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Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%) by country

Total number of students of the official age group for primary education who are enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population. Divide the total number of students in the official school age range for primary education who are enrolled in any level of education by the...

Countries reporting
185
Highest
100.0%
Norway
Lowest
14.5%
Somalia
Median
97.7%
Years covered
51
1970–2020
Data points
4,541

What the numbers show

Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Norway; the lowest is 14.5% in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.7%, and the mean is 92.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 79.9%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 43.0%).

Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Norway 100.0% 2018 up 0.6% flat
2 Ireland 100.0% 2018 up 0.1% rising
3 Montenegro 100.0% 2019 up 4.1% flat
4 France 100.0% 2018 up 0.5% flat
5 Austria 100.0% 2018 up 2.9% rising
6 Iceland 99.9% 2018 up 0.7% flat
7 Aruba 99.9% 2014 up 2.1% flat
8 Switzerland 99.9% 2018 up 0.9% rising
9 Sweden 99.9% 2018 up 1.2% flat
10 Costa Rica 99.9% 2019 down 0.1% rising
11 Uruguay 99.9% 2018 up 0.1% rising
12 Liechtenstein 99.9% 2018 up 0.6% flat
13 Russia 99.8% 2018 up 2.1% rising
14 Lithuania 99.8% 2018 down 0.1% flat
15 Canada 99.8% 2018 up 0.3% rising
16 Iran 99.8% 2017 up 4.8% rising
17 Slovenia 99.8% 2018 up 0.4% rising
18 New Zealand 99.7% 2018 up 1.3% flat
19 Israel 99.7% 2018 down 0.2% flat
20 Malaysia 99.6% 2017 up 4.8% rising
21 Netherlands 99.6% 2018 down 0.2% rising
22 Algeria 99.6% 2019 up 0.6% rising
23 Czechia 99.6% 2018 up 0.2% flat
24 Morocco 99.6% 2019 up 10.8% rising
25 Portugal 99.6% 2018 up 0.7% rising
26 Australia 99.6% 2018 up 0.5% flat
27 Argentina 99.6% 2017 down 0.3% flat
28 Malta 99.5% 2018 up 0.2% rising
29 Belize 99.5% 2019 up 2.3% flat
30 Zimbabwe 99.5% 2013 up 11.0% flat
31 Kyrgyzstan 99.5% 2019 up 4.5% rising
32 Belgium 99.5% 2018 up 0.7% flat
33 Sri Lanka 99.5% 2018 up 4.2% rising
34 Tajikistan 99.5% 2017 up 1.1% flat
35 Brunei 99.4% 2019 down 0.2% rising
36 United States 99.4% 2018 down 0.2% rising
37 Cyprus 99.4% 2018 down 0.2% rising
38 Denmark 99.4% 2018 up 0.0% flat
39 French Polynesia 99.4% 1996 up 6.5% rising
40 Uzbekistan 99.4% 2019 up 6.5% rising
41 Georgia 99.4% 2019 up 2.5% flat
42 United Kingdom 99.3% 2018 up 0.4% flat
43 Germany 99.3% 2018 up 1.9% flat
44 Antigua and Barbuda 99.3% 2018 down 0.0% flat
45 North Macedonia 99.3% 2018 up 8.6% flat
47 Mongolia 99.3% 2018 down 0.5% rising
48 Egypt 99.3% 2019 up 3.5% rising
49 Nauru 99.3% 2019 up 6.0% flat
50 Grenada 99.2% 2018 down 0.6% rising
51 Cuba 99.2% 2019 up 0.7% flat
52 Ghana 99.2% 2019 up 17.9% rising
53 Kazakhstan 99.1% 2019 down 0.8% flat
54 South Korea 99.1% 2018 down 0.9% flat
55 Luxembourg 99.0% 2018 up 0.9% rising
56 Tunisia 99.0% 2018 up 1.1% rising
57 Samoa 98.9% 2019 down 0.8% flat
58 Barbados 98.9% 2019 up 1.7% flat
59 Saint Kitts and Nevis 98.9% 2016 down 0.7% rising
60 Gibraltar 98.9% 2019 — rising
