Share of children in primary school age who are in school by country
The share of children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.
Countries reporting
203
Highest
100.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
14.7%
Somalia
Median
96.0%
Years covered
206
1820–2025
Data points
8,478
What the numbers show
Share of children in primary school age who are in school is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Arab Emirates; the lowest is 14.7% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 96.0%, and the mean is 90.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 46.0%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 56.1%).
Share of children in primary school age who are in school: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 2 | Myanmar | 100.0% | 2018 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 4 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 5 | South Korea | 99.9% | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Japan | 99.9% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 99.9% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 8 | Poland | 99.9% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 9 | Iran | 99.9% | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Greece | 99.9% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 11 | India | 99.9% | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 13 | Lithuania | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 99.9% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 15 | Switzerland | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 16 | Peru | 99.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 17 | France | 99.8% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 18 | Singapore | 99.8% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Montenegro | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 21 | Haiti | 99.7% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Germany | 99.7% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 99.6% | 2024 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Malawi | 99.6% | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Moldova | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 26 | Albania | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Portugal | 99.5% | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Netherlands | 99.5% | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 99.5% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 30 | Botswana | 99.5% | 2022 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 31 | Tuvalu | 99.5% | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 32 | Sweden | 99.4% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 33 | Turkey | 99.4% | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Togo | 99.4% | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Cyprus | 99.4% | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 99.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 37 | Argentina | 99.3% | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Nepal | 99.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Mauritius | 99.2% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 40 | Czechia | 99.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 41 | Thailand | 99.2% | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Namibia | 99.1% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 44 | Indonesia | 99.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Denmark | 99.1% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 46 | Morocco | 99.1% | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Maldives | 99.1% | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 48 | Rwanda | 99.0% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 50 | Mozambique | 99.0% | 2022 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 99.0% | 1987 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 52 | Slovakia | 98.9% | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 53 | Armenia | 98.9% | 2024 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 54 | Tunisia | 98.9% | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Spain | 98.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 56 | Palau | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 57 | Norway | 98.6% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 58 | Hong Kong | 98.6% | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Austria | 98.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 60 | Slovenia | 98.6% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 61 | Marshall Islands | 98.5% | 2024 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 62 | Algeria | 98.4% | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Gibraltar | 98.4% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 64 | Belgium | 98.3% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 65 | Antigua and Barbuda | 98.3% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 66 | Vietnam | 98.3% | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 67 | Aruba | 98.2% | 2014 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 68 | Finland | 98.2% | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Samoa | 98.2% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 70 | Croatia | 98.2% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 72 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 73 | Tonga | 98.1% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 74 | Jordan | 98.1% | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Venezuela | 98.0% | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Taiwan | 98.0% | 1980 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Italy | 97.9% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 97.9% | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 79 | Chile | 97.9% | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Brazil | 97.8% | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Anguilla | 97.6% | 2022 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 82 | Fiji | 97.6% | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Andorra | 97.6% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 97.5% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 85 | Cook Islands | 97.5% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 86 | New Zealand | 97.4% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 87 | Sierra Leone | 97.4% | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Israel | 97.3% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 90 | Latvia | 97.3% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 91 | Hungary | 97.2% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 92 | Sao Tome and Principe | 97.1% | 2017 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.0% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 96.9% | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 95 | Serbia | 96.7% | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Estonia | 96.6% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 97 | Madagascar | 96.6% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 98 | Bermuda | 96.6% | 2012 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 99 | Egypt | 96.5% | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Zambia | 96.5% | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Brunei | 96.4% | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 102 | Cambodia | 96.3% | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Cameroon | 96.2% | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 96.2% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 105 | Eswatini | 96.2% | 2022 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Dominica | 96.0% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 107 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96.0% | 2018 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 