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Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (%) by country

Total enrollment in primary and lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of official primary and lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
127.6%
Nepal
Lowest
51.9%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
100.9%
Years covered
40
1981–2020
Data points
4,592

What the numbers show

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 127.6% in Nepal; the lowest is 51.9% in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 100.9%, and the mean is 98.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 108.6%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 32.8%).

Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nepal 127.6% 2019 up 13.7% rising
2 Sweden 126.1% 2018 up 28.1% rising
3 Sierra Leone 124.1% 2019 up 30.5% rising
4 Costa Rica 124.1% 2019 up 6.7% rising
5 Algeria 123.6% 2011 up 22.9% rising
6 Namibia 119.4% 2017 up 13.0% rising
7 Belgium 119.1% 2018 up 8.4% flat
8 Argentina 116.6% 2017 down 0.2% flat
9 Brazil 115.2% 2011 down 15.7% falling
10 Netherlands 114.9% 2018 up 0.4% flat
11 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 114.4% 2018 up 1.5% flat
12 Tonga 114.4% 2015 up 5.1% flat
13 Fiji 114.0% 2019 up 10.8% rising
14 Tunisia 113.0% 2018 up 3.1% rising
15 Samoa 112.8% 2019 up 5.5% rising
16 Uruguay 112.8% 2018 up 0.5% rising
17 Peru 112.5% 2019 up 5.2% flat
18 Mexico 112.1% 2018 up 1.3% rising
19 Naoero 111.5% 2019 up 42.4% rising
20 Palau 111.4% 2014 up 5.5% rising
21 Grenada 111.4% 2018 down 1.0% flat
22 Colombia 111.0% 2018 down 1.8% rising
23 Portugal 110.4% 2018 down 5.3% falling
24 Benin 110.0% 2016 up 37.1% rising
25 Morocco 109.9% 2019 up 13.0% rising
26 Saint Kitts and Nevis 109.5% 2016 up 2.9% flat
27 Hong Kong, China 109.4% 2019 up 6.7% rising
28 Viet Nam 109.2% 2019 up 15.7% rising
29 Eswatini 109.0% 2016 up 6.7% rising
30 Nicaragua 108.6% 2010 up 21.2% rising
31 Antigua and Barbuda 108.4% 2018 down 10.4% falling
32 Spain 108.4% 2018 up 0.5% flat
33 Malawi 108.0% 2019 up 9.4% rising
34 Kazakhstan 108.0% 2019 up 4.0% rising
35 Luxembourg 107.9% 2018 up 4.1% rising
36 Rwanda 107.9% 2019 down 5.2% rising
37 Aruba 107.8% 2012 down 4.1% flat
38 Thailand 107.5% 2019 up 9.7% rising
39 United Arab Emirates 107.3% 2017 up 12.1% rising
40 Togo 107.2% 2017 up 17.4% rising
41 Bangladesh 107.1% 2018 up 25.5% rising
42 Timor-Leste 107.1% 2019 up 0.2% rising
43 Libya 107.1% 2006 down 0.1% flat
44 Malta 106.9% 2018 up 6.6% flat
45 Ireland 106.7% 2018 up 3.8% rising
46 Lesotho 106.7% 2017 up 2.5% rising
47 Denmark 106.6% 2018 up 1.2% flat
48 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 106.5% 2018 up 2.3% rising
49 Sao Tome and Principe 106.4% 2017 up 3.1% flat
50 Belize 105.9% 2019 up 3.7% flat
51 Dominican Republic 105.7% 2019 down 1.2% flat
52 Iran, Islamic Republic of 105.7% 2017 up 6.7% rising
53 Mauritius 105.7% 2019 up 3.2% rising
