Male Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment)

This key economic indicator for the Education sector has been recently updated.

  1. In 2019, Male Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) in Sierra Leone increased 28points from a year earlier.
  2. Since 2014 Sweden Male Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) grew 1.9points year on year at 129.21 Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age.
  3. In 2019 Nepal was number 3 in Male Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment).
  4. In 2019 Nepal was number 3 in Male Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment) close to 140.83 Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age, from 159 in 2018.

Top Countries in Male Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (Including Overage and Underage Enrollment)

Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age - 1970 to 2020

# 179 Countries Percent of the Population of the Corresponding Official School Age Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Malawi
142.69 % 2019 +0.6 % -0.5 % View data
2 #2
Sierra Leone
141.86 % 2019 +28.0 % NA View data
3 #3
Nepal
140.83 % 2019 NA +0.4 % View data
4 #4
Madagascar
132.93 % 2019 -6.4 % -1.8 % View data
5 #5
Rwanda
132.65 % 2019 -1.0 % -0.9 % View data
6 #6
Sweden
129.21 % 2019 +1.3 % +1.9 % View data
7 #7
Togo
126.44 % 2019 +0.3 % -0.2 % View data
8 #8
Afghanistan
125.20 % 2019 +0.8 % +0.2 % View data
9 #9
Lesotho
123.73 % 2019 +0.3 % +0.8 % View data
10 #10
Nauru
122.43 % 2019 NA +0.2 % View data
11 #11
Democratic Republic of the Congo
122.19 % 2018 NA +1.8 % View data
12 #12
Angola
121.14 % 2015 NA +0.6 % View data
13 #13
Benin
120.90 % 2019 -3.9 % -2.1 % View data
14 #14
Mozambique
120.38 % 2019 +3.1 % +1.3 % View data
15 #15
Palau
119.62 % 2014 +0.6 % NA View data
16 #16
Swaziland
119.53 % 2019 +0.2 % -1.1 % View data
17 #17
Aruba
118.93 % 2014 +1.4 % +0.6 % View data
18 #18
Fiji
118.62 % 2019 NA NA View data
19 #19
Burundi
118.09 % 2019 -2.1 % -2.2 % View data
20 #20
Tonga
117.98 % 2019 +0.3 % +0.3 % View data
21 #21
Morocco
116.69 % 2019 +0.5 % +0.8 % View data
22 #22
Tunisia
116.31 % 2019 +0.3 % +0.5 % View data
23 #23
Colombia
116.14 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.0 % View data
24 #24
Costa Rica
115.76 % 2019 +2.6 % +0.6 % View data
25 #25
Myanmar
115.75 % 2019 +0.8 % +2.3 % View data
26 #26
Peru
115.71 % 2019 +6.3 % +2.8 % View data
27 #27
Dominican Republic
114.92 % 2019 +5.6 % +0.4 % View data
28 #28
Central African Republic
114.56 % 2016 NA +2.6 % View data
29 #29
Samoa
114.54 % 2019 +3.5 % +1.2 % View data
30 #30
Vietnam
114.28 % 2019 +4.4 % +0.7 % View data
31 #31
East Timor
113.68 % 2019 -3.1 % -2.6 % View data
32 #32
Tuvalu
113.33 % 2019 +26.8 % +2.9 % View data
33 #33
Papua New Guinea
113.21 % 2016 NA NA View data
34 #34
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
112.99 % 2019 -0.9 % +0.3 % View data
35 #35
Ethiopia
112.95 % 2019 +1.6 % +1.8 % View data
36 #36
Brazil
112.47 % 2019 -1.5 % -0.7 % View data
37 #37
Bangladesh
112.36 % 2018 +1.1 % NA View data
38 #38
Belize
112.32 % 2019 -1.9 % -0.3 % View data
39 #39
United Arab Emirates
111.70 % 2019 +0.8 % +1.8 % View data
40 #40
Cameroon
111.20 % 2019 +2.3 % -1.5 % View data
41 #41
British Virgin Islands
110.89 % 2019 +8.0 % -0.5 % View data
42 #42
Vanuatu
110.69 % 2015 NA -2.1 % View data
43 #43
Saint Kitts and Nevis
109.74 % 2019 -0.0 % +0.2 % View data
44 #44
Algeria
109.70 % 2019 -2.4 % -2.0 % View data
45 #45
Suriname
109.30 % 2019 +0.3 % -0.6 % View data
46 #46
Argentina
109.19 % 2019 -0.4 % -0.4 % View data
47 #47
Grenada
108.41 % 2019 +0.7 % -1.9 % View data
48 #48
Iran
108.09 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.6 % View data
49 #49
Cambodia
