Precentage enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level by country

Countries reporting
208
Highest
96.43
Macau (China)
Lowest
0
San Marino
Median
12.08
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
6,329

What the numbers show

Precentage enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 96.43 in Macau (China); the lowest is 0 in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.08, and the mean is 17.92.

Over the past decade 158 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 2,128.5%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 100.0%).

Precentage enrolled in private institutions at the primary education l: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Macau (China) 96.43 2024 down 1.3% flat
1 Montserrat 44.75 2019 up 34.8% rising
2 United Arab Emirates 81.64 2024 rising
3 Belize 80.72 2024 down 1.6% falling
4 Haiti 76.71 1998 up 31.2% rising
5 Lebanon 75.51 2024 up 6.4% rising
6 Aruba 73.42 2014 down 7.7% falling
7 Qatar 65.28 2024 up 8.2% volatile
8 Chile 63.54 2024 up 3.3% rising
9 Equatorial Guinea 58.67 2015 up 96.1% rising
10 Somalia 56.53 2023 volatile
11 Belgium 53.94 2023 down 0.6% flat
12 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 49.82 1990 down 23.1% flat
13 Liberia 49.63 2020 up 49.1% falling
14 Gabon 49.12 2019 up 12.0% falling
15 Antigua and Barbuda 48.76 2018 down 5.7% rising
16 Cayman Islands 47.19 2024 up 23.2% rising
17 Pakistan 46.98 2024 up 25.9% rising
18 India 45.12 2020 up 29.0% rising
19 Palestine 44.54 2023 up 0.2% rising
20 Bermuda 44 2023 up 17.9% rising
21 Turks and Caicos Islands 43.22 2022 up 54.6% volatile
22 Congo 42.67 2018 up 22.3% volatile
23 Mauritius 42.07 2024 up 37.4% rising
24 Malta 41.49 2023 down 2.6% rising
25 Brunei 41.19 2020 up 13.1% rising
26 Dominica 40.44 2023 up 14.3% rising
27 Kuwait 38.42 2021 down 6.4% rising
28 United Kingdom 38.15 2023 up 258.2% volatile
29 Bahrain 37.73 2024 up 9.1% volatile
30 Guinea 35.47 2020 up 29.4% volatile
31 Monaco 35.3 2024 up 64.5% flat
32 Mali 35.12 2023 down 0.5% volatile
33 Jordan 33.95 2024 up 1.7% rising
34 Suriname 33.75 2023 up 2,128.5% volatile
35 Gambia 33.37 2021 up 23.4% rising
36 Togo 32.5 2024 up 18.5% rising
37 Australia 31.75 2024 up 2.7% rising
38 Spain 31.71 2024 up 0.2% falling
39 New Caledonia 31.31 1991 down 7.2% falling
40 Puerto Rico 29.17 2023 up 25.0% rising
41 Ghana 28.4 2022 up 28.6% rising
42 Burkina Faso 28.18 2024 up 62.7% rising
43 Guinea-Bissau 27.69 2010 up 42.8% volatile
44 Bahamas 27.46 2024 up 13.3% rising
45 Peru 26.05 2024 down 4.1% rising
46 Argentina 25.81 2023 up 1.9% rising
47 Benin 25.78 2022 up 57.3% volatile
48 Nepal 25.38 2020 up 92.9% volatile
49 Cameroon 25.34 2024 up 12.4% falling
50 Ecuador 25.19 2024 up 4.9% rising
51 Solomon Islands 24.89 2019 up 36.0% volatile
52 Israel 24.89 2024 up 8.6% rising
53 Bangladesh 23.9 2018 down 40.7% volatile
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23.71 2021 up 13.7% rising
55 Chad 23.62 2024 up 126.9% rising
56 Nigeria 23.27 2023 up 56.7% volatile
57 Indonesia 22.85 2018 up 41.9% falling
58 British Virgin Islands 22.46 2024 down 28.3% rising
59 United States Virgin Islands 22.35 1993 up 6.5% falling