54 Oman 105.5% 2019 up 0.9% rising
55 Lithuania 105.4% 2018 up 2.1% rising
56 Israel 105.3% 2018 up 3.7% flat
57 Switzerland 105.3% 2018 down 0.0% flat
58 Egypt 104.8% 2019 up 8.1% rising
59 San Marino 104.5% 2019 down 4.5% rising
60 Canada 104.3% 2018 up 5.7% flat
61 Cape Verde 104.3% 2018 down 6.2% flat
62 Turks and Caicos Islands 104.1% 2018 up 6.3% flat
63 Ecuador 104.0% 2018 up 5.5% rising
64 Kyrgyzstan 103.9% 2019 up 8.8% rising
65 Dominica 103.9% 2019 up 3.5% falling
66 Gibraltar 103.9% 2019 down 1.5% rising
67 Trinidad and Tobago 103.8% 2009 up 8.7% rising
68 Australia 103.7% 2018 — flat
69 Indonesia 103.4% 2018 up 3.9% rising
70 Liechtenstein 103.3% 2018 down 1.8% flat
71 Russian Federation 102.9% 2018 up 16.2% rising
72 Macau, China 102.8% 2019 up 4.0% flat
73 Qatar 102.8% 2019 down 5.0% flat
74 Austria 102.7% 2018 up 1.2% flat
75 Zimbabwe 102.5% 2013 up 8.7% rising
76 Saudi Arabia 102.4% 2019 down 1.2% rising
77 Croatia 102.3% 2018 up 1.1% rising
78 Brunei Darussalam 102.3% 2019 down 6.8% falling
79 France 102.2% 2018 down 1.7% flat
80 Kuwait 102.2% 2012 up 2.5% flat
81 Chile 102.1% 2018 down 3.6% flat
82 Suriname 102.1% 2019 up 1.5% rising
83 Italy 102.0% 2018 down 2.1% flat
84 Bhutan 102.0% 2020 up 6.9% rising
85 Georgia 102.0% 2019 up 0.3% flat
86 New Zealand 101.7% 2018 up 0.2% flat
87 Mongolia 101.6% 2018 up 0.8% rising
88 Seychelles 101.6% 2019 down 6.2% falling
89 United States of America 101.5% 2018 down 1.1% flat
90 Norway 101.4% 2018 up 3.1% flat
91 Botswana 101.3% 2015 down 4.6% flat
92 Finland 101.3% 2018 up 2.2% flat
93 Albania 101.2% 2019 up 7.8% flat
94 Slovenia 101.0% 2018 up 2.5% flat
95 Kenya 100.7% 2016 up 7.5% rising
96 Latvia 100.7% 2018 down 4.5% flat
97 Germany 100.5% 2018 down 1.8% flat
98 Maldives 100.5% 2019 down 11.4% falling
99 Iceland 100.4% 2018 up 2.1% flat
100 Uzbekistan 100.4% 2019 up 6.5% flat
101 Barbados 100.3% 2019 up 0.2% flat
102 Guyana 100.3% 2012 down 6.3% flat
103 Azerbaijan 100.3% 2019 up 7.0% rising
104 Sri Lanka 100.3% 2018 up 2.9% falling
105 Cyprus 100.2% 2018 down 2.3% flat
106 Greece 100.0% 2018 up 2.1% rising
107 Poland 99.9% 2018 up 5.0% flat
108 Cuba 99.8% 2019 up 1.2% flat
109 Tajikistan 99.7% 2017 up 3.5% rising
110 Serbia 99.7% 2019 up 1.2% flat
111 China 99.5% 2019 down 1.2% flat
112 Estonia 99.4% 2018 down 2.9% flat
113 Türkiye 99.4% 2018 down 1.8% rising
114 Cameroon 99.4% 2016 up 32.4% rising
115 Malaysia 99.3% 2017 up 3.7% flat
116 Czechia 99.3% 2018 down 2.1% flat
117 South Africa 99.1% 2018 down 4.5% flat
118 Hungary 99.0% 2018 up 0.8% flat
119 Belarus 99.0% 2018 down 12.4% flat
120 Saint Lucia 98.8% 2019 down 0.7% flat
121 Ghana 98.8% 2019 up 6.4% rising
122 Republic of Korea 98.6% 2018 down 2.6% flat
123 Burundi 98.6% 2019 up 8.4% rising
124 Philippines 98.4% 2018 down 1.6% flat
125 Kiribati 98.3% 2017 down 7.2% rising
126 Ukraine 98.2% 2014 down 1.4% falling
127 Bahrain 98.1% 2019 up 3.4% falling
128 Palestine, State of 97.7% 2019 up 8.3% rising
