# Primary enrolment by nation — world ranking

Primary enrolment ranked across 175 nations, highest to lowest. Haiti highest at 184.0% (2016). Each figure carries its publisher and observation year.

Canonical: https://terralore.co/rankings/primary-enrolment
Updated: 2026-08-10 (the education domain's last refresh)

Definition: 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%.
Unit: % gross. Ordered highest to lowest — a ranking of figures, not a grading of nations. Ties share a rank.

Note: this table mixes vintages — each publisher carries a nation's latest available year, so observations run from 2006 to 2025. Every row shows its own.

## Ranking (175 nations)

| Rank | Nation | Value | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haiti | 184.0% | 2016 |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 162.1% | 2024 |
| 3 | Rwanda | 149.6% | 2024 |
| 4 | Malawi | 139.0% | 2024 |
| 5 | Madagascar | 132.7% | 2024 |
| 6 | Nepal | 128.6% | 2025 |
| 7 | Papua New Guinea | 121.1% | 2023 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 120.9% | 2025 |
| 9 | Namibia | 120.7% | 2024 |
| 10 | Monaco | 120.6% | 2024 |
| 11 | Myanmar | 120.2% | 2018 |
| 12 | Timor-Leste | 119.7% | 2023 |
| 13 | Mozambique | 119.2% | 2022 |
| 14 | DR Congo | 117.6% | 2023 |
| 15 | Morocco | 116.6% | 2024 |
| 16 | Eswatini | 116.5% | 2023 |
| 17 | Zambia | 115.6% | 2024 |
| 18 | Bhutan | 114.9% | 2024 |
| 19 | Sweden | 114.9% | 2024 |
| 20 | Cameroon | 114.4% | 2024 |
| 21 | Togo | 114.3% | 2024 |
| 22 | Venezuela | 113.7% | 2024 |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 113.4% | 2010 |
| 24 | Peru | 112.8% | 2024 |
| 25 | Vanuatu | 112.5% | 2024 |
| 26 | Afghanistan | 112.2% | 2023 |
| 27 | Albania | 111.5% | 2024 |
| 28 | India | 111.0% | 2025 |
| 29 | Portugal | 111.0% | 2023 |
| 30 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 110.4% | 2017 |
| 31 | Fiji | 110.4% | 2024 |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 109.5% | 2023 |
| 33 | Botswana | 109.3% | 2022 |
| 34 | Cambodia | 109.0% | 2024 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 108.0% | 2024 |
| 36 | Benin | 108.0% | 2022 |
| 37 | Moldova | 107.6% | 2024 |
| 38 | Mauritius | 107.3% | 2024 |
| 39 | Libya | 107.0% | 2006 |
| 40 | Bangladesh | 106.5% | 2024 |
| 41 | Vietnam | 106.3% | 2024 |
| 42 | Uganda | 106.2% | 2017 |
| 43 | Montenegro | 106.1% | 2023 |
| 44 | Azerbaijan | 105.6% | 2024 |
| 45 | Algeria | 105.5% | 2025 |
| 46 | Mauritania | 105.4% | 2024 |
| 47 | Poland | 105.4% | 2024 |
| 48 | Cyprus | 105.3% | 2024 |
| 49 | Colombia | 104.8% | 2022 |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 104.8% | 2024 |
| 51 | Iraq | 104.6% | 2007 |
| 52 | Uruguay | 104.5% | 2023 |
| 53 | Tunisia | 104.4% | 2023 |
| 54 | Brazil | 104.3% | 2024 |
| 55 | Netherlands | 104.2% | 2023 |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 104.0% | 2024 |
| 57 | Italy | 103.6% | 2023 |
| 58 | France | 103.4% | 2024 |
| 59 | Cape Verde | 103.0% | 2022 |
| 60 | Spain | 102.9% | 2024 |
| 61 | Hungary | 102.9% | 2024 |
| 62 | Slovakia | 102.8% | 2024 |
| 63 | Germany | 102.6% | 2024 |
| 64 | Argentina | 102.5% | 2023 |
| 65 | Türkiye | 102.4% | 2023 |
| 66 | Mexico | 102.3% | 2024 |
| 67 | United Kingdom | 102.2% | 2023 |
| 68 | Liechtenstein | 102.1% | 2021 |
| 69 | Belgium | 102.1% | 2023 |
| 70 | Greece | 102.0% | 2023 |
| 71 | Armenia | 102.0% | 2024 |
| 72 | Iran | 102.0% | 2023 |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 101.9% | 2024 |
| 74 | South Africa | 101.8% | 2023 |
| 75 | Guatemala | 101.5% | 2024 |
| 76 | Austria | 101.3% | 2024 |
| 77 | Switzerland | 101.2% | 2024 |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 101.2% | 2023 |
| 79 | Croatia | 101.2% | 2023 |
| 80 | Japan | 101.1% | 2023 |
| 81 | Ghana | 101.0% | 2024 |
| 82 | Slovenia | 100.9% | 2023 |
| 83 | South Korea | 100.9% | 2024 |
| 84 | Thailand | 100.7% | 2025 |
| 85 | Burundi | 100.6% | 2025 |
| 86 | Lithuania | 100.5% | 2024 |
| 87 | Guinea | 100.5% | 2020 |
| 88 | Gambia | 100.4% | 2025 |
| 89 | Indonesia | 100.4% | 2025 |
| 90 | Gabon | 100.2% | 2019 |
| 91 | Andorra | 99.9% | 2024 |
