School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) by country
Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.
Countries reporting
170
Highest
96.7%
Macao
Lowest
0.0%
Grenada
Median
14.1%
Years covered
28
1998–2025
Data points
2,993
What the numbers show
School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 96.7% in Macao; the lowest is 0.0% in Grenada.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.1%, and the mean is 20.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,969.
Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 1,991.2%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 100.0%).
School enrollment, secondary, private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 96.7% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 93.9% | 2017 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 3 | Aruba | 92.4% | 2012 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 77.4% | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 5 | Tonga | 67.4% | 2020 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 6 | Lebanon | 67.3% | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 7 | Belize | 66.4% | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 8 | Cote d'Ivoire | 63.3% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 9 | Chile | 63.2% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 10 | Guatemala | 61.8% | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 11 | Belgium | 58.5% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 12 | Mauritius | 56.4% | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 13 | Comoros | 55.0% | 2018 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 14 | Mali | 53.0% | 2023 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 15 | Qatar | 52.0% | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 16 | Bermuda | 51.8% | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 17 | India | 51.4% | 2020 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 18 | Australia | 48.0% | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 19 | Pakistan | 46.8% | 2024 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 20 | Madagascar | 43.1% | 2019 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 21 | Indonesia | 42.1% | 2018 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 41.2% | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 23 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 39.8% | 2022 | up 167.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Chad | 39.3% | 2024 | up 155.7% | rising |
| 25 | Guinea | 39.3% | 2014 | up 322.9% | rising |
| 26 | Cayman Islands | 36.7% | 2024 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 27 | Malta | 36.1% | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 28 | Monaco | 35.2% | 2024 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 29 | Kuwait | 35.0% | 2015 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 30 | Dominica | 34.2% | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 31 | Angola | 33.5% | 2023 | up 205.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Palau | 32.3% | 2021 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 33 | Tuvalu | 31.5% | 2023 | up 373.6% | rising |
| 34 | Bahamas | 31.4% | 2024 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 35 | Spain | 31.3% | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 36 | Samoa | 30.9% | 2016 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 37 | Togo | 30.8% | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 38 | Cameroon | 30.6% | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 39 | Solomon Islands | 29.8% | 2012 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 40 | Palestine | 29.3% | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 41 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.3% | 2018 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 42 | Bahrain | 28.1% | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 43 | South Korea | 28.1% | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 44 | Nigeria | 27.9% | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 45 | Honduras | 27.3% | 2024 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 46 | Hungary | 27.3% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 47 | France | 26.2% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 48 | Mauritania | 26.1% | 2020 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 25.9% | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 50 | Argentina | 25.9% | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 51 | Ecuador | 25.8% | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 52 | Venezuela | 25.8% | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 53 | East Timor | 24.0% | 2019 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 54 | Philippines | 23.9% | 2020 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | 23.8% | 2022 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 56 | Japan | 22.4% | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 22.4% | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 58 | Hong Kong | 22.1% | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 59 | Jordan | 21.7% | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 60 | Puerto Rico | 21.5% | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 61 | Senegal | 21.5% | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 62 | Benin | 20.9% | 2022 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 63 | Colombia | 20.8% | 2022 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 64 | Sweden | 20.8% | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 20.4% | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 66 | Sudan | 20.2% | 2019 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 67 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 19.8% | 2021 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 68 | Portugal | 19.1% | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 19.1% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 70 | Luxembourg | 18.9% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 71 | Paraguay | 18.9% | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 72 | British Virgin Islands | 18.8% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 73 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.0% | 2018 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 74 | Niger | 17.8% | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 75 | Brunei | 17.3% | 2020 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 76 | Finland | 16.8% | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 77 | Suriname | 16.5% | 2023 | up 1,862.