Statizoid

Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (%) by country

The number of children of the age one year before the official entry age to primary education who participate in an organized learning programme expressed as a percentage of the total population of the same age. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/

Countries reporting
132
Highest
100.0%
United Kingdom
Lowest
12.5%
Tajikistan
Median
90.4%
Years covered
24
1997–2020
Data points
2,387

What the numbers show

Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 132 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in United Kingdom; the lowest is 12.5% in Tajikistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 90.4%, and the mean is 79.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Algeria (up 929.5%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 41.0%).

Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entr: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Kingdom 100.0% 2018 up 2.4% rising
2 Aruba 100.0% 2014 up 3.2% flat
3 Liechtenstein 100.0% 2016 up 3.3% flat
4 Vietnam 99.9% 2018 up 13.7% rising
5 Switzerland 99.9% 2018 up 2.0% flat
6 Austria 99.8% 2018 up 3.2% rising
7 France 99.8% 2018 up 0.2% flat
8 Sweden 99.7% 2018 down 0.2% flat
9 Israel 99.7% 2018 up 0.5% flat
10 Uruguay 99.6% 2018 down 0.1% flat
11 Peru 99.6% 2019 up 5.3% rising
12 Netherlands 99.3% 2018 up 6.2% rising
13 Malaysia 99.3% 2015 up 35.6% rising
14 Colombia 99.2% 2018 up 17.7% rising
15 Luxembourg 99.2% 2018 up 6.5% flat
16 United Arab Emirates 99.2% 2017 up 7.2% rising
17 Mexico 99.1% 2018 down 0.6% rising
18 Ireland 99.0% 2018 down 0.9% flat
19 Germany 98.8% 2018 up 5.8% rising
20 Thailand 98.7% 2019 down 0.5% flat
21 Malta 98.7% 2018 down 0.7% flat
22 South Korea 98.6% 2018 up 0.5% flat
23 Cyprus 98.3% 2018 down 1.6% rising
24 Cayman Islands 98.3% 2018 up 3.2% flat
25 Belarus 98.1% 2018 up 1.9% flat
26 Denmark 98.0% 2018 up 4.0% flat
27 Argentina 97.8% 2017 up 0.9% flat
28 Latvia 97.7% 2018 down 0.8% rising
29 Cuba 97.7% 2019 down 1.9% flat
30 Belgium 97.7% 2018 down 0.4% flat
31 Saint Lucia 97.7% 2019 up 20.2% rising
32 Hong Kong 97.4% 2019 down 0.7% flat
33 Finland 97.4% 2018 down 2.3% rising
34 Lithuania 97.2% 2018 down 1.6% rising
35 Norway 97.0% 2018 up 3.9% rising
36 Iceland 96.6% 2018 down 0.2% rising
37 Indonesia 95.8% 2018 down 3.7% flat
38 Costa Rica 95.7% 2019 up 1.7% flat
39 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 95.5% 2017 — flat
40 Poland 95.4% 2018 up 1.4% flat
41 British Virgin Islands 95.4% 2018 down 3.0% rising
42 Moldova 95.2% 2019 up 5.3% rising
43 Guyana 95.2% 2012 up 1.5% flat
44 Togo 95.1% 2019 up 194.6% volatile
45 Croatia 94.9% 2018 up 14.3% rising
46 Spain 94.9% 2018 down 4.7% falling
47 Greece 94.7% 2018 up 23.3% rising
48 Ecuador 94.6% 2018 up 1.0% rising
49 Slovenia 94.3% 2018 up 0.9% flat
50 Portugal 94.2% 2018 down 2.5% rising
51 Mongolia 94.1% 2018 down 1.3% flat
52 Dominican Republic 93.4% 2019 up 18.9% rising
53 Pakistan 93.4% 2019 down 1.2% flat
54 Italy 93.4% 2018 down 6.1% flat
55 San Marino 93.3% 2019 down 6.3% flat
56 Maldives 93.2% 2019 up 8.7% rising
57 Jamaica 92.9% 2019 down 7.0% falling
58 Seychelles 92.5% 2019 down 6.9% flat
59 Chile 91.9% 2018 up 8.1% rising
