Countries ranked by primary school enrollment

Every country ranked by primary school enrollment, highest to lowest. Haiti tops the list at 184.0%; Somalia is lowest at 20.9%.

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Highest

1Haiti184.0%
2Sierra Leone162.1%
3Rwanda149.6%
4Malawi139.0%
5Sint Maarten (Dutch part)135.1%

Lowest

209Somalia20.9%
208Equatorial Guinea47.5%
207Tokelau56.5%
206Niger64.7%
205Liberia66.6%

Full ranking — all 209 countries

#	Country	Primary school enrollment
1	Haiti	184.0%
2	Sierra Leone	162.1%
3	Rwanda	149.6%
4	Malawi	139.0%
5	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	135.1%
6	Madagascar	132.7%
7	Nepal	128.6%
8	Turks and Caicos Islands	125.1%
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis	121.1%
10	Papua New Guinea	121.1%
11	Uzbekistan	120.9%
12	Namibia	120.7%
13	Monaco	120.6%
14	Myanmar	120.2%
15	East Timor	119.7%
16	Mozambique	119.2%
17	Democratic Republic of Congo	117.6%
18	Morocco	116.6%
19	Eswatini	116.5%
20	Zambia	115.6%
21	Bhutan	114.9%
22	Sweden	114.9%
23	Cameroon	114.4%
24	Togo	114.3%
25	Venezuela	113.7%
26	Guinea-Bissau	113.4%
27	Peru	112.8%
28	Vanuatu	112.5%
29	Antigua and Barbuda	112.3%
30	Afghanistan	112.2%
31	Anguilla	112.2%
32	Albania	111.5%
33	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	111.4%
34	India	111.0%
35	Portugal	111.0%
36	Grenada	110.6%
37	Fiji	110.4%
38	Sao Tome and Principe	110.4%
39	Nicaragua	109.5%
40	Botswana	109.3%
41	Cambodia	109.0%
42	Tonga	108.8%
43	United Arab Emirates	108.0%
44	Benin	108.0%
45	Cook Islands	107.9%
46	Aruba	107.7%
47	Moldova	107.6%
48	Mauritius	107.3%
49	Montserrat	107.2%
50	Libya	107.0%
51	Palau	106.9%
52	Bangladesh	106.5%
53	Vietnam	106.3%
54	Uganda	106.2%
55	Montenegro	106.1%
56	Azerbaijan	105.6%
57	Algeria	105.5%
58	Mauritania	105.4%
59	Poland	105.4%
60	Cyprus	105.3%
61	Colombia	104.8%
62	Costa Rica	104.8%
63	Iraq	104.6%
64	Uruguay	104.5%
65	Tunisia	104.4%
66	Brazil	104.3%
67	Netherlands	104.2%
68	Saudi Arabia	104.0%
69	Italy	103.6%
70	France	103.4%
71	Hong Kong	103.2%
72	Cape Verde	103.0%
73	Spain	102.9%
74	Hungary	102.9%
75	Slovakia	102.8%
76	Germany	102.6%
77	Argentina	102.5%
78	Turkey	102.4%
79	Mexico	102.3%
80	United Kingdom	102.2%
81	Belgium	102.1%
82	Liechtenstein	102.1%
83	Armenia	102.0%
84	Greece	102.0%
85	Iran	102.0%
86	Dominican Republic	101.9%
87	Gibraltar	101.8%
88	Marshall Islands	101.8%
89	South Africa	101.8%
90	Guatemala	101.5%
91	Austria	101.3%
92	Niue	101.3%
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	101.2%
94	Switzerland	101.2%
95	Croatia	101.2%
96	Japan	101.1%
97	Tuvalu	101.1%
98	Ghana	101.0%
99	Samoa	101.0%
100	South Korea	100.9%
101	Slovenia	100.9%
102	Thailand	100.7%
103	Burundi	100.6%
104	Guinea	100.5%
105	Lithuania	100.5%
106	Gambia	100.4%
107	Indonesia	100.4%
108	Gabon	100.2%
109	Singapore	100.2%
110	Andorra	99.9%
111	Denmark	99.8%
112	Czechia	99.7%
113	Maldives	99.7%
114	Australia	99.6%
115	China	99.6%
116	Chile	99.5%
117	Georgia	99.4%
118	Luxembourg	99.2%
119	Kyrgyzstan	99.0%
120	Finland	98.9%
121	Jordan	98.6%
122	Norway	98.5%
123	South Sudan	98.4%
124	Trinidad and Tobago	98.3%
125	Iceland	98.2%
126	Kenya	98.2%
127	Cuba	98.1%
128	Estonia	97.8%
129	Dominica	97.7%
130	Malta	97.7%
131	Russia	97.7%
132	Guyana	97.6%
133	Latvia	97.6%
134	Qatar	97.6%
135	Israel	97.4%
136	Jamaica	97.3%
137	Kazakhstan	97.3%
138	Ecuador	97.2%
139	Comoros	97.0%
140	United States	97.0%
141	Bahrain	96.9%
142	Panama	96.9%
143	Belarus	96.8%
144	Central African Republic	96.8%
145	Saint Lucia	96.8%
146	Egypt	96.7%
147	New Zealand	96.7%
148	Belize	96.5%
149	Ireland	96.5%
150	North Macedonia	96.3%
151	Serbia	96.0%
152	Tajikistan	95.8%
153	Cayman Islands	95.7%
154	Turkmenistan	95.7%
155	Bulgaria	95.3%
156	Kiribati	95.3%
157	Canada	95.0%
158	Brunei	94.8%
159	Oman	94.7%
160	Nauru	94.4%
161	Philippines	94.0%
162	Bolivia	93.7%
163	San Marino	93.5%
164	Seychelles	93.4%
165	Cote d'Ivoire	93.3%
166	Ukraine	93.3%
167	Laos	93.1%
168	Zimbabwe	93.1%
169	Bahamas	92.9%
170	Bermuda	92.9%
171	Tanzania	92.7%
172	Mongolia	92.3%
173	North Korea	92.1%
174	Suriname	91.9%
175	Sri Lanka	91.5%
176	Palestine	91.4%
177	Malaysia	90.4%
178	El Salvador	90.1%
179	Macao	89.8%
180	Eritrea	89.7%
181	Nigeria	89.6%
182	Paraguay	89.4%
183	Chad	88.5%
184	Congo	87.9%
185	Puerto Rico	87.9%
186	Angola	86.7%
187	Senegal	85.3%
188	Romania	84.9%
189	Ethiopia	84.4%
190	Barbados	83.9%
191	Pakistan	83.7%
192	Kuwait	82.4%
193	Micronesia (country)	82.2%
194	Lebanon	81.8%
195	Solomon Islands	81.8%
196	Syria	81.4%
197	Lesotho	80.2%
198	Curacao	79.3%
199	Honduras	79.0%
200	Burkina Faso	77.2%
201	Yemen	77.0%
202	Mali	72.8%
203	British Virgin Islands	72.8%
204	Sudan	72.4%
205	Liberia	66.6%
206	Niger	64.7%
207	Tokelau	56.5%
208	Equatorial Guinea	47.5%
209	Somalia	20.9%

Common questions

Which country has the highest primary school enrollment?

Haiti, at 184.0% — the highest of all 209 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest primary school enrollment?

Somalia, at 20.9%, ranks lowest among the 209 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

209 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

UNESCO (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: UNESCO (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive primary school enrollment map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.