Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private institutions (%) by country
Total number of students in lower secondary education enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body (e.g., non-governmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise),...
Countries reporting
173
Highest
97.0%
Macao
Lowest
0.0%
Fiji
Median
11.5%
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
2,685
What the numbers show
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private institutions (%) is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 97.0% in Macao; the lowest is 0.0% in Fiji.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.5%, and the mean is 18.2%.
Over the past decade 120 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 1,111.4%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 100.0%).
Percentage of enrolment in lower secondary education in private: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 97.0% | 2019 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 95.1% | 2019 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 3 | Aruba | 90.4% | 2012 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 4 | Belize | 68.0% | 2019 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 5 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 68.0% | 2018 | up 507.8% | volatile |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 67.9% | 2017 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 7 | Lebanon | 63.9% | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 8 | Grenada | 62.9% | 2018 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 9 | Mauritius | 59.1% | 2019 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 10 | Chile | 58.7% | 2018 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 58.6% | 2018 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 12 | Guatemala | 56.3% | 2019 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 13 | Liberia | 55.5% | 2017 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 14 | Qatar | 51.4% | 2019 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 15 | Comoros | 50.5% | 2018 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.7% | 2019 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 17 | Malta | 46.2% | 2018 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 18 | India | 45.3% | 2019 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 19 | Bermuda | 44.6% | 2015 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 20 | Madagascar | 41.8% | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 21 | Indonesia | 39.3% | 2018 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 39.0% | 2019 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 23 | Cayman Islands | 38.7% | 2018 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 24 | Monaco | 37.6% | 2020 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36.7% | 2009 | up 705.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Pakistan | 35.4% | 2019 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 27 | Kuwait | 35.0% | 2012 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 28 | Guinea | 34.4% | 2014 | up 277.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Dominica | 34.0% | 2019 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 30 | Spain | 32.4% | 2018 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 31 | Mali | 30.8% | 2018 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 32 | Denmark | 30.1% | 2018 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 33 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 30.1% | 2017 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 34 | Bahamas | 29.8% | 2018 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 35 | Bahrain | 28.8% | 2019 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 36 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.7% | 2018 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 37 | Solomon Islands | 27.0% | 2018 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 38 | Peru | 26.0% | 2019 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 39 | Cameroon | 25.5% | 2016 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 40 | Chad | 25.4% | 2019 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 41 | Argentina | 24.6% | 2017 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 42 | Ecuador | 24.4% | 2018 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 43 | Puerto Rico | 24.2% | 2018 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 44 | Jordan | 24.2% | 2019 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 45 | Mauritania | 23.8% | 2019 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 46 | Gambia | 23.4% | 2019 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 47 | France | 22.2% | 2018 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 48 | British Virgin Islands | 22.1% | 2018 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Ghana | 21.8% | 2019 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 50 | Congo | 21.6% | 2004 | up 137.3% | rising |
| 51 | Suriname | 21.6% | 2019 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Hong Kong | 21.1% | 2019 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 53 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 21.0% | 2018 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 54 | Luxembourg | 20.5% | 2018 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 55 | Nicaragua | 20.5% | 2010 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 56 | Honduras | 20.3% | 2019 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 57 | Senegal | 20.2% | 2019 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 58 | Paraguay | 19.6% | 2016 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 59 | Samoa | 19.5% | 2019 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 60 | Angola | 19.5% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Colombia | 18.4% | 2018 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 62 | Hungary | 18.2% | 2018 | up 114.4% | rising |
| 63 | Nigeria | 18.0% | 2016 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 17.9% | 2019 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 65 | Cyprus | 17.5% | 2018 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 66 | Philippines | 17.4% | 2018 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 67 | Republic of Korea | 17.4% | 2018 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 68 | Sweden | 17.3% | 2018 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 69 | Israel | 17.3% | 2018 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 70 | Timor-Leste | 17.3% | 2019 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 71 | Nepal | 17.3% | 2019 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 72 | Brunei Darussalam | 17.2% | 2019 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 73 | Antigua and Barbuda | 16.7% | 2018 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 74 | Marshall Islands | 14.7% | 2019 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 75 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 14.4% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 76 | Kenya | 14.0% | 2016 | up 214.2% | rising |
