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Canada - Primary Enrollment 2025

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School enrollment, primary (% gross) · World Bank

93.15% −1.80pp from 2024 Global rank: 140th

Canada's primary enrollment was 93.15% in 2025. This was the 140th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2025▾

Primary Enrollment by Country - 2025
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sierra Leone	169.15%	4.3%
2nd	Rwanda	155.16%	3.7%
3rd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	138.59%	2.6%
4th	Malawi	137.24%	-1.3%
5th	Madagascar	133.41%	0.5%
6th	Nepal	128.56%	3.2%
7th	Monaco	127.01%	5.3%
8th	Timor-Leste	126.75%	5.9%
9th	Turks and Caicos Islands	125.57%	0.4%
10th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	125.45%	6.7%
11th	Mozambique	124.99%	4.9%
12th	Papua New Guinea	124.53%	2.8%
13th	India	124.28%	3.1%
14th	St. Kitts and Nevis	121.90%	0.6%
15th	Uzbekistan	120.86%	28.0%
16th	Namibia	119.25%	-1.2%
17th	Morocco	119.15%	2.2%
18th	Antigua and Barbuda	118.91%	5.9%
19th	Peru	117.58%	3.2%
20th	Cameroon	116.94%	2.2%
21st	Zambia	114.37%	-1.0%
22nd	Bhutan	114.23%	-0.6%
23rd	Togo	113.87%	-0.4%
24th	Eswatini	113.67%	-2.5%
25th	Mauritius	113.14%	5.4%
26th	Portugal	112.90%	1.7%
27th	Sweden	112.09%	-2.6%
28th	Poland	111.66%	5.9%
29th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	111.32%	0.0%
30th	Kenya	111.23%	13.2%
31st	Fiji	110.21%	-0.2%
32nd	Mauritania	108.67%	3.1%
33rd	Cambodia	108.63%	-0.3%
34th	Botswana	108.55%	-0.7%
35th	Hungary	108.54%	4.8%
36th	Nicaragua	107.97%	-1.4%
37th	Vanuatu	107.92%	-4.1%
38th	Uruguay	107.76%	3.1%
39th	Tonga	107.54%	-1.1%
40th	Moldova	107.53%	-0.1%
41st	Montenegro	107.40%	1.2%
42nd	United Arab Emirates	107.13%	-0.8%
43rd	Viet Nam	107.00%	0.6%
44th	Azerbaijan	106.38%	0.7%
45th	Grenada	105.95%	-4.2%
46th	Aruba	105.72%	-1.9%
47th	Albania	105.62%	-5.3%
48th	Algeria	105.48%	-0.8%
49th	Tuvalu	105.34%	4.2%
50th	Slovak Republic	104.52%	1.4%
51st	Costa Rica	104.36%	-1.7%
52nd	Greece	104.16%	2.1%
53rd	Netherlands	103.95%	-0.2%
54th	Tunisia	103.81%	-0.6%
55th	Hong Kong SAR, China	103.66%	0.5%
56th	Bangladesh	103.65%	-2.7%
57th	Türkiye	103.53%	1.0%
58th	Armenia	103.41%	1.4%
59th	France	103.41%	0.1%
60th	Saudi Arabia	103.32%	-0.6%
61st	European Union	102.98%	0.5%
62nd	United Kingdom	102.93%	0.4%
63rd	Benin	102.91%	-4.7%
64th	South Africa	102.63%	0.8%
65th	Spain	102.46%	-0.5%
66th	Italy	102.42%	-1.1%
67th	Marshall Islands	102.23%	0.4%
68th	Croatia	102.12%	1.0%
69th	Japan	102.10%	-0.4%
70th	Switzerland	102.09%	-0.2%
71st	Belgium	102.08%	0.0%
72nd	Andorra	101.96%	2.1%
73rd	Guatemala	101.90%	0.4%
74th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	101.78%	0.6%
75th	Panama	101.28%	6.4%
76th	Slovenia	101.27%	0.4%
77th	Czechia	101.09%	1.4%
78th	Samoa	101.03%	0.0%
79th	Argentina	100.92%	-1.6%
80th	Thailand	100.73%	-0.3%
81st	Germany	100.66%	-1.5%
82nd	Lithuania	100.54%	-2.1%
83rd	Gambia, The	100.43%	1.8%
84th	Dominican Republic	100.42%	-1.5%
85th	Indonesia	100.37%	0.3%
86th	Austria	100.32%	-0.6%
87th	Maldives	100.24%	0.5%
88th	St. Lucia	100.21%	3.5%
89th	Cabo Verde	100.13%	-2.8%
90th	Gibraltar	100.13%	-1.6%
91st	Georgia	100.03%	0.7%
92nd	China	99.88%	0.2%
93rd	Korea	99.80%	-0.5%
94th	Luxembourg	99.72%	0.7%
95th	Denmark	99.66%	-0.2%