61 Tonga 98.9% 2015 up 0.1% rising
62 Latvia 98.9% 2018 down 1.1% flat
63 Macao 98.8% 2019 up 15.5% rising
64 Trinidad and Tobago 98.8% 2010 down 0.6% rising
65 United Arab Emirates 98.7% 2017 up 4.5% rising
66 Chile 98.7% 2018 up 1.4% flat
67 Belarus 98.7% 2018 down 0.6% flat
68 Ecuador 98.7% 2018 up 4.4% rising
69 Finland 98.7% 2018 up 0.5% rising
70 Vietnam 98.6% 2019 down 1.4% rising
71 Sierra Leone 98.6% 2019 up 2.8% rising
72 Mauritius 98.6% 2019 down 0.5% rising
73 Fiji 98.6% 2019 down 0.5% rising
74 Greece 98.6% 2018 up 3.0% rising
75 Turks and Caicos Islands 98.6% 2018 up 15.8% falling
76 Namibia 98.5% 2018 up 7.8% rising
77 Croatia 98.4% 2018 up 1.0% rising
78 Saint Lucia 98.3% 2019 up 3.4% flat
79 Guyana 98.2% 2012 up 5.8% rising
80 Peru 98.2% 2019 down 0.7% rising
81 Serbia 98.2% 2019 up 1.7% flat
82 Saudi Arabia 98.2% 2016 up 6.9% rising
83 Malawi 98.1% 2019 down 0.1% flat
84 Thailand 98.1% 2009 — rising
85 Qatar 98.1% 2019 up 0.2% rising
86 Libya 98.1% 1983 up 7.7% rising
87 British Virgin Islands 98.1% 2018 down 0.3% rising
88 Myanmar 98.1% 2018 up 9.1% rising
89 Maldives 98.0% 2019 down 1.0% flat
90 Albania 97.9% 2019 up 12.4% flat
91 Estonia 97.8% 2018 down 1.7% flat
92 Poland 97.8% 2018 up 3.9% flat
93 India 97.7% 2013 up 10.5% rising
94 Colombia 97.7% 2018 down 2.2% rising
95 Madagascar 97.7% 2019 — rising
96 Bahrain 97.7% 2019 up 5.7% rising
97 Seychelles 97.6% 2019 down 1.7% rising
98 Mozambique 97.6% 2019 up 10.0% rising
99 Lesotho 97.6% 2017 up 15.0% rising
101 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 97.2% 2018 down 1.0% flat
102 Oman 97.2% 2019 down 0.8% rising
103 Spain 96.9% 2018 down 3.1% flat
104 Togo 96.9% 2019 up 6.1% rising
105 Italy 96.9% 2018 down 2.6% flat
106 Palestine 96.5% 2019 up 8.9% rising
107 Bhutan 96.3% 2020 up 10.1% rising
108 Nicaragua 96.3% 2010 up 13.1% rising
109 Nepal 96.3% 2019 down 3.1% rising
110 Dominica 96.3% 2019 up 5.4% rising
111 Philippines 96.2% 2018 up 7.0% flat
112 Kiribati 96.1% 2017 — flat
113 Dominican Republic 96.0% 2019 up 0.1% rising
114 Brazil 95.7% 2011 down 3.2% flat
115 Uganda 95.6% 2013 — rising
116 Solomon Islands 95.6% 2018 up 18.6% rising
117 Slovakia 95.6% 2018 down 1.9% flat
118 Hungary 95.6% 2018 down 2.5% rising
119 East Timor 95.1% 2019 up 5.8% rising
120 Turkey 95.0% 2018 down 2.8% rising
121 San Marino 95.0% 2019 down 5.0% flat
122 Cote d'Ivoire 95.0% 2019 up 70.0% rising
123 Bangladesh 95.0% 2010 down 2.3% rising
124 Indonesia 94.4% 2018 down 1.8% rising
125 Sao Tome and Principe 94.0% 2017 up 4.8% flat
126 Rwanda 93.7% 2019 — rising
127 Cape Verde 93.6% 2018 down 3.3% flat
128 Benin 93.5% 2019 down 0.7% rising
129 Bolivia 93.2% 2018 down 6.6% falling
130 Iraq 92.8% 2007 up 21.9% rising
131 Bermuda 92.7% 2012 down 4.8% rising
132 Burundi 92.4% 2019 up 1.8% rising
133 Vanuatu 92.1% 2015 down 7.1% rising
134 Ukraine 92.0% 2014 up 2.5% flat
135 Cameroon 91.7% 2019 up 4.9% rising
136 Laos 91.6% 2019 up 1.8% rising
137 Azerbaijan 91.5% 2019 up 4.0% rising
138 Armenia 91.1% 2019 down 6.1% rising
139 Cambodia 90.6% 2019 down 4.4% rising
