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Korea - Primary Enrollment 2019

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School enrollment, primary (% gross) · World Bank

99.64% +0.97pp from 2018 Global rank: 90th

Korea's primary enrollment was 99.64% in 2019, increased +0.97pp from 98.67% in 2018. This was the 90th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2019▾

Primary Enrollment by Country - 2019
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sierra Leone	145.62%	27.1%
2nd	Malawi	139.27%	1.9%
3rd	Rwanda	138.02%	0.6%
4th	Nepal	137.43%	1.5%
5th	St. Kitts and Nevis	129.53%	-0.4%
6th	Vanuatu	125.51%	3.0%
7th	Madagascar	124.95%	-5.8%
8th	Namibia	124.16%	-0.4%
9th	Eswatini	123.60%	-0.2%
10th	Sweden	120.60%	-2.6%
11th	Seychelles	119.32%	-3.6%
12th	Turks and Caicos Islands	119.20%	-7.8%
13th	Mozambique	117.86%	2.2%
14th	Togo	117.75%	-0.1%
15th	Fiji	114.91%	8.2%
16th	Belize	114.46%	-0.4%
17th	Tonga	113.31%	-2.4%
18th	Antigua and Barbuda	112.85%	0.1%
19th	Dominican Republic	112.33%	6.1%
20th	Gibraltar	112.33%	-5.2%
21st	Timor-Leste	111.54%	-1.8%
22nd	Morocco	110.07%	1.7%
23rd	Colombia	109.36%	-2.1%
24th	Argentina	109.34%	0.0%
25th	Marshall Islands	109.18%	4.1%
26th	Afghanistan	109.08%	1.3%
27th	Costa Rica	108.83%	3.1%
28th	Peru	108.47%	3.9%
29th	Aruba	108.03%	0.0%
30th	United Arab Emirates	107.53%	1.8%
31st	Brazil	107.41%	-1.1%
32nd	Benin	106.80%	-4.5%
33rd	Cameroon	106.75%	2.3%
34th	Algeria	106.07%	-1.0%
35th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	105.45%	0.1%
36th	Papua New Guinea	105.32%	-4.4%
37th	Cabo Verde	105.21%	-0.6%
38th	Mexico	105.10%	-0.1%
39th	Moldova	105.07%	1.7%
40th	Portugal	104.90%	0.5%
41st	Nauru	104.80%	-6.9%
42nd	Lithuania	104.71%	-1.3%
43rd	Netherlands	104.58%	0.0%
44th	Uruguay	104.35%	-0.7%
45th	Türkiye	103.96%	3.0%
46th	Liechtenstein	103.83%	-2.4%
47th	Montenegro	103.65%	0.4%
48th	Viet Nam	103.34%	-0.8%
49th	Spain	103.19%	0.5%
50th	Samoa	103.10%	-0.6%
51st	Brunei Darussalam	103.03%	-1.1%
52nd	Thailand	103.01%	1.0%
53rd	Italy	102.96%	0.1%
54th	Saudi Arabia	102.74%	-2.9%
55th	Japan	102.65%	0.5%
56th	Albania	102.59%	-1.9%
57th	Germany	102.55%	-0.1%
58th	France	102.45%	0.0%
59th	Qatar	102.27%	-4.5%
60th	Hong Kong SAR, China	102.20%	-1.2%
61st	Belgium	102.15%	-0.3%
62nd	Guatemala	101.98%	-1.0%
63rd	Lao PDR	101.98%	-2.2%
64th	United Kingdom	101.91%	0.6%
65th	Russian Federation	101.83%	-0.2%
66th	Austria	101.78%	0.4%
67th	Switzerland	101.59%	-0.2%
68th	European Union	101.54%	0.1%
69th	Burundi	101.51%	-2.6%
70th	Indonesia	101.26%	-2.0%
71st	Suriname	101.25%	0.5%
72nd	Georgia	101.24%	0.4%
73rd	Chile	101.19%	-0.3%
74th	South Africa	101.12%	0.7%
75th	United States	100.98%	-0.3%
76th	Ireland	100.98%	-0.1%
77th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.93%	1.2%
78th	Cuba	100.80%	0.5%
79th	Singapore	100.69%	0.4%
80th	Denmark	100.55%	-0.2%
81st	Cambodia	100.48%	0.8%
82nd	Cyprus	100.48%	0.7%
83rd	Australia	100.20%	-0.2%
84th	Gabon	100.17%	-22.8%
85th	Latvia	99.98%	0.4%
86th	India	99.91%	-1.5%
