Primary enrolment

gross enrolment ratios — repeaters and over-age pupils can push a figure above 100% · OBSERVED 2006–2025

Primary enrolment of all ages as a share of the official primary-school-age population — repeaters and over-age pupils can push it above 100%.

Nations ranked
175
Highest
184.0%
Lowest
20.9%
Observed
2006–2025

This table mixes vintages: each publisher carries a nation’s latest available year, so the observations here run from 2006 to 2025 — every row shows its own.

Press a row — the specimen turns over to its label. Bars are drawn to the highest value. Highest, not best: this page orders figures, it does not grade nations.

  1. 184.0% 2016
    Observed 2016 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  2. 162.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  3. 149.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  4. 139.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  5. 132.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  6. 128.6% 2025
    Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  7. 121.1% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  8. 120.9% 2025
    Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  9. 120.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  10. 120.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  11. 120.2% 2018
    Observed 2018 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  12. 119.7% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  13. 119.2% 2022
    Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  14. 117.6% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  15. 116.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  16. 116.5% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  17. 115.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  18. 114.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  19. 114.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  20. 114.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  21. 21 Togo
    114.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  22. 113.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  23. 113.4% 2010
    Observed 2010 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  24. 24 Peru
    112.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  25. 112.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  26. 112.2% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  27. 111.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  28. 111.0% 2025
    Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  29. 111.0% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  30. Observed 2017 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  31. 31 Fiji
    110.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  32. 109.5% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  33. 109.3% 2022
    Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  34. 109.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  35. 108.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  36. 108.0% 2022
    Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  37. 107.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  38. 107.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  39. 107.0% 2006
    Observed 2006 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  40. 106.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  41. 106.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  42. 106.2% 2017
    Observed 2017 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  43. 106.1% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  44. 105.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  45. 105.5% 2025
    Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  46. 105.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  47. 105.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  48. 105.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  49. 104.8% 2022
    Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  50. 104.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  51. 51 Iraq
    104.6% 2007
    Observed 2007 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  52. 104.5% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  53. 104.4% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  54. 104.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  55. 104.2% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  56. 104.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  57. 103.6% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  58. 103.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  59. 103.0% 2022
    Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  60. 102.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  61. 102.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  62. 102.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  63. 102.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  64. 102.5% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  65. 102.4% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  66. 102.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  67. 102.2% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  68. 102.1% 2021
    Observed 2021 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  69. 102.1% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  70. 102.0% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  71. 102.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  72. 72 Iran
    102.0% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  73. 101.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  74. 101.8% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  75. 101.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  76. 101.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  77. 101.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  78. Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  79. 101.2% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  80. 101.1% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  81. 101.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  82. 100.9% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  83. 100.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  84. 100.7% 2025
    Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  85. 100.6% 2025
    Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  86. 100.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  87. 100.5% 2020
    Observed 2020 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  88. 100.4% 2025
    Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  89. 100.4% 2025
    Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  90. 100.2% 2019
    Observed 2019 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  91. 99.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  92. 99.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  93. 99.7% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  94. 99.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  95. 99.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  96. 99.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  97. 99.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  98. 99.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  99. 99.0% 2025
    Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  100. 98.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  101. 101 Jordan
    98.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  102. 102 Norway
    98.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  103. 98.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  104. 98.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  105. 105 Kenya
    98.2% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  106. 98.2% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  107. 107 Cuba
    98.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  108. 97.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  109. 109 Russia
    97.7% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  110. 110 Malta
    97.7% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  111. 111 Latvia
    97.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  112. 112 Qatar
    97.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  113. 113 Guyana
    97.6% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  114. 97.3% 2025
    Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  115. 97.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  116. 97.2% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  117. 97.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  118. 97.0% 2022
    Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  119. 119 Panama
    96.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  120. 96.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  121. Observed 2016 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  122. 122 Egypt
    96.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  123. 96.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  124. 124 Belize
    96.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  125. 96.5% 2022
    Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  126. 96.3% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  127. 127 Serbia
    96.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  128. 95.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  129. 95.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  130. 95.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  131. 131 Canada
    95.0% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  132. 132 Brunei
    94.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  133. 133 Oman
    94.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  134. 94.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  135. 93.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  136. 93.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  137. 93.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  138. 93.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  139. 93.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  140. 140 Laos
    93.1% 2025
    Observed 2025 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  141. 93.1% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  142. 92.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  143. 92.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  144. 92.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  145. 92.1% 2018
    Observed 2018 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  146. 91.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  147. 91.5% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  148. 91.4% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  149. 90.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  150. 89.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  151. 89.7% 2022
    Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  152. 89.6% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  153. 89.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  154. 154 Chad
    88.5% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  155. 87.9% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  156. 156 Congo
    87.9% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  157. 157 Angola
    86.7% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  158. 85.3% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  159. 84.9% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  160. 84.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  161. 83.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  162. 162 Kuwait
    82.4% 2021
    Observed 2021 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  163. 81.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  164. 81.8% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  165. 165 Syria
    81.4% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  166. 80.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  167. 79.0% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  168. 77.2% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  169. 169 Yemen
    77.0% 2016
    Observed 2016 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  170. 170 Mali
    72.8% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  171. 171 Sudan
    72.4% 2019
    Observed 2019 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  172. 66.6% 2022
    Observed 2022 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  173. 173 Niger
    64.7% 2024
    Observed 2024 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  174. 47.5% 2015
    Observed 2015 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank
  175. 20.9% 2023
    Observed 2023 · UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank

Not observed

11 nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world’s statistical apparatus, not a zero — these nations hold their place as hatched gaps, and a gap has no underside to turn over.

  • AntarcticaNOT OBSERVED

    Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.

  • DjiboutiNOT OBSERVED
  • Falkland IslandsNOT OBSERVED

    The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.

  • The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.

  • GreenlandNOT OBSERVED
  • KosovoNOT OBSERVED
  • New CaledoniaNOT OBSERVED
  • Northern CyprusNOT OBSERVED

    Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.

  • SomalilandNOT OBSERVED

    Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.

  • TaiwanNOT OBSERVED

    Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.

  • Vatican CityNOT OBSERVED

    Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.

Source

Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-14.

Table assembled 2026-08-14 from each nation’s latest published observation. The same figure, with the same source, sits on each nation’s dossier. Gaps render as absences, never as zeros.