Primary Enrollment - Ranking 1970

The 2025 primary enrollment data reveals a sharp global divide, with top-ranked nations achieving rates far exceeding 100% due to significant over-age enrollment. Sierra Leone leads at 169.15%, followed by Rwanda at 155.16%, indicating that many older children who missed schooling are now entering primary classrooms, a common pattern in post-conflict or rapidly expanding education systems. In contrast, Somalia languishes at the bottom with just 22.80%, a figure reflecting decades of state collapse and chronic underinvestment in basic infrastructure. Liberia and Suriname, at 57.17% and 59.13% respectively, also struggle, often due to weak administrative capacity and persistent poverty that keeps children out of school. The data for 2025 captures a moment where universal enrollment remains elusive for fragile states. Sustained international aid and domestic policy reforms focused on conflict resolution and teacher training could gradually reshape the bottom of the ranking.