87th	Ghana	99.88%	1.2%
88th	Slovenia	99.84%	0.4%
89th	Serbia	99.64%	-0.7%
90th	Korea	99.64%	1.0%
91st	Finland	99.56%	-0.1%
92nd	Turkmenistan	99.54%	-
93rd	Czechia	99.28%	1.0%
94th	Norway	99.08%	-0.1%
95th	Kazakhstan	99.06%	1.7%
96th	Croatia	99.00%	0.1%
97th	Kyrgyz Republic	98.94%	-0.9%
98th	Jordan	98.86%	0.0%
99th	Iceland	98.81%	-0.1%
100th	Luxembourg	98.33%	1.0%
101st	Ecuador	98.32%	-0.6%
102nd	Uzbekistan	98.26%	0.0%
103rd	New Zealand	98.25%	-0.3%
104th	Solomon Islands	98.21%	-2.0%
105th	Malta	98.17%	-1.4%
106th	Estonia	98.16%	0.7%
107th	Slovak Republic	97.99%	1.0%
108th	Bhutan	97.99%	-1.3%
109th	Azerbaijan	97.94%	-1.8%
110th	China	97.82%	0.0%
111th	Oman	97.74%	-3.3%
112th	St. Lucia	97.72%	0.9%
113th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	97.67%	0.6%
114th	Tanzania	97.65%	2.8%
115th	Greece	97.64%	-0.2%
116th	Dominica	97.57%	0.2%
117th	Canada	97.19%	-1.5%
118th	Belarus	97.05%	-1.2%
119th	Maldives	96.86%	0.2%
120th	Bahrain	96.78%	-0.1%
121st	Hungary	96.62%	-0.1%
122nd	Tuvalu	96.49%	1.6%
123rd	Bulgaria	96.44%	-0.4%
124th	Israel	96.27%	-0.2%
125th	Macao SAR, China	96.24%	-4.9%
126th	West Bank and Gaza	95.62%	-1.0%
127th	Sri Lanka	95.47%	-0.5%
128th	Mauritius	95.42%	-1.1%
129th	Gambia, The	95.10%	4.0%
130th	Poland	94.94%	0.5%
131st	Barbados	94.76%	0.3%
132nd	San Marino	94.62%	-0.5%
133rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	94.36%	-2.0%
134th	Malaysia	94.33%	-1.5%
135th	Cayman Islands	94.32%	2.4%
136th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	94.25%	1.7%
137th	Mongolia	94.13%	-1.0%
138th	North Macedonia	93.65%	-2.0%
139th	Zimbabwe	93.43%	-0.3%
140th	Panama	93.33%	-1.5%
141st	Jamaica	93.23%	-1.8%
142nd	Philippines	93.01%	-1.6%
143rd	Romania	92.61%	1.4%
144th	Armenia	92.32%	0.2%
145th	Bahamas, The	91.94%	3.8%
146th	El Salvador	91.63%	-5.3%
147th	Lesotho	91.28%	-4.9%
148th	Ukraine	90.68%	2.4%
149th	Andorra	90.32%	-0.4%
150th	Mauritania	90.27%	0.1%
151st	Burkina Faso	89.79%	-1.9%
152nd	Côte d'Ivoire	88.47%	0.3%
153rd	Guyana	87.74%	-16.6%
154th	Honduras	85.36%	-2.0%
155th	British Virgin Islands	85.24%	8.5%
156th	Chad	83.26%	-1.3%
157th	Senegal	83.26%	-1.9%
158th	Kuwait	83.06%	-6.0%
159th	Pakistan	78.70%	1.7%
160th	Kenya	77.51%	-22.3%
161st	Lebanon	77.09%	-0.6%
162nd	Sudan	72.40%	0.5%
163rd	Niger	66.77%	-10.2%

FAQ

What was Korea's primary enrollment in 2019?▾

Korea's primary enrollment in 2019 was 99.64%. This ranked 90th globally.

How did Korea's primary enrollment change in 2019?▾

Korea's primary enrollment increased by 1.0% in 2019 compared to 2018.

Which country had the highest primary enrollment in 2019?▾

Sierra Leone had the highest primary enrollment in 2019 at 145.62%.

What is the primary enrollment of Korea in 2019?▾

The primary enrollment of Korea in 2019 was 99.64%. This ranked 90th globally.

How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Korea's primary enrollment?▾

Korea's primary enrollment went from 98.67% in 2018 to 99.64% in 2019, a 1.0% increase.

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