Net attendance rate of primary school by country
Total number of students of the official age group for primary education who are attending school at any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population.
What the numbers show
Net attendance rate of primary school is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 99.8% in Uruguay; the lowest is 62.8% in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 96.6%, and the mean is 91.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 15.3%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 3.3%).
Net attendance rate of primary school: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uruguay | 99.8% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | Brazil | 99.6% | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 3 | Chile | 99.3% | 2022 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | Paraguay | 99.3% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 99.2% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Peru | 99.2% | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 7 | Armenia | 99.2% | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 8 | Bolivia | 98.8% | 2021 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 98.7% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Panama | 98.7% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Mexico | 98.6% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 12 | Ecuador | 98.3% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 13 | Venezuela | 98.3% | 2014 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 14 | El Salvador | 97.7% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 15 | United States | 97.4% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 16 | South Africa | 97.3% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 17 | Lesotho | 96.8% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 18 | Colombia | 96.7% | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 19 | Nepal | 96.5% | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 96.1% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 21 | Togo | 94.2% | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 22 | Kenya | 93.8% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 23 | Ghana | 93.8% | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 24 | Honduras | 93.4% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 93.0% | 2022 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 26 | Guatemala | 91.4% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 27 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 85.5% | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 28 | Zambia | 84.2% | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 29 | Cameroon | 84.0% | 2018 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 30 | Tanzania | 83.9% | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 31 | Benin | 75.5% | 2021 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 32 | Gambia | 75.0% | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 33 | Nigeria | 72.1% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 68.6% | 2022 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 35 | Senegal | 63.4% | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 36 | Mali | 62.8% | 2024 | up 15.3% | rising |
About this data
Total number of students of the official age group for primary education who are attending school at any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population.