 | Maldives | 94.7% | 2024 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 62 | Switzerland | 94.5% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 63 | Cambodia | 94.3% | 2019 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 64 | South Africa | 94.2% | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 65 | Anguilla | 94.2% | 2022 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 66 | Namibia | 94.1% | 2018 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 67 | Austria | 94.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 68 | Saint Lucia | 94.0% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 69 | Italy | 93.9% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 70 | Andorra | 93.9% | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 71 | Türkiye | 93.7% | 2023 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 72 | China | 93.6% | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 73 | Mongolia | 93.6% | 2019 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 74 | Rwanda | 93.5% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 75 | Sierra Leone | 93.5% | 2021 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 76 | Syrian Arab Republic | 93.3% | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 77 | Canada | 93.3% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 78 | Botswana | 93.1% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 79 | Greece | 92.7% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 80 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 92.6% | 2020 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 81 | Lithuania | 92.6% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 82 | Estonia | 92.4% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 83 | Gibraltar | 92.3% | 2024 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 84 | Poland | 91.9% | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 85 | Egypt | 91.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 86 | Malaysia | 91.0% | 2024 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 87 | Tunisia | 90.9% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 88 | Slovakia | 90.6% | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 89 | Philippines | 90.5% | 2020 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 90 | United States of America | 90.3% | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 90.2% | 2023 | up 223.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Costa Rica | 90.0% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 93 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 89.9% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 94 | Mexico | 89.8% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 89.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 96 | Afghanistan | 89.7% | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 97 | Sudan | 89.4% | 2019 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 98 | Eritrea | 89.4% | 2018 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 99 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 89.1% | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 100 | Guyana | 88.9% | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 88.8% | 2018 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 102 | Georgia | 88.7% | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 103 | El Salvador | 88.1% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 104 | Guatemala | 88.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 105 | Honduras | 87.8% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 106 | Sweden | 87.7% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 107 | Albania | 87.5% | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 108 | Panama | 87.4% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 109 | Timor-Leste | 87.2% | 2019 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 110 | Barbados | 87.1% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 111 | Mauritania | 87.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 112 | Portugal | 86.9% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 113 | Zimbabwe | 86.9% | 2020 | up 678.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Djibouti | 86.3% | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 115 | Cyprus | 85.9% | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 116 | Seychelles | 84.8% | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 117 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 84.8% | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 118 | France | 84.7% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 119 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 84.4% | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 120 | Saudi Arabia | 84.3% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 121 | Tuvalu | 84.2% | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 84.1% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 123 | Uruguay | 84.1% | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 124 | Kenya | 84.0% | 2014 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 125 | Oman | 83.8% | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 126 | Central African Republic | 83.3% | 2016 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 127 | Jamaica | 82.9% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 128 | Tonga | 82.1% | 2020 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 129 | Angola | 81.9% | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 130 | Morocco | 81.7% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 131 | Denmark | 81.5% | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 132 | Comoros | 81.4% | 2018 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 133 | Senegal | 81.1% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 134 | Brazil | 80.9% | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 135 | Colombia | 80.7% | 2022 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 136 | Uganda | 80.4% | 2017 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 137 | Côte d'Ivoire | 80.0% | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 138 | Marshall Islands | 80.0% | 2022 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 139 | Samoa | 79.7% | 2021 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 140 | Hong Kong, China | 79.4% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 141 | Palau | 79.3% | 2021 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 142 | Madagascar | 79.1% | 2019 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 143 | Paraguay | 78.9% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 144 | Dominican Republic | 78.5% | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 145 | Hungary | 78.5% | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 146 | Thailand | 77.8% | 2020 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 147 | British Virgin Islands | 77.5% | 2024 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 148 | Indonesia | 77.1% | 2018 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 149 | Nigeria | 76.7% | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 150 | Chad | 76.4% | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 151 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.3% | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 152 | Bangladesh | 76.1% | 2018 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 153 | Israel | 75.1% | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 75.1% | 2019 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 155 | Ecuador | 74.8% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 156 | Cameroon | 74.7% | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 157 | Nepal | 74.6% | 2020 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 158 | Benin | 74.2% | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 159 | Argentina | 74.2% | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 160 | Peru | 73.9% | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 161 | Bahamas | 72.5% | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 162 | Burkina Faso | 71.8% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 163 | Ghana | 71.6% | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 70.8% | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 165 | Cook Islands | 70.3% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 166 | Spain | 68.3% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 167 | Australia | 68.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 168 | Togo | 67.5% | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 169 | Gambia | 66.6% | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 170 | Suriname | 66.2% | 2023 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 171 | Jordan | 66.1% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 172 | Mali | 64.9% | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 173 | Monaco | 64.7% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 174 | Guinea | 64.5% | 2020 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 175 | Bahrain | 62.3% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 176 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 61.9% | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 177 | Kuwait | 61.6% | 2021 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 178 | Dominica | 59.6% | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 179 | Brunei Darussalam | 58.8% | 2020 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 180 | Malta | 58.5% | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 181 | Mauritius | 57.9% | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 182 | Congo | 57.3% | 2018 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 183 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 56.8% | 2022 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 184 | Bermuda | 56.0% | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 185 | Palestine, State of | 55.5% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 186 | Montserrat | 55.3% | 2019 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 187 | India | 54.9% | 2020 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 188 | Pakistan | 53.0% | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 189 | Cayman Islands | 52.8% | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 190 | Antigua and Barbuda | 51.2% | 2018 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 191 | Gabon | 50.9% | 2019 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 192 | Liberia | 50.4% | 2020 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 193 | Belgium | 46.1% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 194 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.3% | 2015 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 195 | Chile | 36.5% | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 196 | Qatar | 34.7% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 197 | Aruba | 26.6% | 2014 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 198 | Lebanon | 24.5% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 199 | Belize | 19.3% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 200 | United Arab Emirates | 18.4% | 2024 | — | falling |
| 201 | Macau, China | 3.6% | 2024 | up 53.8% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release