Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, male (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
170
Highest
100.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Lowest
18.7%
Palestine, State of
Median
95.0%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
3,697
What the numbers show
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the lowest is 18.7% in Palestine, State of.
The median across all reporting countries is 95.0%, and the mean is 89.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Syrian Arab Republic (up 483.2%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 80.2%).
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 100.0% | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2022 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 100.0% | 2019 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 6 | Oman | 100.0% | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 7 | Japan | 100.0% | 1998 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Spain | 99.9% | 2021 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 9 | Greece | 99.9% | 2022 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 10 | China | 99.9% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 11 | Mexico | 99.9% | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 12 | Croatia | 99.9% | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 13 | Macau, China | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 99.9% | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 15 | Egypt | 99.8% | 2020 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 16 | Montenegro | 99.8% | 2022 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 17 | Poland | 99.8% | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 18 | Norway | 99.8% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 99.7% | 2014 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 20 | Eswatini | 99.7% | 2018 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 21 | Estonia | 99.7% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 22 | Serbia | 99.7% | 2021 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 23 | Denmark | 99.7% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Chile | 99.6% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 25 | Israel | 99.6% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 26 | Switzerland | 99.6% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 27 | Argentina | 99.5% | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 28 | Slovakia | 99.5% | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 29 | Austria | 99.5% | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 30 | Czechia | 99.4% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 99.4% | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 32 | Indonesia | 99.4% | 2017 | up 14.9% | flat |
| 33 | Finland | 99.3% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 34 | Paraguay | 99.3% | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 35 | Portugal | 99.2% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 36 | Slovenia | 99.2% | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 37 | Qatar | 99.0% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 38 | Republic of Korea | 99.0% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 39 | Tunisia | 98.9% | 2020 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 40 | Brunei Darussalam | 98.9% | 2019 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 41 | Türkiye | 98.8% | 2022 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 42 | Sweden | 98.8% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.8% | 2022 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 44 | Hong Kong, China | 98.7% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 45 | Belgium | 98.6% | 2022 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 46 | Tajikistan | 98.6% | 2016 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 47 | Thailand | 98.4% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 48 | Lithuania | 98.3% | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 49 | South Africa | 98.3% | 2022 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 98.3% | 2022 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 51 | Georgia | 98.3% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 52 | Hungary | 98.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 53 | Armenia | 98.2% | 2022 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 54 | Mongolia | 98.2% | 2018 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 55 | Ghana | 98.2% | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 98.1% | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 57 | Luxembourg | 98.0% | 2020 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 58 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 98.0% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 59 | Cape Verde | 97.7% | 2021 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 60 | Bahrain | 97.7% | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 61 | Malta | 97.6% | 2021 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 62 | Belarus | 97.6% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.5% | 2020 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 64 | Cyprus | 97.3% | 2021 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 65 | Jordan | 97.3% | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 66 | Andorra | 97.3% | 2020 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 67 | Barbados | 97.2% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 68 | Uzbekistan | 97.2% | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 69 | Algeria | 97.1% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 70 | Mauritius | 97.1% | 2020 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 71 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 97.0% | 2022 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 72 | Romania | 97.0% | 2022 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96.9% | 2017 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 96.8% | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 75 | Belize | 96.7% | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 76 | Germany | 96.7% | 2012 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 77 | Latvia | 96.6% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 96.5% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 79 | Lebanon | 96.4% | 2022 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96.1% | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 81 | Peru | 96.1% | 2016 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 82 | Philippines | 96.