60 Trinidad and Tobago 91.8% 2007 up 45.2% rising
61 Qatar 91.5% 2019 up 18.4% rising
62 Mauritius 91.2% 2019 up 0.9% rising
63 Antigua and Barbuda 91.1% 2018 down 6.3% flat
64 Serbia 90.6% 2019 down 9.1% falling
65 Brazil 90.6% 2011 up 11.7% rising
66 Turks and Caicos Islands 90.5% 2018 up 15.9% rising
67 Kazakhstan 90.4% 2019 down 8.9% falling
68 Russia 90.3% 2018 up 2.9% rising
69 Bolivia 90.1% 2018 up 56.8% rising
70 Czechia 90.0% 2018 down 8.5% flat
71 United States 90.0% 2018 down 2.0% flat
72 Grenada 89.9% 2017 down 8.8% falling
73 Kyrgyzstan 89.8% 2019 up 67.3% rising
74 Suriname 88.9% 2019 up 4.1% rising
75 Algeria 88.9% 2010 up 929.5% volatile
76 Macao 88.8% 2019 up 7.6% rising
77 Estonia 88.4% 2018 down 3.3% flat
78 Albania 88.1% 2015 up 45.1% rising
79 Nepal 87.0% 2019 up 5.8% rising
80 Hungary 86.9% 2018 down 12.2% falling
81 Australia 86.2% 2018 up 63.1% rising
82 Dominica 86.2% 2019 up 0.3% falling
83 Venezuela 85.8% 2017 down 2.2% rising
84 Oman 85.8% 2019 up 42.6% rising
85 Philippines 84.6% 2018 up 126.8% rising
86 Barbados 84.5% 2011 up 5.4% rising
87 Slovakia 84.0% 2018 up 2.0% flat
88 Guatemala 83.9% 2019 down 3.8% rising
89 Belize 82.9% 2019 up 4.8% rising
90 Brunei 82.9% 2019 down 16.1% falling
91 El Salvador 82.3% 2018 up 3.3% rising
92 Romania 82.2% 2018 down 17.5% falling
93 Kuwait 81.2% 2018 down 8.7% rising
94 Cape Verde 80.7% 2018 down 1.1% rising
95 Bulgaria 80.5% 2018 down 18.4% flat
96 Honduras 76.9% 2019 up 6.0% flat
97 Montenegro 76.7% 2019 up 54.5% rising
98 Turkey 75.7% 2018 up 3.9% flat
99 Panama 75.6% 2017 down 8.2% rising
100 Azerbaijan 74.2% 2019 up 185.7% rising
101 Bahrain 70.1% 2019 down 9.4% rising
102 Laos 69.2% 2019 up 84.4% rising
103 Palestine 65.2% 2019 up 57.6% rising
104 Morocco 65.1% 2019 up 5.3% rising
105 Tanzania 56.7% 2019 up 91.9% rising
106 Sao Tome and Principe 52.4% 2015 down 2.2% flat
107 Iran 50.8% 2016 up 69.0% rising
108 East Timor 50.2% 2019 down 8.8% falling
109 Saudi Arabia 50.1% 2019 — rising
110 North Macedonia 48.7% 2018 up 44.4% falling
111 Kenya 46.3% 2009 up 0.4% flat
112 Uzbekistan 45.8% 2019 up 33.2% rising
113 Jordan 45.2% 2019 down 24.8% falling
114 Mali 44.8% 2018 down 9.7% falling
115 Cameroon 43.9% 2019 up 6.8% rising
116 Sierra Leone 42.4% 2019 up 17.5% rising
117 Guinea 41.5% 2016 up 149.1% rising
118 Syria 39.6% 2013 down 27.8% flat
119 Bahamas 37.6% 2018 down 5.0% rising
120 Ethiopia 37.2% 2015 up 455.7% volatile
121 Egypt 36.7% 2019 up 58.1% rising
122 Samoa 35.1% 2019 up 37.1% rising
123 Eritrea 26.7% 2018 down 25.5% rising
124 Niger 23.8% 2019 up 40.3% rising
125 Cote d'Ivoire 21.8% 2019 up 46.3% falling
126 Botswana 21.3% 2015 up 35.3% rising
127 Burkina Faso 19.1% 2019 down 41.0% volatile
128 Iraq 17.7% 2007 up 233.5% volatile
129 Senegal 16.1% 2019 up 27.9% rising
130 Chad 13.9% 2019 — rising
131 Djibouti 13.4% 2020 up 122.2% volatile
132 Tajikistan 12.5% 2017 up 56.3% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
174 places, 2,387 data points, 1997–2020
Last refreshed

The number of children of the age one year before the official entry age to primary education who participate in an organized learning programme expressed as a percentage of the total population of the same age. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/