60 Thailand 22.22 2020 up 21.9% rising
61 Hungary 21.55 2024 up 45.0% volatile
62 Dominican Republic 21.52 2024 down 8.7% rising
63 Paraguay 21.09 2024 up 4.6% rising
64 Madagascar 20.94 2019 up 16.4% flat
65 Palau 20.65 2021 down 10.4% rising
66 Hong Kong (China) 20.6 2024 up 9.3% volatile
67 Samoa 20.27 2021 up 21.1% flat
68 Marshall Islands 20.02 2022 up 8.7% falling
69 Côte d’Ivoire 20 2024 up 48.0% falling
70 Uganda 19.61 2017 up 94.4% rising
71 Colombia 19.32 2022 up 3.7% rising
72 Brazil 19.14 2024 up 13.5% rising
73 Senegal 18.91 2024 up 25.4% rising
74 Comoros 18.59 2018 up 25.8% volatile
75 Denmark 18.55 2024 up 21.4% rising
76 Morocco 18.26 2024 up 27.8% volatile
77 Angola 18.15 2023 up 504.4% volatile
78 Tonga 17.85 2020 up 58.6% volatile
79 French Polynesia 17.82 1996 down 4.0% falling
80 Jamaica 17.12 2024 up 101.4% rising
81 American Samoa 17.06 1992 down 2.5% rising
82 Central African Republic 16.73 2016 up 71.4% volatile
83 Oman 16.22 2024 down 15.0% volatile
84 Kenya 15.99 2014 up 258.8% rising
85 Uruguay 15.94 2023 down 8.1% falling
86 Nicaragua 15.91 2023 up 2.3% rising
87 Tuvalu 15.78 2023 volatile
88 Saudi Arabia 15.66 2024 up 15.3% rising
89 Venezuela 15.57 2024 down 16.7% rising
90 France 15.27 2024 up 4.2% rising
91 Iran 15.2 2023 up 121.0% volatile
92 Seychelles 15.17 2024 up 41.6% volatile
93 Cyprus 14.05 2024 up 75.3% volatile
94 Djibouti 13.69 2023 up 13.4% flat
95 Zimbabwe 13.14 2020 down 85.2% falling
96 Portugal 13.12 2023 up 9.9% rising
97 Mauritania 13 2024 down 12.0% volatile
98 Barbados 12.93 2024 up 0.4% rising
99 East Timor 12.85 2019 down 1.7% falling
100 Panama 12.61 2024 down 12.4% rising
101 Albania 12.47 2024 up 115.8% volatile
102 Sweden 12.3 2024 up 33.9% volatile
103 Honduras 12.19 2024 up 23.9% rising
104 Guatemala 11.97 2024 up 7.5% falling
105 El Salvador 11.92 2024 down 4.8% rising
106 Georgia 11.33 2024 up 17.8% volatile
107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.21 2018 up 84.4% rising
108 Guyana 11.12 2023 up 55.9% volatile
109 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.89 2023 down 13.5% rising
110 Eritrea 10.64 2018 up 17.3% volatile
111 Sudan 10.6 2019 up 117.5% rising
112 Afghanistan 10.3 2023 up 315.0% volatile
113 Luxembourg 10.28 2024 up 1.0% volatile
114 Mexico 10.18 2025 up 15.8% rising
115 Bolivia 10.06 2024 up 6.6% rising
116 Costa Rica 9.99 2024 up 14.1% rising
117 Trinidad and Tobago 9.82 2023 down 86.4% volatile
118 United States 9.72 2023 up 17.7% falling
119 Philippines 9.48 2020 up 16.7% rising
120 Guadeloupe 9.47 1995 up 29.5% rising
121 Slovak Republic 9.4 2024 up 39.8% rising
122 Tunisia 9.09 2023 up 186.5% volatile
123 Malaysia 9.02 2024 down 35.3% volatile
124 Egypt 8.54 2024 up 1.1% rising
125 Poland 8.07 2024 up 77.5% volatile
126 Reunion 8.03 1996 up 4.6% rising
127 French Guiana 7.92 1996 down 37.1% falling
128 Gibraltar 7.7 2024 down 22.6% volatile
129 Estonia 7.57 2024 up 39.4% rising
130 Lithuania 7.4 2024 up 252.2% volatile
131 Laos 7.36 2020 up 112.6% volatile
132 Greece 7.31 2023 up 12.4% falling
133 Botswana 6.94 2021 up 13.6% rising
134 Canada 6.67 2023 up 14.1% rising
135 Syria 6.67 2024 up 69.3% rising
