Education

Primary school enrollment

Gross enrollment ratio in primary education; can exceed 100% because of over- and under-age pupils.

Year

Highest · 2023

Sierra Leone

159.4%

Coverage · 2023

159

countries

Method

Sorted from highest to lowest

Ranking 2023

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#	Country	Value
1	Sierra Leone	159.4%
2	Rwanda	151.9%
3	Malawi	136.0%
4	Madagascar	130.6%
5	Nepal	126.6%
6	Saint Kitts and Nevis	121.1%
7	Papua New Guinea	121.1%
8	Timor-Leste	119.7%
9	Namibia	119.5%
10	DR Congo	117.6%
11	Morocco	117.6%
12	Eswatini	116.5%
13	Togo	116.3%
14	Sweden	115.0%
15	Cameroon	114.4%
16	Peru	113.9%
17	Vanuatu	113.2%
18	Antigua and Barbuda	112.3%
19	Afghanistan	112.2%
20	India	112.0%
21	Fiji	111.9%
22	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	111.3%
23	Venezuela	111.1%
24	Portugal	111.0%
25	Mauritius	110.9%
26	Nauru	109.9%
27	Tonga	109.6%
28	Nicaragua	109.5%
29	Tuvalu	108.9%
30	Marshall Islands	107.1%
31	Cambodia	107.0%
32	Bhutan	106.7%
33	Moldova	106.7%
34	United Arab Emirates	106.3%
35	Costa Rica	106.2%
36	Montenegro	106.1%
37	Algeria	105.8%
38	Poland	105.4%
39	Vietnam	105.2%
40	Uruguay	104.5%
41	Tunisia	104.4%
42	Netherlands	104.2%
43	Mauritania	104.0%
44	Hungary	103.6%
45	Italy	103.6%
46	France	103.3%
47	Bangladesh	103.1%
48	Slovakia	103.1%
49	Spain	103.0%
50	Lithuania	102.7%
51	Thailand	102.6%
52	Argentina	102.5%
53	Turkey	102.4%
54	Switzerland	102.3%
55	Germany	102.2%
56	United Kingdom	102.2%
57	Belgium	102.1%
58	Guatemala	102.0%
59	Greece	102.0%
60	Azerbaijan	102.0%
61	Iran	102.0%
62	South Africa	101.8%
63	Dominican Republic	101.6%
64	Samoa	101.6%
65	Mexico	101.4%
66	Saint Lucia	101.4%
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina	101.2%
68	Croatia	101.2%
69	Cyprus	101.1%
70	Japan	101.1%
71	Austria	100.9%
72	Georgia	100.9%
73	Slovenia	100.9%
74	Palau	100.7%
75	Maldives	100.5%
76	Chile	100.3%
77	South Korea	100.3%
78	Singapore	100.2%
79	Denmark	99.9%
80	Czechia	99.7%
81	Australia	99.4%
82	Cuba	99.3%
83	Trinidad and Tobago	99.2%
84	China	99.2%
85	Finland	99.1%
86	Dominica	99.1%
87	Luxembourg	99.1%
88	Kazakhstan	99.0%
89	Gambia	98.7%
90	Norway	98.6%
91	Bolivia	98.6%
92	Latvia	98.5%
93	Estonia	98.3%
94	Israel	98.3%
95	Jordan	98.3%
96	Kenya	98.2%
97	Iceland	98.2%
98	Indonesia	98.2%
99	Kyrgyzstan	98.1%
100	Armenia	98.1%
101	Belize	97.8%
102	Russia	97.7%
103	Malta	97.7%
104	Andorra	97.4%
105	Kiribati	97.4%
106	Turkmenistan	97.3%
107	Ecuador	97.2%
108	Seychelles	97.1%
109	Tajikistan	97.0%
110	Brunei	96.9%
111	New Zealand	96.9%
112	North Macedonia	96.3%
113	Egypt	95.9%
114	Tanzania	95.6%
115	Qatar	95.4%
116	Bulgaria	95.4%
117	Belarus	95.2%
118	Panama	95.2%
119	San Marino	95.1%
120	Laos	95.0%
121	Canada	95.0%
122	Ukraine	94.6%
123	Guyana	94.4%
124	Bahrain	93.9%
125	Albania	93.7%
126	Uzbekistan	93.5%
127	Zimbabwe	93.2%
128	Mongolia	93.1%
129	Philippines	92.4%
130	Côte d'Ivoire	91.8%
131	Malaysia	91.5%
132	Sri Lanka	91.5%
133	West Bank and Gaza	91.4%
134	El Salvador	90.9%
135	Paraguay	90.4%
136	Nigeria	89.6%
137	Chad	88.3%
138	Puerto Rico	88.1%
139	Barbados	88.0%
140	Congo	87.9%
141	Jamaica	87.7%
142	Angola	86.7%
143	Macao	86.4%
144	Senegal	85.5%
145	Romania	84.9%
146	Ethiopia	83.7%
147	Honduras	82.5%
148	Micronesia	82.2%
149	Lesotho	81.6%
150	Pakistan	81.4%
151	Solomon Islands	80.3%
152	Bahamas	78.4%
153	Lebanon	78.2%
154	Syria	76.8%
155	Mali	72.8%
156	Burkina Faso	72.2%
157	Niger	66.9%
158	Suriname	64.2%
159	Somalia	20.9%

Source: World Bank — Primary school enrollment · Unit: % of official school-age population (gross) · Year: 2023 · 159 entries