108 | United States | 96.0% | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 109 | Papua New Guinea | 96.0% | 2021 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 110 | French Polynesia | 95.9% | 1996 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 111 | Uganda | 95.9% | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 95.8% | 2017 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 113 | Jamaica | 95.7% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 95.5% | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Belarus | 95.5% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 116 | Libya | 95.5% | 1983 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Qatar | 95.4% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 118 | Cuba | 95.3% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 119 | Ecuador | 95.3% | 2023 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Bahrain | 95.3% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 121 | Ghana | 95.2% | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Dominican Republic | 95.1% | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Russia | 95.1% | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Grenada | 95.1% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 125 | Canada | 95.0% | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 126 | Cayman Islands | 94.8% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 127 | Kenya | 94.3% | 2023 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Oman | 94.2% | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 129 | Bangladesh | 94.1% | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Bulgaria | 94.1% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 131 | South Africa | 93.9% | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 132 | San Marino | 93.9% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 133 | Georgia | 93.8% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 134 | Nauru | 93.4% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 135 | Nicaragua | 93.3% | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 136 | China | 93.3% | 1997 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Montserrat | 93.3% | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 138 | Seychelles | 93.2% | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 139 | East Timor | 93.1% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 140 | Saint Lucia | 93.0% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 92.8% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 142 | Colombia | 92.7% | 2022 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 92.6% | 1991 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 144 | Panama | 92.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | 92.1% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 146 | Guatemala | 91.6% | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Niue | 91.6% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 149 | Mongolia | 91.4% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 150 | Kiribati | 91.3% | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 151 | Sri Lanka | 90.9% | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Bolivia | 90.7% | 2024 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Reunion | 90.7% | 1994 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Palestine | 90.4% | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 155 | Benin | 90.4% | 2022 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Laos | 89.6% | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 157 | Bhutan | 89.5% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 158 | Zimbabwe | 89.5% | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Belize | 89.3% | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 160 | Iraq | 89.3% | 2007 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Macao | 89.2% | 2024 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 162 | Mauritania | 88.7% | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 163 | Philippines | 88.4% | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Malaysia | 88.0% | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Cote d'Ivoire | 87.4% | 2024 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Ukraine | 87.1% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 167 | Puerto Rico | 86.7% | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 168 | Paraguay | 86.7% | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Guinea | 85.3% | 2020 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 170 | El Salvador | 84.7% | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Romania | 84.4% | 2023 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Bahamas | 84.1% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 173 | Suriname | 83.8% | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 174 | Tanzania | 83.6% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 175 | Gambia | 83.1% | 2025 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Congo | 82.9% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 177 | Barbados | 82.4% | 2024 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 178 | Pakistan | 82.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 179 | Guyana | 82.0% | 2023 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 180 | Kuwait | 80.6% | 2021 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Comoros | 79.4% | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 182 | Syria | 78.2% | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Ethiopia | 77.5% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 184 | Lebanon | 77.5% | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 185 | Micronesia (country) | 76.9% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 186 | Nigeria | 75.7% | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 187 | Senegal | 75.5% | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Chad | 75.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 189 | Burundi | 73.5% | 2025 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 190 | Honduras | 73.4% | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 191 | British Virgin Islands | 73.0% | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 192 | Solomon Islands | 69.9% | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 193 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.5% | 2010 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 194 | Yemen | 69.4% | 2016 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 195 | Lesotho | 67.8% | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 196 | Mali | 66.0% | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Burkina Faso | 65.7% | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 198 | Angola | 63.2% | 2023 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 199 | Central African Republic | 62.1% | 2012 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 200 | Liberia | 61.7% | 2022 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 201 | Eritrea | 59.6% | 2022 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 202 | Niger | 59.6% | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 203 | Cape Verde | 58.2% | 2022 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 204 | Sudan | 56.2% | 2019 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 205 | Tokelau | 36.3% | 2025 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 206 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 34.7% | 1999 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 207 | Equatorial Guinea | 34.4% | 2015 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 208 | Afghanistan | 31.2% | 1993 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 209 | Somalia | 14.7% | 1980 | — | falling |
About this data
The share of children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.