Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
205
Highest
100.0%
United Arab Emirates
Lowest
14.7%
Somalia
Median
96.2%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
4,867
What the numbers show
Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 205 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 96.2%, and the mean is 91.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 46.0%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 56.1%).
Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%) (enrolment both): 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% | rising |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 100.0% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 4 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 5 | South Korea | 99.9% | 2024 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 6 | Japan | 99.9% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 99.9% | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 8 | Poland | 99.9% | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 9 | Iran | 99.9% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 10 | Greece | 99.9% | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 11 | India | 99.9% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 12 | Australia | 99.9% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 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% | flat |
| 16 | Peru | 99.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | France | 99.8% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 18 | Singapore | 99.8% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Montenegro | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 99.7% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 21 | Haiti | 99.7% | 2016 | — | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 99.7% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 23 | Mexico | 99.6% | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 24 | Malawi | 99.6% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 25 | Moldova | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 26 | Albania | 99.5% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 27 | Portugal | 99.5% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | Netherlands | 99.5% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 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% | flat |
| 33 | Turkey | 99.4% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 34 | Togo | 99.4% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 35 | Cyprus | 99.4% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 99.3% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 37 | Argentina | 99.3% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 38 | Nepal | 99.2% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 39 | Mauritius | 99.2% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 40 | Czechia | 99.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Thailand | 99.2% | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 42 | Liechtenstein | 99.2% | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 43 | Namibia | 99.1% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 44 | Indonesia | 99.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 45 | Denmark | 99.1% | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 46 | Morocco | 99.1% | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 47 | Maldives | 99.1% | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 48 | Rwanda | 99.0% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 49 | Guadeloupe | 99.0% | 1991 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 50 | Mozambique | 99.0% | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 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% | rising |
| 55 | Spain | 98.8% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 56 | Palau | 98.7% | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 57 | Norway | 98.6% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 58 | Hong Kong | 98.6% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 59 | Austria | 98.6% | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 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% | rising |
| 63 | Gibraltar | 98.4% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 64 | Belgium | 98.3% | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 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% | flat |
| 69 | Samoa | 98.2% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 70 | Croatia | 98.2% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 71 | Ireland | 98.2% | 2022 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 72 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 73 | Tonga | 98.1% | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 74 | Jordan | 98.1% | 2024 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 75 | Venezuela | 98.0% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 76 | Italy | 97.9% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 97.9% | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 78 | Chile | 97.9% | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 79 | Brazil | 97.8% | 2024 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 80 | Anguilla | 97.6% | 2022 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 81 | Fiji | 97.6% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 82 | Andorra | 97.6% | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 83 | Vanuatu | 97.5% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 84 | Cook Islands | 97.5% | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 85 | New Zealand | 97.4% | 2024 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 86 | Sierra Leone | 97.4% | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 87 | Malta | 97.4% | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 88 | Israel | 97.3% | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 89 | Latvia | 97.3% | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 90 | Hungary | 97.2% | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 91 | Sao Tome and Principe | 97.1% | 2017 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.0% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 93 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 96.9% | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 94 | Serbia | 96.7% | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 95 | Estonia | 96.6% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 96 | Madagascar | 96.6% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 97 | Bermuda | 96.6% | 2012 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 98 | Egypt | 96.5% | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 99 | Zambia | 96.5% | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 100 | Brunei | 96.4% | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 101 | Cambodia | 96.3% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 102 | Cameroon | 96.2% | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 96.2% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 104 | Eswatini | 96.2% | 2022 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 105 | Dominica | 96.0% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96.0% | 2018 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 107 | United States | 96.0% | 2022 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 108 | Papua New Guinea | 96.0% | 2021 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 109 | French Polynesia | 95.9% | 1996 