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Panama | 16.1% | 2016 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 79 | Denmark | 16.0% | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 80 | Brazil | 15.8% | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 81 | Iceland | 15.5% | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 82 | Ghana | 15.4% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 83 | El Salvador | 14.5% | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 14.4% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 85 | Seychelles | 14.4% | 2024 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 86 | China | 13.7% | 2024 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 87 | Tanzania | 13.5% | 2021 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 88 | Mozambique | 13.3% | 2017 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 89 | Slovakia | 13.1% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 90 | Israel | 13.1% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 91 | Egypt | 13.0% | 2024 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.4% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 93 | Morocco | 12.3% | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 94 | Iran | 12.3% | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 95 | Albania | 12.1% | 2024 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 96 | Uruguay | 12.0% | 2023 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 97 | Thailand | 11.9% | 2020 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 98 | Poland | 11.9% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 99 | Oman | 11.8% | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Burundi | 11.7% | 2025 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 101 | Mexico | 11.6% | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 102 | Bolivia | 11.6% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 103 | Switzerland | 11.4% | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 104 | Djibouti | 11.4% | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 105 | Austria | 11.2% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 106 | Gibraltar | 11.0% | 2024 | up 151.1% | rising |
| 107 | Rwanda | 10.6% | 2024 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Czechia | 10.3% | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 109 | Georgia | 10.3% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 110 | Bhutan | 10.3% | 2018 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 111 | Malawi | 10.2% | 2018 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 112 | Germany | 10.0% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 113 | New Zealand | 9.6% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 114 | Mongolia | 9.5% | 2019 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Malaysia | 9.4% | 2021 | up 102.0% | rising |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 9.3% | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 117 | United States | 9.1% | 2023 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 118 | Canada | 9.0% | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 119 | Latvia | 8.9% | 2024 | up 264.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Netherlands | 8.5% | 2022 | up 146.5% | rising |
| 121 | Sierra Leone | 8.0% | 2021 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 122 | Barbados | 7.9% | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 123 | Italy | 7.8% | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 124 | Syria | 7.8% | 2024 | up 117.2% | rising |
| 125 | Guyana | 7.8% | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Norway | 7.8% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 127 | Turkey | 7.7% | 2023 | up 153.5% | rising |
| 128 | Eritrea | 7.5% | 2018 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 129 | Tunisia | 7.2% | 2016 | up 53.5% | rising |
| 130 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.0% | 2021 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 131 | Cape Verde | 6.7% | 2022 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Lithuania | 6.2% | 2024 | up 137.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Singapore | 5.9% | 2023 | up 38.7% | falling |
| 134 | Greece | 5.6% | 2023 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 135 | Andorra | 5.5% | 2024 | up 154.9% | rising |
| 136 | Estonia | 5.5% | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 137 | Maldives | 5.2% | 2019 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 138 | South Africa | 5.1% | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 139 | Namibia | 4.9% | 2007 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 4.7% | 2020 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 141 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.7% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 4.6% | 2024 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 143 | Afghanistan | 4.5% | 2018 | up 250.1% | rising |
| 144 | Botswana | 4.3% | 2021 | up 42.7% | falling |
| 145 | Slovenia | 3.9% | 2023 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 146 | Yemen | 3.9% | 2016 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 147 | Laos | 3.6% | 2020 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 148 | Liechtenstein | 3.6% | 2021 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 3.4% | 2024 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.3% | 2020 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Jamaica | 3.2% | 2024 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 152 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.2% | 2023 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 153 | Moldova | 3.1% | 2024 | up 125.8% | rising |
| 154 | Armenia | 3.0% | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 155 | Croatia | 2.7% | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 156 | Saint Lucia | 2.1% | 2023 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 157 | Romania | 2.1% | 2023 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 158 | Eswatini | 2.0% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 159 | Cambodia | 2.0% | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Ukraine | 1.9% | 2024 | up 408.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Algeria | 1.8% | 2024 | up 563.8% | volatile |
| 162 | North Macedonia | 1.7% | 2023 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Lesotho | 1.4% | 2016 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Serbia | 1.2% | 2024 | up 184.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Russia | 1.1% | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 166 | Uzbekistan | 0.9% | 2024 | up 1,991.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Montenegro | 0.8% | 2023 | up 290.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Belarus | 0.7% | 2024 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 169 | Ireland | 0.5% | 2022 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 170 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.