| 92 | Denmark | 99.8% | 2024 |
| 93 | Czechia | 99.7% | 2023 |
| 94 | China | 99.6% | 2024 |
| 95 | Australia | 99.6% | 2024 |
| 96 | Chile | 99.5% | 2024 |
| 97 | Georgia | 99.4% | 2024 |
| 98 | Luxembourg | 99.2% | 2024 |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.0% | 2025 |
| 100 | Finland | 98.9% | 2024 |
| 101 | Jordan | 98.6% | 2024 |
| 102 | Norway | 98.5% | 2024 |
| 103 | South Sudan | 98.4% | 2024 |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.3% | 2024 |
| 105 | Kenya | 98.2% | 2023 |
| 106 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2023 |
| 107 | Cuba | 98.1% | 2024 |
| 108 | Estonia | 97.8% | 2024 |
| 109 | Russia | 97.7% | 2023 |
| 110 | Malta | 97.7% | 2023 |
| 111 | Latvia | 97.6% | 2024 |
| 112 | Qatar | 97.6% | 2024 |
| 113 | Guyana | 97.6% | 2024 |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | 97.3% | 2025 |
| 115 | Jamaica | 97.3% | 2024 |
| 116 | Ecuador | 97.2% | 2023 |
| 117 | Comoros | 97.0% | 2024 |
| 118 | United States | 97.0% | 2022 |
| 119 | Panama | 96.9% | 2024 |
| 120 | Belarus | 96.8% | 2024 |
| 121 | Central African Republic | 96.8% | 2016 |
| 122 | Egypt | 96.7% | 2024 |
| 123 | New Zealand | 96.7% | 2024 |
| 124 | Belize | 96.5% | 2024 |
| 125 | Ireland | 96.5% | 2022 |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 96.3% | 2023 |
| 127 | Serbia | 96.0% | 2024 |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 95.8% | 2024 |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 95.7% | 2024 |
| 130 | Bulgaria | 95.3% | 2024 |
| 131 | Canada | 95.0% | 2023 |
| 132 | Brunei | 94.8% | 2024 |
| 133 | Oman | 94.7% | 2024 |
| 134 | Philippines | 94.0% | 2024 |
| 135 | Bolivia | 93.7% | 2024 |
| 136 | San Marino | 93.5% | 2024 |
| 137 | Seychelles | 93.4% | 2024 |
| 138 | Ukraine | 93.3% | 2024 |
| 139 | Ivory Coast | 93.3% | 2024 |
| 140 | Laos | 93.1% | 2025 |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 93.1% | 2024 |
| 142 | Bahamas | 92.9% | 2024 |
| 143 | Tanzania | 92.7% | 2024 |
| 144 | Mongolia | 92.3% | 2024 |
| 145 | North Korea | 92.1% | 2018 |
| 146 | Suriname | 91.9% | 2024 |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 91.5% | 2023 |
| 148 | Palestine | 91.4% | 2023 |
| 149 | Malaysia | 90.4% | 2024 |
| 150 | El Salvador | 89.9% | 2024 |
| 151 | Eritrea | 89.7% | 2022 |
| 152 | Nigeria | 89.6% | 2023 |
| 153 | Paraguay | 89.4% | 2024 |
| 154 | Chad | 88.5% | 2024 |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 87.9% | 2024 |
| 156 | Congo | 87.9% | 2023 |
| 157 | Angola | 86.7% | 2023 |
| 158 | Senegal | 85.3% | 2024 |
| 159 | Romania | 84.9% | 2023 |
| 160 | Ethiopia | 84.4% | 2024 |
| 161 | Pakistan | 83.7% | 2024 |
| 162 | Kuwait | 82.4% | 2021 |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 81.8% | 2024 |
| 164 | Lebanon | 81.8% | 2024 |
| 165 | Syria | 81.4% | 2024 |
| 166 | Lesotho | 80.2% | 2024 |
| 167 | Honduras | 79.0% | 2024 |
| 168 | Burkina Faso | 77.2% | 2024 |
| 169 | Yemen | 77.0% | 2016 |
| 170 | Mali | 72.8% | 2023 |
| 171 | Sudan | 72.4% | 2019 |
| 172 | Liberia | 66.6% | 2022 |
| 173 | Niger | 64.7% | 2024 |
| 174 | Equatorial Guinea | 47.5% | 2015 |
| 175 | Somalia | 20.9% | 2023 |

## No data (11 nations)

These nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world's statistical apparatus, not a zero — they are not ranked.

- Antarctica — 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.
- Djibouti
- Falkland Islands — 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.
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands — 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.
- Greenland
- Kosovo
- New Caledonia
- Northern Cyprus — 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.
- Somaliland — 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.
- Taiwan — 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 City — Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.

## Sources

- Education statistics (UNESCO UIS, via World Bank WDI) — UNESCO Institute for Statistics / World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-08-10 · https://uis.unesco.org

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