Primary education, pupils, per capita by country
Primary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
206
Highest
0.246 units per person
Haiti
Lowest
0.0253 units per person
Somalia
Median
0.0944 units per person
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
11,297
What the numbers show
Primary education, pupils, per capita is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 0.246 units per person in Haiti; the lowest is 0.0253 units per person in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0944 units per person, and the mean is 0.1011 units per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 137 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 80.4%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 58.6%).
Primary education, pupils, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | 0.246 units per person | 2016 | — | rising |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 0.2393 units per person | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 3 | Mozambique | 0.2344 units per person | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 4 | Uganda | 0.22 units per person | 2017 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 5 | Malawi | 0.2193 units per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 6 | Rwanda | 0.2109 units per person | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 7 | Zambia | 0.2106 units per person | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1999 units per person | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 9 | Togo | 0.1972 units per person | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 10 | Namibia | 0.1947 units per person | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 11 | Cameroon | 0.1816 units per person | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 0.1811 units per person | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Eswatini | 0.1807 units per person | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 14 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1796 units per person | 2017 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 15 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1781 units per person | 2010 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 0.1767 units per person | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 17 | Burundi | 0.1748 units per person | 2025 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Benin | 0.1743 units per person | 2022 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 19 | Central African Republic | 0.1726 units per person | 2016 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 20 | Mauritania | 0.1725 units per person | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 21 | Iraq | 0.1713 units per person | 2007 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 22 | Vanuatu | 0.171 units per person | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 23 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.1661 units per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 24 | Madagascar | 0.1656 units per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 25 | Timor-Leste | 0.1645 units per person | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 26 | American Samoa | 0.1608 units per person | 1992 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 27 | Samoa | 0.1604 units per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1593 units per person | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 29 | Guinea | 0.1576 units per person | 2020 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 30 | Gambia | 0.1569 units per person | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 31 | Botswana | 0.1564 units per person | 2022 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 32 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1509 units per person | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 33 | Chad | 0.1502 units per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 34 | Tonga | 0.1502 units per person | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 35 | Nigeria | 0.1466 units per person | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 36 | Angola | 0.1465 units per person | 2023 | down 29.4% | rising |
| 37 | Kenya | 0.1453 units per person | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 38 | Ghana | 0.1448 units per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 39 | Marshall Islands | 0.143 units per person | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 40 | Congo | 0.1424 units per person | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 41 | Naoero | 0.1416 units per person | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 42 | Tuvalu | 0.1381 units per person | 2024 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 43 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.1365 units per person | 1993 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 44 | Lesotho | 0.1324 units per person | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 45 | Egypt | 0.1322 units per person | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 46 | Guatemala | 0.1317 units per person | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 47 | French Polynesia | 0.1305 units per person | 1996 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 48 | Burkina Faso | 0.1303 units per person | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Kiribati | 0.1298 units per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 0.129 units per person | 2023 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 51 | Cambodia | 0.1285 units per person | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 52 | Senegal | 0.127 units per person | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 53 | Libya | 0.1263 units per person | 2006 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 54 | Mali | 0.1251 units per person | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Venezuela | 0.1247 units per person | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 56 | Fiji | 0.1227 units per person | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 57 | Yemen | 0.1215 units per person | 2016 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 58 | Morocco | 0.121 units per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 59 | Solomon Islands | 0.1208 units per person | 2024 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 60 | Ethiopia | 0.1206 units per person | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Nepal | 0.1204 units per person | 2025 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 62 | South Africa | 0.119 units per person | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 63 | Gabon | 0.1189 units per person | 2019 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 64 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1186 units per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 65 | Comoros | 0.1179 units per person | 2024 | down 30.3% | rising |