129 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 97.6% 2018 down 9.6% falling
130 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 97.3% 2015 up 16.7% rising
131 Paraguay 97.2% 2012 down 6.4% falling
132 Slovakia 97.0% 2018 down 0.5% flat
133 Solomon Islands 96.7% 2018 up 6.3% rising
134 Montenegro 96.5% 2019 down 13.9% falling
135 Iraq 95.9% 2007 up 17.1% rising
136 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 95.8% 2017 down 4.6% rising
137 Madagascar 95.6% 2019 down 8.9% rising
138 Bermuda 95.6% 2015 up 1.5% flat
139 Myanmar 95.4% 2018 up 19.6% rising
140 Cambodia 95.2% 2019 down 5.3% rising
141 Vanuatu 94.8% 2015 up 1.5% rising
142 Panama 94.3% 2017 down 5.8% flat
143 Angola 94.1% 2011 up 108.6% rising
144 North Macedonia 93.7% 2018 up 5.6% falling
145 British Virgin Islands 93.5% 2018 down 19.5% flat
146 Micronesia, Federated States of 93.5% 2019 down 14.8% falling
147 Afghanistan 93.0% 2018 up 6.7% rising
148 El Salvador 92.2% 2018 down 12.2% flat
149 India 91.9% 2019 down 5.1% rising
150 Zambia 91.1% 2017 down 11.8% rising
151 Congo 91.0% 2012 up 8.5% rising
152 Gambia 90.9% 2019 up 24.3% rising
153 Armenia 90.8% 2019 down 13.3% flat
154 Guatemala 90.0% 2019 down 9.1% rising
155 Lao People's Democratic Republic 89.4% 2019 down 7.6% rising
156 Mozambique 88.7% 2017 up 2.6% rising
157 Côte d'Ivoire 88.5% 2019 up 28.0% rising
158 Comoros 88.3% 2018 up 1.0% rising
159 Romania 87.9% 2018 down 12.6% flat
160 Republic of Moldova 87.4% 2019 down 3.8% falling
161 Cayman Islands 85.8% 2018 down 6.7% falling
162 Jamaica 85.6% 2019 down 11.7% falling
163 Honduras 85.0% 2019 down 4.2% falling
164 Yemen 83.2% 2016 up 7.9% rising
165 Puerto Rico 82.7% 2018 down 13.2% falling
166 Bulgaria 81.6% 2018 down 15.8% flat
167 Pakistan 81.0% 2019 up 17.6% rising
168 Tanzania, United Republic of 80.9% 2019 down 3.9% rising
169 Mauritania 80.6% 2019 up 14.2% rising
170 Tuvalu 80.2% 2019 down 15.9% falling
171 Burkina Faso 79.6% 2019 up 34.0% rising
172 Ethiopia 78.9% 2015 up 25.2% rising
173 Bahamas 77.6% 2018 down 20.1% falling
174 Jordan 77.4% 2019 down 14.5% falling
175 Guinea 75.0% 2014 up 25.3% rising
176 Liberia 74.3% 2017 down 7.6% falling
177 Nigeria 72.8% 2016 down 12.2% flat
178 Sudan 72.4% 2017 up 16.0% rising
179 Syrian Arab Republic 72.2% 2013 down 27.4% rising
180 Senegal 71.6% 2019 up 6.0% rising
181 Central African Republic 70.9% 2016 up 53.8% rising
182 Djibouti 69.4% 2020 up 33.4% rising
183 Mali 68.6% 2018 down 2.3% rising
184 Eritrea 67.7% 2018 down 21.8% rising
185 Marshall Islands 65.2% 2019 down 32.8% falling
186 Chad 65.2% 2019 up 4.1% rising
187 Niger 60.0% 2017 up 54.5% rising
188 Equatorial Guinea 51.9% 2015 down 24.8% falling

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
233 places, 4,592 data points, 1981–2020
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Total enrollment in primary and lower secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of official primary and lower secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.