School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) by country
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects...
Countries reporting
203
Highest
182.1%
Haiti
Lowest
19.0%
Somalia
Median
99.8%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
9,114
What the numbers show
School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 182.1% in Haiti; the lowest is 19.0% in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 99.8%, and the mean is 100.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 121 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 81.8%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 29.5%).
School enrollment, primary, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | 182.1% | 2016 | — | rising |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 166.3% | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Rwanda | 146.7% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 4 | Malawi | 140.7% | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 5 | Madagascar | 135.6% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 6 | Nepal | 126.4% | 2025 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 7 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 124.1% | 2024 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 8 | East Timor | 120.6% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 9 | Myanmar | 119.8% | 2018 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 119.3% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 11 | Bhutan | 119.3% | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 118.9% | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 13 | Monaco | 118.9% | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 118.4% | 2025 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 15 | Zambia | 118.3% | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 16 | Namibia | 117.9% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 17 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 117.0% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 18 | Mozambique | 116.1% | 2022 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 19 | Venezuela | 116.0% | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 20 | New Caledonia | 116.0% | 1991 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 21 | Morocco | 115.4% | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 114.3% | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 23 | Peru | 113.2% | 2024 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 24 | Togo | 113.2% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 113.1% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 26 | Eswatini | 112.6% | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 27 | Albania | 111.4% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 28 | Portugal | 111.2% | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 29 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 110.8% | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 30 | Tonga | 110.7% | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 31 | India | 110.6% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 32 | Vanuatu | 110.6% | 2024 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 33 | Guinea-Bissau | 110.4% | 2010 | up 80.7% | rising |
| 34 | Cameroon | 109.5% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 35 | Aruba | 109.5% | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 36 | Grenada | 109.2% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 37 | Antigua and Barbuda | 108.7% | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 38 | Gambia | 108.2% | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 39 | Botswana | 108.2% | 2022 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 40 | Nicaragua | 108.0% | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 41 | Mauritius | 107.8% | 2024 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 42 | Sao Tome and Principe | 107.6% | 2017 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 107.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 44 | Palau | 107.5% | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 45 | Fiji | 107.2% | 2024 | up 12.6% | flat |
| 46 | Moldova | 107.0% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 47 | Mauritania | 106.9% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 48 | Uganda | 106.8% | 2017 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 49 | Cambodia | 106.7% | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 50 | Montenegro | 106.5% | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 51 | Cyprus | 105.9% | 2024 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 52 | Algeria | 105.7% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 53 | French Polynesia | 105.4% | 1996 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 54 | Azerbaijan | 105.2% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 55 | Poland | 105.2% | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 56 | Maldives | 104.8% | 2024 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 104.7% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 58 | Libya | 104.4% | 2006 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 59 | Brazil | 104.3% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 104.1% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 61 | Vietnam | 104.1% | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 62 | Uruguay | 104.0% | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 63 | Netherlands | 103.9% | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 64 | Benin | 103.9% | 2022 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Tunisia | 103.5% | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 66 | France | 103.5% | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 67 | Gibraltar | 103.4% | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 68 | Colombia | 103.4% | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 69 | Argentina | 103.2% | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 70 | Spain | 103.0% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 71 | Italy | 103.0% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 72 | Germany | 103.0% | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 73 | Hungary | 102.9% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 74 | Slovakia | 102.8% | 2024 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 75 | Mexico | 102.5% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 76 | Marshall Islands | 102.3% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 102.2% | 2023 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 78 | United Kingdom | 102.1% | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 79 | Belgium | 102.1% | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 80 | Iran | 102.0% | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 81 | Cape Verde | 102.0% | 2022 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 82 | Greece | 101.8% | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 83 | Burundi | 101.6% | 2025 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Hong Kong | 101.6% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 85 | Croatia | 101.2% | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 86 | Turkey | 101.2% | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 87 | Switzerland | 101.1% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 88 | Austria | 101.1% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 89 | Japan | 101.1% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 90 | Armenia | 101.0% | 2024 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 91 | South Korea | 100.8% | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 92 | Liechtenstein | 100.8% | 2021 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 93 | Lithuania | 100.7% | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 94 | China | 100.7% | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 95 | Ghana | 100.7% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 96 | Guatemala | 100.6% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 97 | Slovenia | 100.5% | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 100.3% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 99 | Singapore | 100.1% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 100 | Tuvalu | 100.0% | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 101 | Thailand | 100.0% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 102 | Andorra | 99.8% | 2024 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 103 | Australia | 99.7% | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 104 | Denmark | 99.6% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 99.6% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 106 | Czechia | 99.5% | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 107 | Georgia | 99.5% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 