| 66 | Cape Verde | 0.1177 units per person | 2022 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 67 | Eritrea | 0.1168 units per person | 2022 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 68 | Bhutan | 0.1159 units per person | 2024 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 69 | Sudan | 0.1149 units per person | 2019 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 70 | Guam | 0.1143 units per person | 1989 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 71 | Guyana | 0.1141 units per person | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 72 | New Caledonia | 0.114 units per person | 1994 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 73 | Philippines | 0.1128 units per person | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 74 | Algeria | 0.1116 units per person | 2025 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 75 | Niger | 0.1111 units per person | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.111 units per person | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 77 | Tunisia | 0.1096 units per person | 2023 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1093 units per person | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 79 | Peru | 0.1083 units per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 80 | Mongolia | 0.1077 units per person | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 81 | Belize | 0.1073 units per person | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 82 | Liberia | 0.106 units per person | 2022 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 83 | Ireland | 0.1053 units per person | 2022 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 84 | Israel | 0.1048 units per person | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 85 | Micronesia (country) | 0.1039 units per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Paraguay | 0.1025 units per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 87 | Grenada | 0.1021 units per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 0.102 units per person | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 89 | Myanmar | 0.1014 units per person | 2018 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 90 | Pakistan | 0.101 units per person | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 91 | Argentina | 0.1006 units per person | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 92 | Indonesia | 0.1004 units per person | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 93 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.1003 units per person | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 94 | Mexico | 0.1 units per person | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 95 | Panama | 0.0999 units per person | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 96 | Palestine | 0.0996 units per person | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0976 units per person | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 98 | Jordan | 0.0966 units per person | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 99 | Bangladesh | 0.0961 units per person | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 100 | Suriname | 0.0955 units per person | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 101 | Tajikistan | 0.0952 units per person | 2024 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 102 | Ecuador | 0.0951 units per person | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 103 | Honduras | 0.0949 units per person | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 104 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0939 units per person | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 105 | El Salvador | 0.0939 units per person | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 106 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0934 units per person | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0924 units per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 0.0921 units per person | 2025 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 109 | Lebanon | 0.0919 units per person | 2024 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 110 | Georgia | 0.0898 units per person | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 0.0897 units per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 112 | Syria | 0.088 units per person | 2024 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 113 | Viet Nam | 0.0879 units per person | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 114 | India | 0.0862 units per person | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 115 | Malaysia | 0.0859 units per person | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0859 units per person | 2025 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 117 | Uruguay | 0.0849 units per person | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 118 | Turkmenistan | 0.0842 units per person | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 119 | Iceland | 0.0838 units per person | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 120 | Australia | 0.0835 units per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 121 | Maldives | 0.0834 units per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 122 | Dominica | 0.0824 units per person | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 123 | Palau | 0.0819 units per person | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 124 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0816 units per person | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 125 | Sweden | 0.0814 units per person | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 126 | Colombia | 0.08 units per person | 2022 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 127 | Saint Lucia | 0.0793 units per person | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 128 | Seychelles | 0.079 units per person | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 129 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0789 units per person | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Norway | 0.078 units per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 131 | China | 0.0771 units per person | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 132 | Bahrain | 0.077 units per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 0.0756 units per person | 2025 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 134 | Chile | 0.0754 units per person | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 135 | Jamaica | 0.0744 units per person | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 136 | New Zealand | 0.0724 units per person | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 137 | Denmark | 0.0723 units per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 0.0715 units per person | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 139 | Aruba | 0.0715 units per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 140 | Brazil | 0.0713 units per person | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 141 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.071 units per person | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 142 | United States | 0.0708 units per person | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 143 | Gibraltar | 0.0701 units per person | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 144 | Belgium | 0.0691 units per person | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 145 | Mauritius | 0.0679 units per person | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 146 | Oman | 0.0678 units per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 147 | Bahamas | 0.0668 units per person | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 148 | Latvia | 0.0664 units per person | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 149 | Estonia | 0.065 units per person | 2024 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 150 | Turkey | 0.0649 units per person | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0642 units per person | 2015 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 152 | Finland | 0.0641 units per person | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 153 | Netherlands | 0.064 units per person | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 154 | Cuba | 0.0636 units per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 0.0635 units per person | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 156 | Qatar | 0.0631 units per person | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 157 | Slovenia | 0.0626 units per person | 2023 | up 18.0% | flat |