| 77 | Benin | 13.9% | 2016 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 78 | Brazil | 13.9% | 2018 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 79 | El Salvador | 13.7% | 2018 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 80 | Panama | 13.7% | 2016 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 81 | China | 13.6% | 2019 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 82 | Uruguay | 13.5% | 2018 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 83 | Oman | 13.5% | 2019 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Portugal | 12.9% | 2018 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 85 | Niger | 12.7% | 2017 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 86 | Sudan | 12.0% | 2017 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 87 | Zambia | 11.5% | 2017 | up 233.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Djibouti | 11.4% | 2020 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 89 | Seychelles | 11.1% | 2019 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 90 | Morocco | 10.8% | 2019 | up 195.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Gibraltar | 10.8% | 2019 | up 1,044.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Thailand | 10.7% | 2019 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 93 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 10.3% | 2018 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 94 | Germany | 10.3% | 2018 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 95 | Austria | 10.1% | 2018 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 96 | Mexico | 10.1% | 2018 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 97 | Georgia | 9.5% | 2019 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 98 | Mozambique | 9.4% | 2017 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 99 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 9.4% | 2017 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 100 | United States of America | 8.9% | 2018 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 101 | Canada | 8.8% | 2018 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 102 | Switzerland | 8.6% | 2018 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 103 | Slovakia | 8.3% | 2018 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 104 | Eritrea | 8.3% | 2018 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 105 | Costa Rica | 8.1% | 2019 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 106 | Palestine, State of | 7.6% | 2019 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 107 | Sierra Leone | 7.5% | 2019 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 108 | Barbados | 7.5% | 2019 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 7.5% | 2019 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 110 | Poland | 7.3% | 2018 | up 123.9% | rising |
| 111 | Japan | 7.2% | 2018 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 112 | Egypt | 7.1% | 2019 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 113 | Albania | 7.0% | 2019 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 114 | Guyana | 6.9% | 2012 | up 359.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Malawi | 6.9% | 2018 | up 83.4% | rising |
| 116 | Malaysia | 6.9% | 2019 | up 132.6% | rising |
| 117 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.9% | 2016 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 118 | Liechtenstein | 5.8% | 2018 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 119 | Türkiye | 5.8% | 2018 | up 95.8% | rising |
| 120 | Mongolia | 5.7% | 2018 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 5.4% | 2018 | up 1,111.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Finland | 5.3% | 2018 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 123 | Rwanda | 5.2% | 2019 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 124 | New Zealand | 5.2% | 2018 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Afghanistan | 4.9% | 2018 | up 261.1% | rising |
| 126 | Tunisia | 4.8% | 2018 | up 189.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Singapore | 4.8% | 2018 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 128 | Greece | 4.7% | 2018 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 4.7% | 2017 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 130 | Namibia | 4.6% | 2017 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 131 | Cambodia | 4.5% | 2019 | up 250.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Yemen | 4.3% | 2016 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 133 | Norway | 4.3% | 2018 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 134 | South Africa | 4.0% | 2018 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 135 | Estonia | 4.0% | 2018 | up 80.9% | rising |
| 136 | Lithuania | 3.9% | 2018 | up 407.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.7% | 2019 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 138 | Czechia | 3.7% | 2018 | up 59.3% | rising |
| 139 | Italy | 3.7% | 2018 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 140 | Syria | 3.6% | 2013 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 141 | Cape Verde | 3.6% | 2018 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Burundi | 3.4% | 2019 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 143 | Andorra | 3.3% | 2019 | up 38.8% | falling |
| 144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.1% | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Sri Lanka | 3.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Botswana | 2.8% | 2013 | up 28.7% | flat |
| 147 | Jamaica | 2.7% | 2019 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Maldives | 2.4% | 2019 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.3% | 2019 | up 113.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Latvia | 2.2% | 2018 | up 138.3% | rising |
| 151 | Armenia | 2.1% | 2019 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 1.9% | 2019 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 153 | Iceland | 1.7% | 2018 | up 102.9% | rising |
| 154 | Netherlands | 1.6% | 2018 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 155 | Eswatini | 1.5% | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5% | 2019 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 157 | Republic of Moldova | 1.5% | 2019 | up 94.5% | rising |
| 158 | Bhutan | 1.4% | 2020 | up 101.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Lesotho | 1.3% | 2016 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Viet Nam | 1.2% | 2019 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 0.9% | 2017 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 162 | Azerbaijan | 0.9% | 2019 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Croatia | 0.8% | 2018 | up 158.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Romania | 0.8% | 2018 | up 321.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Kazakhstan | 0.7% | 2019 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 166 | Slovenia | 0.7% | 2018 | up 327.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Ukraine | 0.7% | 2019 | up 79.4% | rising |
| 168 | Russian Federation | 0.7% | 2018 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 169 | Algeria | 0.3% | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 170 | Uzbekistan | 0.2% | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Serbia | 0.2% | 2019 | up 128.8% | rising |
| 172 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2018 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 173 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Total number of students in lower secondary education enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body (e.g., non-governmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise), expressed as a percentage of total number of students enrolled in lower secondary education.