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 110 | Uganda | 95.9% | 2013 | — | rising |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 95.8% | 2017 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 112 | Jamaica | 95.7% | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 95.5% | 2024 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 114 | Belarus | 95.5% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 115 | Libya | 95.5% | 1983 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 116 | Qatar | 95.4% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 117 | Cuba | 95.3% | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 118 | Ecuador | 95.3% | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 119 | Bahrain | 95.3% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 120 | Ghana | 95.2% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 95.1% | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 122 | Russia | 95.1% | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 123 | Grenada | 95.1% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 124 | Canada | 95.0% | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 125 | Cayman Islands | 94.8% | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 126 | Kenya | 94.3% | 2023 | up 14.0% | flat |
| 127 | Oman | 94.2% | 2024 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 128 | Bangladesh | 94.1% | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 129 | Bulgaria | 94.1% | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 130 | South Africa | 93.9% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 131 | San Marino | 93.9% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 132 | Georgia | 93.8% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 133 | Nauru | 93.4% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 134 | Nicaragua | 93.3% | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 135 | China | 93.3% | 1997 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 136 | Montserrat | 93.3% | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 137 | Seychelles | 93.2% | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 138 | East Timor | 93.1% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 139 | Saint Lucia | 93.0% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | 92.8% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 141 | Colombia | 92.7% | 2022 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 142 | New Caledonia | 92.6% | 1991 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 143 | Panama | 92.3% | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 144 | Kazakhstan | 92.1% | 2025 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 145 | Guatemala | 91.6% | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 146 | Niue | 91.6% | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 147 | Martinique | 91.5% | 1996 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 148 | Mongolia | 91.4% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 149 | Kiribati | 91.3% | 2024 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 150 | Sri Lanka | 90.9% | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 151 | Bolivia | 90.7% | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 152 | Palestine | 90.4% | 2023 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 153 | Benin | 90.4% | 2022 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 154 | Laos | 89.6% | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 155 | Bhutan | 89.5% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 156 | Zimbabwe | 89.5% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 157 | Belize | 89.3% | 2024 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 158 | Iraq | 89.3% | 2007 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 159 | Macao | 89.2% | 2024 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 160 | Mauritania | 88.7% | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 161 | Philippines | 88.4% | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 162 | Malaysia | 88.0% | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 163 | Cote d'Ivoire | 87.4% | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 164 | Ukraine | 87.1% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 165 | Puerto Rico | 86.7% | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 166 | Paraguay | 86.7% | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 167 | Guinea | 85.3% | 2020 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 168 | El Salvador | 84.7% | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 169 | Romania | 84.4% | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 170 | Bahamas | 84.1% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 171 | Suriname | 83.8% | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 172 | Tanzania | 83.6% | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 173 | Gambia | 83.1% | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 174 | Congo | 82.9% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 175 | Barbados | 82.4% | 2024 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 176 | Guyana | 82.0% | 2023 | down 17.7% | flat |
| 177 | Kuwait | 80.6% | 2021 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 178 | Comoros | 79.4% | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 179 | Syria | 78.2% | 2024 | up 21.9% | flat |
| 180 | Ethiopia | 77.5% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 181 | Lebanon | 77.5% | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 182 | Micronesia (country) | 76.9% | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 183 | Nigeria | 75.7% | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 184 | Senegal | 75.5% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 185 | Chad | 75.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 186 | Burundi | 73.5% | 2025 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 187 | Honduras | 73.4% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 188 | British Virgin Islands | 73.0% | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 189 | Solomon Islands | 69.9% | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 190 | Guinea-Bissau | 69.5% | 2010 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 191 | Yemen | 69.4% | 2016 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 192 | Lesotho | 67.8% | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 193 | Mali | 66.0% | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 194 | Burkina Faso | 65.7% | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Angola | 63.2% | 2023 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 196 | Central African Republic | 62.1% | 2012 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 197 | Liberia | 61.7% | 2022 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 198 | Eritrea | 59.6% | 2022 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 199 | Niger | 59.6% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 200 | Cape Verde | 58.2% | 2022 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 201 | Sudan | 56.2% | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 202 | Tokelau | 36.3% | 2025 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 203 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 34.7% | 1999 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 204 | Equatorial Guinea | 34.4% | 2015 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 205 | Somalia | 14.7% | 1980 | — | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release