96th	Chile	99.65%	-0.7%
97th	Colombia	99.59%	-5.0%
98th	Trinidad and Tobago	99.58%	0.4%
99th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	99.53%	1.0%
100th	Singapore	99.44%	-0.8%
101st	Mexico	99.33%	-2.1%
102nd	Brazil	99.17%	-4.6%
103rd	Estonia	99.10%	0.8%
104th	Kyrgyz Republic	98.95%	0.4%
105th	Guyana	98.84%	1.3%
106th	Australia	98.73%	-0.6%
107th	Ireland	98.69%	-0.9%
108th	North Macedonia	98.58%	2.4%
109th	Norway	98.56%	-0.1%
110th	Finland	98.46%	-0.7%
111th	Cayman Islands	98.38%	2.8%
112th	Jordan	98.31%	-0.2%
113th	Ghana	98.27%	0.0%
114th	Latvia	98.11%	-0.4%
115th	Iceland	98.04%	-0.2%
116th	Ecuador	98.01%	0.8%
117th	Dominica	97.66%	0.9%
118th	Cuba	97.61%	-0.5%
119th	Kazakhstan	97.33%	-0.2%
120th	Russian Federation	96.55%	-1.2%
121st	Israel	96.49%	0.0%
122nd	Belarus	96.39%	-0.4%
123rd	Cyprus	96.18%	-2.4%
124th	New Zealand	95.93%	-1.0%
125th	Palau	95.87%	-4.8%
126th	Bahrain	95.58%	-1.3%
127th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	95.27%	-1.5%
128th	South Sudan	95.07%	-3.4%
129th	Bulgaria	94.91%	-0.5%
130th	Tajikistan	94.89%	-0.9%
131st	Turkmenistan	94.85%	-0.9%
132nd	Malta	94.65%	-3.1%
133rd	Nauru	94.40%	-5.2%
134th	Brunei Darussalam	94.33%	-2.7%
135th	San Marino	94.05%	0.6%
136th	Ukraine	93.96%	0.7%
137th	United States	93.94%	-3.1%
138th	Côte d'Ivoire	93.80%	0.5%
139th	Philippines	93.38%	-0.7%
140th	Canada	93.15%	-1.9%
141st	Lao PDR	93.14%	-0.8%
142nd	Serbia	93.13%	-3.6%
143rd	Zimbabwe	92.99%	-0.1%
144th	Mongolia	92.93%	0.6%
145th	Kiribati	92.67%	-2.7%
146th	Bermuda	92.00%	-0.9%
147th	Nigeria	91.26%	1.9%
148th	Tanzania	90.80%	-2.0%
149th	Belize	90.75%	-5.9%
150th	Chad	90.11%	1.9%
151st	El Salvador	90.00%	0.1%
152nd	Sri Lanka	89.80%	-1.8%
153rd	Malaysia	89.47%	-1.0%
154th	Paraguay	89.35%	-0.1%
155th	Comoros	88.79%	-8.5%
156th	Eritrea	88.61%	-1.2%
157th	West Bank and Gaza	88.55%	-3.2%
158th	Jamaica	88.05%	0.4%
159th	Curaçao	88.03%	-19.4%
160th	Seychelles	86.20%	-7.7%
161st	Puerto Rico (US)	86.15%	-2.0%
162nd	Macao SAR, China	86.03%	-4.2%
163rd	Senegal	85.48%	0.2%
164th	Bahamas, The	84.27%	-9.2%
165th	Pakistan	83.43%	-0.4%
166th	Syrian Arab Republic	82.93%	1.9%
167th	Barbados	82.11%	-2.2%
168th	Lebanon	81.89%	0.2%
169th	Angola	81.79%	-5.7%
170th	Congo, Republic of	80.53%	-8.4%
171st	Micronesia, Federated States of	80.52%	-2.0%
172nd	Romania	80.08%	-5.7%
173rd	Qatar	79.58%	-15.5%
174th	Honduras	79.36%	0.5%
175th	Lesotho	78.09%	-2.6%
176th	Oman	77.48%	-13.2%
177th	Solomon Islands	75.83%	-7.3%
178th	Mali	73.17%	0.5%
179th	British Virgin Islands	72.51%	-0.4%
180th	Burkina Faso	70.52%	-8.6%
181st	Niger	65.24%	0.9%
182nd	Suriname	59.13%	-7.9%
183rd	Liberia	57.17%	-14.1%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	22.80%	9.0%

FAQ

What was Canada's primary enrollment in 2025?▾

Canada's primary enrollment in 2025 was 93.15%. This ranked 140th globally.

How did Canada's primary enrollment change in 2025?▾

Canada's primary enrollment decreased by 1.9% in 2025 compared to 2024.

Which country had the highest primary enrollment in 2025?▾

Sierra Leone had the highest primary enrollment in 2025 at 169.15%.

What is the primary enrollment of Canada in 2025?▾

The primary enrollment of Canada in 2025 was 93.15%. This ranked 140th globally.

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