107.85 % 2019 -0.8 % -2.1 % View data
50 #50
Solomon Islands
107.79 % 2019 +1.3 % -1.3 % View data
51 #51
Indonesia
107.76 % 2019 -0.3 % +0.1 % View data
52 #52
Portugal
107.17 % 2019 -0.9 % -0.6 % View data
53 #53
Uruguay
106.83 % 2019 +0.3 % -1.0 % View data
54 #54
Kyrgyzstan
106.69 % 2019 -1.1 % +0.1 % View data
55 #55
Gibraltar
106.63 % 2019 NA NA View data
56 #56
Sao Tome and Principe
106.47 % 2019 -0.7 % +0.1 % View data
57 #57
Cape Verde
106.40 % 2019 -1.1 % -0.9 % View data
58 #58
Liechtenstein
106.18 % 2019 +0.3 % +0.6 % View data
59 #59
Malta
106.13 % 2019 -0.2 % +0.8 % View data
60 #60
Switzerland
106.02 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.5 % View data
61 #61
Egypt
105.99 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.4 % View data
62 #62
Malaysia
105.44 % 2019 +0.4 % +0.3 % View data
63 #63
Netherlands
105.27 % 2018 +1.0 % NA View data
64 #64
Bhutan
105.02 % 2020 NA +0.3 % View data
65 #65
Guinea
104.88 % 2019 +1.2 % +0.9 % View data
66 #66
Philippines
104.80 % 2019 +1.0 % -1.7 % View data
67 #67
Cuba
104.59 % 2019 +0.5 % +0.4 % View data
68 #68
Russia
104.58 % 2019 -0.6 % +1.4 % View data
69 #69
Mongolia
104.50 % 2019 -0.7 % +0.4 % View data
70 #70
Mexico
104.42 % 2019 -0.3 % -0.7 % View data
71 #71
Botswana
104.39 % 2015 -0.8 % NA View data
72 #72
Luxembourg
104.33 % 2019 -0.2 % +1.4 % View data
73 #73
Lithuania
104.33 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.5 % View data
74 #74
Antigua and Barbuda
104.28 % 2019 -1.1 % -0.8 % View data
75 #75
Israel
104.18 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
76 #76
Ghana
104.13 % 2019 +1.1 % -0.1 % View data
77 #77
Austria
103.62 % 2019 +0.0 % +0.3 % View data
78 #78
Germany
103.60 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.6 % View data
79 #79
Kazakhstan
103.47 % 2019 -1.4 % -1.7 % View data
80 #80
Albania
103.38 % 2019 -1.7 % +0.2 % View data
81 #81
Ivory Coast
103.37 % 2019 -0.2 % +2.1 % View data
82 #82
Belgium
103.36 % 2019 +0.2 % -0.1 % View data
83 #83
Chile
103.21 % 2019 -0.4 % +0.1 % View data
84 #84
Guatemala
102.98 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.2 % View data
85 #85
France
102.96 % 2019 -0.2 % +0.3 % View data
86 #86
Uzbekistan
102.84 % 2019 -2.1 % +0.7 % View data
87 #87
Italy
102.73 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.3 % View data
88 #88
Barbados
102.46 % 2019 +1.3 % +1.5 % View data
89 #89
Pakistan
102.31 % 2019 +0.3 % +2.4 % View data
90 #90
Qatar
102.06 % 2019 -1.2 % +0.8 % View data
91 #91
Bermuda
102.06 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.5 % View data
92 #92
Dominica
101.99 % 2019 NA -2.5 % View data
93 #93
Kenya
101.85 % 2019 -0.5 % -0.7 % View data
94 #94
Canada
101.80 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.2 % View data
95 #95
Laos
101.77 % 2019 -2.4 % -3.4 % View data
96 #96
Ecuador
101.76 % 2019 -0.7 % -2.0 % View data
97 #97
Slovenia
101.59 % 2019 -0.4 % +0.4 % View data
98 #98
United States
101.52 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.3 % View data
99 #99
Saint Lucia
101.43 % 2019 -0.6 % NA View data
100 #100
China
101.38 % 2019 +1.7 % +1.1 % View data
101 #101
Spain
101.25 % 2019 -0.1 % -1.0 % View data
102 #102
Ireland
101.13 % 2019 -0.1 % -0.1 % View data
103 #103
Thailand
101.10 % 2019 +1.3 % -0.1 % View data
104 #104
Denmark
100.98 % 2019 +0.4 % -0.2 % View data
105 #105
United Kingdom
100.92 % 2019 -0.2 % -0.3 % View data
106 #106
Sri Lanka
100.91 % 2019 +0.2 % -0.3 % View data
107 #107
Belarus
100.81 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.5 % View data
108 #108
South Africa
100.71 % 2019 +0.3 % -0.8 % View data
109 #109
Tajikistan
100.63 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.4 % View data
110 #110
Montenegro
100.63 % 2019 -1.5 % NA View data
111 #111
Iceland