140 Venezuela 90.4% 2017 down 6.1% rising
141 Moldova 89.7% 2019 down 2.0% falling
142 Cayman Islands 89.6% 2018 up 0.2% falling
143 China 89.3% 1997 down 3.8% falling
144 Congo 89.3% 2012 up 72.3% falling
145 Guatemala 89.3% 2019 down 6.5% rising
146 Paraguay 89.3% 2012 down 8.1% rising
147 South Africa 89.0% 2018 down 5.8% rising
148 Botswana 89.0% 2014 up 0.4% rising
149 Suriname 87.7% 2019 down 4.4% falling
150 Romania 87.5% 2018 down 10.4% rising
151 Honduras 87.5% 2019 up 1.2% flat
153 Bulgaria 86.7% 2018 down 13.3% falling
154 Tanzania 86.6% 2019 down 12.6% rising
155 El Salvador 86.3% 2018 down 9.8% rising
156 Ethiopia 85.6% 2015 up 39.9% rising
157 Gambia 85.3% 2019 up 27.9% rising
158 Zambia 85.1% 2017 down 7.2% rising
159 Yemen 84.4% 2016 up 9.7% rising
160 Eswatini 83.7% 2018 up 1.9% rising
161 Jamaica 82.8% 2019 down 10.7% falling
162 Kuwait 82.8% 2019 down 16.1% rising
163 Comoros 81.8% 2018 up 3.4% rising
164 Angola 81.6% 2011 up 79.9% rising
165 Jordan 81.3% 2019 down 6.2% falling
166 Kenya 81.2% 2012 up 16.3% rising
167 Liberia 78.6% 2017 down 0.9% rising
168 Burkina Faso 78.1% 2019 up 22.3% volatile
169 Guinea 78.1% 2016 up 18.9% rising
170 Puerto Rico 77.9% 2018 down 13.4% falling
171 Mauritania 76.9% 2019 up 6.3% rising
172 Bahamas 76.5% 2018 down 11.2% falling
173 Senegal 74.3% 2019 up 3.9% rising
174 Marshall Islands 74.1% 2019 down 21.2% falling
175 Chad 73.8% 2019 up 18.2% rising
176 Guinea-Bissau 72.7% 2010 up 47.3% rising
177 Syria 72.4% 2013 down 26.4% rising
178 Pakistan 71.9% 2016 up 18.3% rising
180 Central African Republic 66.6% 2012 up 39.8% rising
181 Nigeria 66.0% 2010 down 0.3% flat
182 Sudan 61.7% 2017 up 5.0% rising
183 Mali 59.0% 2018 down 1.8% rising
184 Niger 59.0% 2019 up 15.5% rising
185 Haiti 58.1% 1997 up 36.6% rising
186 Eritrea 52.7% 2018 down 29.8% rising
187 Equatorial Guinea 44.7% 2015 down 34.0% falling
188 Democratic Republic of Congo 36.8% 1999 down 43.0% falling
189 Somalia 14.5% 1980 — falling

About this data

Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
189 places, 4,541 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Total number of students of the official age group for primary education who are enrolled in any level of education, expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population. Divide the total number of students in the official school age range for primary education who are enrolled in any level of education by the population of the same age group and multiply the result by 100. The difference between the total NER and the adjusted NER provides a measure of the proportion of children in the official relevant school age group who are enrolled in levels of education below the one intended for their age. The difference between the total NER and the adjusted NER for primary education is due to enrolment in pre-primary education. The total NER should be based on total enrolment of the official relevant school age group in any level of education for all types of schools and education institutions, including public, private and all other institutions that provide organized educational programmes.