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 83 | Morocco | 95.5% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 84 | Viet Nam | 95.4% | 2014 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 85 | Fiji | 95.1% | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 86 | Seychelles | 95.0% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 94.9% | 2022 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 88 | New Caledonia | 94.8% | 1989 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 89 | Republic of Moldova | 94.7% | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 90 | Uruguay | 94.5% | 2021 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 91 | Guyana | 94.5% | 2011 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 92 | Timor-Leste | 94.0% | 2018 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 93 | Namibia | 94.0% | 2017 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 94 | Ukraine | 93.6% | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 95 | Maldives | 93.6% | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 96 | El Salvador | 93.3% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 97 | Dominica | 93.2% | 2021 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 98 | Guatemala | 93.2% | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 99 | Netherlands | 93.1% | 1984 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 100 | Cuba | 92.3% | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 101 | Samoa | 92.3% | 2019 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 102 | Tonga | 92.2% | 2019 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 92.1% | 2019 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 104 | Malaysia | 91.8% | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 105 | Colombia | 91.7% | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 106 | Syrian Arab Republic | 91.7% | 2023 | up 483.2% | falling |
| 107 | Vanuatu | 91.5% | 2019 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 91.4% | 2010 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 109 | Botswana | 91.1% | 2013 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 110 | Solomon Islands | 90.3% | 2018 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 111 | Libya | 89.8% | 1980 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 112 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 89.5% | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 113 | Kuwait | 89.3% | 2020 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 114 | Albania | 89.0% | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 115 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 88.9% | 2019 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 116 | Eritrea | 88.3% | 2017 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 117 | Honduras | 88.2% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 118 | Kiribati | 87.8% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 119 | Aruba | 87.7% | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 120 | Bhutan | 87.6% | 2017 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 121 | Saudi Arabia | 87.6% | 2021 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 122 | Jamaica | 86.7% | 2022 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 123 | Cambodia | 86.1% | 2019 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 124 | Chad | 85.4% | 2017 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 125 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 84.9% | 2019 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 126 | Sudan | 84.1% | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 127 | Gambia | 83.9% | 2020 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 128 | Lesotho | 83.2% | 2022 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 129 | Zambia | 83.0% | 2012 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 130 | Yemen | 82.9% | 2012 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 131 | Suriname | 82.6% | 2020 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 132 | Kenya | 82.4% | 2004 | — | rising |
| 133 | Congo | 81.5% | 2007 | up 49.3% | falling |
| 134 | Saint Lucia | 81.4% | 2022 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 135 | Senegal | 80.4% | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 136 | Cameroon | 79.9% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 137 | Myanmar | 79.4% | 2009 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 138 | Rwanda | 78.6% | 2023 | up 35.9% | flat |
| 139 | Mali | 78.5% | 2011 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 140 | Panama | 78.2% | 2022 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 141 | Djibouti | 78.2% | 2022 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 142 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 78.0% | 2020 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 143 | Nigeria | 77.3% | 2009 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 144 | Iraq | 76.7% | 1999 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 145 | Malawi | 76.5% | 2018 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 146 | Mauritania | 75.7% | 2016 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 147 | Nepal | 74.4% | 2016 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 148 | Togo | 74.1% | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 149 | Papua New Guinea | 73.9% | 1997 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 150 | Guinea | 73.8% | 2013 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 151 | India | 73.3% | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 152 | Benin | 72.2% | 2021 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 153 | Bahamas | 71.6% | 2015 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 154 | United Arab Emirates | 70.1% | 2020 | down 28.3% | flat |
| 155 | Pakistan | 69.2% | 2018 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 156 | Uganda | 68.2% | 2016 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 66.8% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 158 | Mozambique | 66.5% | 2019 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 159 | Burundi | 63.2% | 2019 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 160 | Ethiopia | 62.3% | 2021 | up 28.2% | flat |
| 161 | Gabon | 62.0% | 1995 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 162 | Niger | 61.4% | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 163 | Nicaragua | 58.7% | 2007 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 164 | Côte d'Ivoire | 56.0% | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 165 | Sierra Leone | 55.2% | 2019 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 49.4% | 2022 | down 39.0% | flat |
| 167 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.4% | 1987 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 168 | Madagascar | 40.7% | 2018 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 169 | Haiti | 38.1% | 1985 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 170 | Palestine, State of | 18.7% | 2023 | down 80.2% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release