100.58 % 2019 +0.0 % +0.4 % View data
112 #112
Finland
100.53 % 2019 +0.1 % -0.1 % View data
113 #113
New Zealand
100.42 % 2019 -0.4 % +0.6 % View data
114 #114
Singapore
100.30 % 2018 -0.4 % NA View data
115 #115
Chad
100.28 % 2019 -0.6 % -2.8 % View data
116 #116
Norway
100.24 % 2019 +0.2 % +0.1 % View data
117 #117
Czech Republic
100.07 % 2019 -0.1 % +0.3 % View data
118 #118
Saudi Arabia
99.97 % 2019 +0.8 % -3.7 % View data
119 #119
Yemen
99.92 % 2016 NA -1.1 % View data
120 #120
Cyprus
99.90 % 2019 -0.3 % +0.2 % View data
121 #121
Australia
99.88 % 2019 -0.3 % -1.1 % View data
122 #122
Brunei
99.69 % 2019 -3.0 % -1.1 % View data
123 #123
Serbia
99.69 % 2019 -0.6 % -0.2 % View data
124 #124
Comoros
99.59 % 2018 -2.0 % -2.0 % View data
125 #125
San Marino
99.40 % 2019 -0.9 % NA View data
126 #126
Slovakia
99.40 % 2019 -0.5 % -0.2 % View data
127 #127
Greece
99.27 % 2019 +0.1 % +0.2 % View data
128 #128
South Korea
99.04 % 2019 -0.7 % +0.1 % View data
129 #129
Latvia
98.95 % 2019 -0.4 % -0.2 % View data
130 #130
Georgia
98.93 % 2019 +0.9 % -1.1 % View data
131 #131
Federated States of Micronesia
98.80 % 2019 NA -0.8 % View data
132 #132
Uganda
98.72 % 2019 -1.2 % NA View data
133 #133
Oman
98.56 % 2019 -0.1 % -1.5 % View data
134 #134
Macedonia
98.42 % 2019 +0.1 % +1.4 % View data
135 #135
Bahrain
98.31 % 2019 -1.6 % -0.2 % View data
136 #136
Mauritius
98.28 % 2019 -1.5 % -0.6 % View data
137 #137
Hungary
98.16 % 2019 +1.1 % -0.8 % View data
138 #138
Seychelles
98.04 % 2019 +0.5 % -1.3 % View data
139 #139
Ukraine
98.03 % 2014 -2.2 % +0.3 % View data
140 #140
Venezuela
97.98 % 2019 -0.5 % -0.8 % View data
141 #141
Kiribati
97.88 % 2017 -6.9 % NA View data
142 #142
Palestine
97.76 % 2019 -0.7 % -0.1 % View data
143 #143
Tanzania
97.65 % 2019 +5.0 % +2.9 % View data
144 #144
Bolivia
97.46 % 2019 -1.2 % +0.1 % View data
145 #145
Poland
97.43 % 2018 -2.6 % -0.6 % View data
146 #146
Mauritania
97.36 % 2019 +0.3 % -0.1 % View data
147 #147
Estonia
97.05 % 2019 -0.5 % -0.3 % View data
148 #148
Maldives
96.85 % 2019 +2.0 % NA View data
149 #149
Zambia
96.76 % 2019 -0.5 % -1.5 % View data
150 #150
Azerbaijan
96.56 % 2019 -2.9 % -1.9 % View data
151 #151
Gambia
96.48 % 2019 +3.0 % +2.7 % View data
152 #152
India
95.94 % 2019 NA -1.3 % View data
153 #153
El Salvador
95.26 % 2019 -1.1 % -2.6 % View data
154 #154
Croatia
95.19 % 2019 +0.8 % -1.2 % View data
155 #155
Burkina Faso
94.78 % 2019 -2.2 % +1.4 % View data
156 #156
Turkey
94.55 % 2019 -0.9 % -2.4 % View data
157 #157
Panama
93.00 % 2019 -1.0 % -1.5 % View data
158 #158
Armenia
91.62 % 2019 -1.2 % -1.0 % View data
159 #159
Honduras
91.42 % 2019 NA -0.3 % View data
160 #160
Moldova
90.66 % 2019 +0.1 % -0.6 % View data
161 #161
North Korea
89.35 % 2018 NA NA View data
162 #162
Romania
87.69 % 2018 +2.3 % NA View data
163 #163
Bulgaria
86.84 % 2019 -0.9 % -2.2 % View data
164 #164
Jamaica
85.97 % 2019 -7.6 % NA View data
165 #165
Liberia
85.49 % 2017 -4.8 % NA View data
166 #166
South Sudan
85.31 % 2015 NA -5.8 % View data
167 #167
Nigeria
84.90 % 2019 -1.0 % -1.3 % View data
168 #168
Jordan
82.48 % 2019 +0.3 % +0.6 % View data
169 #169
Kuwait
82.25 % 2019 -6.7 % -4.3 % View data
170 #170
Puerto Rico
81.76 % 2019 -1.1 % -2.0 % View data
171 #171
Marshall Islands
80.96 % 2019 NA NA View data
172 #172
Mali
80.91 % 2019 +1.8 % -0.2 % View data
173 #173
Bahamas
80.37 % 2019 -1.5 % -0.9 % View data
174 #174
Sudan
80.13 % 2019 +0.7 % +1.3 % View data
175 #175
Senegal
76.70 % 2019 NA -1.0 % View data
176 #176
Djibouti
75.34 % 2020 -0.1 % +2.1 % View data
177 #177
Eritrea
71.80 % 2019 -2.4 % -3.5 % View data
178 #178
Niger
70.68 % 2019 NA -1.2 % View data
179 #179
Equatorial Guinea
61.96 % 2015 NA -2.4 % View data

Source: World Bank

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