108 | South Africa | 99.2% | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 109 | Samoa | 99.1% | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.1% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 111 | Indonesia | 99.1% | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 112 | Finland | 98.8% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 113 | Jordan | 98.8% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 114 | Qatar | 98.7% | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 115 | Ecuador | 98.6% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 116 | Norway | 98.5% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 117 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.1% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 119 | Russia | 98.0% | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 120 | Gabon | 98.0% | 2019 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 121 | Dominica | 97.9% | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 122 | Chile | 97.9% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 123 | Afghanistan | 97.9% | 2023 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Latvia | 97.8% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 125 | Malta | 97.7% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 126 | Cuba | 97.6% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 127 | Estonia | 97.6% | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 128 | Ireland | 97.6% | 2022 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 129 | Israel | 97.5% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 130 | Bahrain | 97.4% | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 131 | Guyana | 97.3% | 2024 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 132 | Panama | 97.3% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 133 | Saint Lucia | 97.2% | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 134 | Jamaica | 97.1% | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 135 | United States | 97.0% | 2022 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 136 | New Zealand | 96.8% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 137 | Belarus | 96.8% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 138 | Cayman Islands | 96.7% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 139 | Egypt | 96.7% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 140 | Kenya | 96.6% | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 141 | Nauru | 96.5% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 96.5% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 143 | Comoros | 96.3% | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 144 | Kazakhstan | 96.2% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 145 | Senegal | 96.1% | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 146 | Belize | 96.1% | 2024 | down 12.8% | flat |
| 147 | Turkmenistan | 95.6% | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 148 | Oman | 95.5% | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 149 | Tanzania | 95.3% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 150 | Bulgaria | 95.3% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 151 | Canada | 95.1% | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 152 | Brunei | 95.0% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 153 | Iraq | 94.9% | 2007 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 154 | San Marino | 94.8% | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 155 | Cote d'Ivoire | 94.4% | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 156 | Ukraine | 94.1% | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 157 | Seychelles | 93.5% | 2024 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 158 | Serbia | 93.4% | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 159 | Zimbabwe | 93.4% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 160 | Bolivia | 93.3% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 161 | Kiribati | 93.3% | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 162 | Bermuda | 93.3% | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 163 | Mongolia | 92.9% | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 164 | Guinea | 92.8% | 2020 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Laos | 92.6% | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 166 | Tajikistan | 92.6% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 167 | Philippines | 92.1% | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 168 | Sri Lanka | 92.1% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 169 | Bahamas | 91.6% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 170 | American Samoa | 91.2% | 1992 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 171 | Palestine | 91.0% | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 172 | Malaysia | 90.4% | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 173 | El Salvador | 90.2% | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 174 | Macao | 89.9% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 175 | Suriname | 89.7% | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 176 | Paraguay | 88.8% | 2024 | down 21.9% | flat |
| 177 | Kuwait | 88.7% | 2021 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 178 | Puerto Rico | 88.4% | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 179 | Nigeria | 88.2% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 180 | Angola | 87.1% | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 181 | Congo | 86.9% | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 182 | Central African Republic | 85.2% | 2016 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 183 | Romania | 84.5% | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 184 | Barbados | 83.0% | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 185 | Micronesia (country) | 82.6% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 186 | Pakistan | 82.4% | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 187 | Eritrea | 82.4% | 2022 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 188 | Chad | 81.8% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 189 | Syria | 81.5% | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 190 | Ethiopia | 81.4% | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Lebanon | 81.4% | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 192 | Solomon Islands | 80.6% | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 193 | Honduras | 79.5% | 2024 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 194 | Lesotho | 78.6% | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 195 | Burkina Faso | 78.3% | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | 73.5% | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 197 | Yemen | 71.9% | 2016 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 198 | Sudan | 71.0% | 2019 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 199 | Mali | 69.4% | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 200 | Liberia | 67.4% | 2022 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 201 | Niger | 63.3% | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Equatorial Guinea | 47.5% | 2015 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 203 | Somalia | 19.0% | 2023 | — | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 119.2%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 119.2%
- IBRD only 105.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 105.0%
- Lower middle income 104.9%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 104.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 104.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 104.2%
- Middle income 103.1%
- Euro area 102.8%
- European Union 102.5%
- Other small states 101.9%
- IDA & IBRD total 101.7%
- Low & middle income 101.6%
- World 101.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 100.7%
- Upper middle income 100.7%
- OECD members 100.4%
- Small states 100.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 100.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 100.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 100.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 100.0%
- Europe & Central Asia 99.8%
- High income 99.6%
- Least developed countries 99.3%
- Post-demographic dividend 99.1%
- IDA only 99.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 98.4%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 98.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 96.8%
- Pre-demographic dividend 96.3%
- Pacific island small states 96.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 96.2%
- North America 96.2%
- IDA total 96.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 96.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 96.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 96.0%
- Low income 94.5%
About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.