| 158 | Montenegro | 0.0623 units per person | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 159 | Thailand | 0.0621 units per person | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 160 | Switzerland | 0.0618 units per person | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 161 | Kuwait | 0.0608 units per person | 2021 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 162 | Canada | 0.0607 units per person | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 163 | Djibouti | 0.0605 units per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 164 | France | 0.0602 units per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 165 | Albania | 0.0594 units per person | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 166 | Azerbaijan | 0.0592 units per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 167 | Cayman Islands | 0.0582 units per person | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 168 | Spain | 0.058 units per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 169 | Barbados | 0.0578 units per person | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 170 | North Macedonia | 0.0577 units per person | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 171 | Moldova | 0.0569 units per person | 2024 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 172 | Portugal | 0.0566 units per person | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 173 | Macao | 0.0558 units per person | 2024 | up 51.8% | falling |
| 174 | Greece | 0.0556 units per person | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 175 | Monaco | 0.0535 units per person | 2024 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 176 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0534 units per person | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 177 | Czechia | 0.0533 units per person | 2023 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 178 | Armenia | 0.053 units per person | 2024 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 179 | Russia | 0.0525 units per person | 2023 | up 33.7% | falling |
| 180 | Bermuda | 0.0522 units per person | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 181 | Andorra | 0.0515 units per person | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 182 | Liechtenstein | 0.0506 units per person | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 183 | Japan | 0.0502 units per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 184 | Malta | 0.0495 units per person | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 185 | Belarus | 0.0486 units per person | 2024 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 186 | South Korea | 0.0484 units per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 187 | Romania | 0.0458 units per person | 2023 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 188 | Slovakia | 0.0451 units per person | 2024 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 189 | Puerto Rico | 0.0451 units per person | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 190 | Cyprus | 0.0446 units per person | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 191 | Italy | 0.0445 units per person | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 192 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0444 units per person | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 193 | Hong Kong | 0.0438 units per person | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 194 | Poland | 0.0438 units per person | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 195 | Lithuania | 0.0419 units per person | 2024 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0412 units per person | 2024 | down 58.6% | falling |
| 197 | San Marino | 0.0409 units per person | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 198 | Singapore | 0.0404 units per person | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 199 | Hungary | 0.0402 units per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 200 | Austria | 0.0402 units per person | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 201 | Germany | 0.0396 units per person | 2024 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 202 | Serbia | 0.0383 units per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 203 | Croatia | 0.0382 units per person | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 204 | Ukraine | 0.0369 units per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 205 | Bulgaria | 0.0364 units per person | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 206 | Somalia | 0.0253 units per person | 2023 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Other small states 0.3205 units per person
- Small states 0.2538 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.1591 units per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.1578 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.1573 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.1526 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1526 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.1526 units per person
- Low income 0.1505 units per person
- Africa Western and Central 0.1455 units per person
- Least developed countries 0.1441 units per person
- IDA only 0.1438 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.1373 units per person
- IDA total 0.1356 units per person
- Pacific island small states 0.1312 units per person
- IDA blend 0.1273 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.1181 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.113 units per person
- Arab World 0.1129 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.1043 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.1027 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.1022 units per person
- Middle income 0.0986 units per person
- World 0.0959 units per person
- South Asia 0.0959 units per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.0959 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0936 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0928 units per person
- IBRD only 0.0891 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0886 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0841 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0837 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0801 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.0774 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0746 units per person
- North America 0.0687 units per person
- OECD members 0.0654 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0626 units per person
- High income 0.0593 units per person
- Post-demographic dividend 0.0589 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Primary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Primary education, pupils ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Primary education, pupils Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Primary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.