136 Sierra Leone 6.55 2021 up 88.5% volatile
137 Rwanda 6.46 2024 up 122.3% volatile
138 Mongolia 6.37 2019 up 20.7% volatile
139 China (People's Republic of) 6.37 2024 down 3.6% volatile
140 Martinique 6.34 1996 up 9.6% rising
141 Türkiye 6.3 2023 up 110.5% volatile
142 Andorra 6.14 2024 up 232.8% volatile
143 Italy 6.1 2023 down 8.9% falling
144 Saint Lucia 6.05 2023 up 9.0% rising
145 Austria 6.01 2024 up 0.4% rising
146 Namibia 5.93 2018 up 37.3% rising
147 South Africa 5.78 2023 up 50.8% volatile
148 Cambodia 5.68 2019 up 383.1% volatile
149 Switzerland 5.53 2024 down 1.9% rising
150 Maldives 5.28 2024 up 800.2% volatile
151 Germany 5.13 2024 up 7.1% rising
152 Yemen 5.04 2016 up 116.2% rising
153 Vanuatu 5.01 2020 down 82.1% volatile
154 Myanmar 4.93 2018 volatile
155 Lesotho 4.7 2023 up 265.8% volatile
156 Libya 4.65 2006 up 110.4% volatile
157 Singapore 4.63 2023 up 17.4% volatile
158 Tanzania 4.55 2021 up 64.9% volatile
159 Niger 4.5 2024 up 31.7% falling
160 Ethiopia 4.43 2021 down 17.3% volatile
161 Latvia 4.15 2024 up 158.1% volatile
162 Norway 4.12 2024 up 44.1% volatile
163 Czechia 3.99 2023 up 122.5% volatile
164 Bhutan 3.65 2020 up 33.8% rising
165 Grenada 3.55 2023 down 95.4% volatile
166 Iceland 3.31 2023 up 4.5% rising
167 Sri Lanka 3.19 2020 up 14.4% volatile
168 Zambia 3.18 2013 up 25.4% volatile
169 Armenia 3.15 2024 up 69.8% volatile
170 Kyrgyzstan 3.1 2021 up 313.2% volatile
171 Burundi 3.07 2025 up 85.1% volatile
172 Liechtenstein 2.97 2021 down 26.1% falling
173 Eswatini 2.96 2023 up 77.2% volatile
174 Moldova 2.74 2024 up 133.7% volatile
175 Ukraine 2.41 2024 up 423.8% volatile
176 Bulgaria 2.22 2024 up 178.8% volatile
177 New Zealand 2.21 2024 up 21.8% volatile
178 Romania 2.2 2023 up 481.5% volatile
179 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.19 2023 up 65.9% rising
180 Cape Verde 2.17 2022 up 204.1% volatile
181 Malawi 2.07 2017 up 92.1% rising
182 Mozambique 1.97 2022 up 27.2% volatile
183 Finland 1.77 2024 up 3.0% rising
184 Algeria 1.76 2024 up 90.3% volatile
185 Korea 1.74 2024 up 6.9% rising
186 Kazakhstan 1.63 2020 up 88.9% volatile
187 Azerbaijan 1.56 2024 up 240.4% volatile
188 Viet Nam 1.54 2021 up 193.1% volatile
189 Sao Tome and Principe 1.38 2017 volatile
190 Uzbekistan 1.33 2024 up 1,124.8% volatile
191 Japan 1.28 2023 up 10.9% rising
192 Russia 1.28 2023 up 71.0% volatile
193 Croatia 1.27 2023 up 246.7% volatile
194 Papua New Guinea 1.24 2018 volatile
195 Montenegro 1.22 2023 volatile
196 Tajikistan 1.14 2017 up 25.3% rising
197 Slovenia 1.1 2023 up 77.5% volatile
198 Ireland 0.9975 2022 up 26.5% volatile
199 North Macedonia 0.7775 2023 volatile
200 Netherlands 0.3177 2022 up 0.2% volatile
201 Serbia 0.1707 2024 up 117.0% rising
202 Belarus 0.1027 2024 up 28.8% volatile
203 Cuba 0 1995 flat
203 Fiji 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
203 Iraq 0 1991 volatile
203 Kiribati 0 1993 down 100.0% volatile
203 San Marino 0 1994 flat

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Indicator
Precentage enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 6,329 data points, 1970–2025
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