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Primary Enrollment - Ranking 1981

All countries ranked by primary enrollment · World Bank
Year

In 1981, São Tomé and Principe (155.70%), Angola (142.36%), and Gabon (139.61%) ranked highest in primary enrollment among all countries. Burkina Faso ranked lowest at 18.46%.

Primary Enrollment by Country - 1981
RankCountryValueYoY %
1st São Tomé and Principe 155.70% +1.1%
2nd Angola 142.36% -10.9%
3rd Gabon 139.61% +0.7%
4th Cambodia 138.13% +234.1%
5th Madagascar 127.42% +4.1%
6th Kiribati 123.44% +3.5%
7th Congo, Republic of 122.86% -0.2%
8th Belize 122.21% -2.0%
9th Sri Lanka 121.99% +2.7%
10th Suriname 121.56% -5.7%
11th St. Lucia 121.52% -3.5%
12th French Polynesia 115.68% -
13th Equatorial Guinea 115.51% +19.1%
14th Zimbabwe 115.13% +23.9%
15th Kenya 115.05% -1.9%
16th Brunei Darussalam 114.92% +1.1%
17th Viet Nam 113.04% -3.4%
18th Peru 112.57% +0.5%
19th Paraguay 110.88% +1.2%
20th China 110.80% +1.8%
21st Vanuatu 110.44% -3.9%
22nd Indonesia 109.63% +10.0%
23rd British Virgin Islands 109.24% -3.0%
24th Lebanon 108.37% +3.5%
25th Kazakhstan 107.99% -
26th Libya 107.53% -3.7%
27th Argentina 107.08% +0.5%
28th Kyrgyz Republic 106.69% -
29th Cuba 106.39% -2.8%
30th Iraq 105.61% -3.0%
31st Fiji 105.39% +0.7%
32nd Philippines 105.09% +3.9%
33rd Panama 104.91% -1.8%
34th Jamaica 104.90% -0.9%
35th Mozambique 104.69% -7.8%
36th Barbados 104.03% +2.3%
37th Belarus 103.47% +2.1%
38th Lao PDR 103.12% +0.7%
39th Grenada 102.87% -1.6%
40th Bermuda 102.31% +0.5%
41st Malaysia 102.13% -1.2%
42nd Lesotho 101.73% +2.1%
43rd Dominica 101.72% -2.8%
44th Mongolia 101.68% +0.5%
45th Nigeria 101.56% +7.8%
46th Cayman Islands 101.24% -0.5%
47th Cabo Verde 100.90% -1.8%
48th Botswana 100.53% +4.4%
49th Togo 100.22% +1.1%
50th Tunisia 100.12% +1.1%
51st Comoros 99.84% +13.5%
52nd Seychelles 99.59% +2.4%
53rd Bahrain 99.42% -5.8%
54th Bahamas, The 99.10% +4.6%
55th Guyana 98.96% -0.5%
56th St. Kitts and Nevis 98.54% -12.8%
57th Eswatini 97.58% +2.6%
58th Trinidad and Tobago 97.16% -0.2%
59th Cameroon 96.94% +2.1%
60th Tanzania 96.08% +0.7%
61st Honduras 95.76% -0.8%
62nd Myanmar 95.47% +3.2%
63rd Georgia 95.34% -
64th Congo, Democratic Republic of 95.06% +0.7%
65th Kuwait 94.55% -2.1%
66th Syrian Arab Republic 93.65% +1.4%
67th Algeria 92.78% -1.1%
68th Samoa 91.21% -1.7%
69th Guam 90.96% -
70th Iran, Islamic Republic of 90.57% -4.4%
71st Zambia 89.80% -0.7%
72nd South Africa 82.49% +0.5%
73rd Morocco 79.22% +3.6%
74th El Salvador 78.61% -16.0%
75th Guatemala 77.11% +6.2%
76th Gibraltar 74.63% +1.0%
77th Haiti 73.27% +8.3%
78th Côte d'Ivoire 71.32% +1.8%
79th Ghana 69.87% +3.2%
80th Solomon Islands 68.52% -3.5%
81st Egypt, Arab Republic of 68.38% +0.0%
82nd Nepal 68.38% +171.4%
83rd Malawi 66.87% -0.3%
84th Central African Republic 62.96% +1.3%
85th Bangladesh 62.35% -2.9%
86th Papua New Guinea 59.07% -0.8%
87th Guinea-Bissau 55.81% -6.2%
88th Benin 55.73% +3.3%
89th Sierra Leone 52.33% +0.9%
90th Uganda 51.17% +5.4%
91st Bhutan 49.72% +11.1%
92nd Afghanistan 49.46% +12.9%
93rd Pakistan 46.59% +1.5%
94th Gambia, The 45.04% +20.8%
95th Senegal 42.03% +3.0%
96th Mauritania 35.22% +3.4%
97th Guinea 33.44% -4.3%
98th Mali 25.22% -5.3%
99th Burundi 24.66% +7.7%
100th Niger 22.98% +6.3%
101st Somalia, Fed. Rep. 21.73% -24.5%
102nd Burkina Faso 18.46% +6.1%

FAQ

Which country has the highest primary enrollment in 1981?

São Tomé and Principe has the highest primary enrollment in 1981 at 155.70%.

Which country has the lowest primary enrollment in 1981?

Burkina Faso has the lowest primary enrollment in 1981 at 18.46%.

How many countries are ranked by primary enrollment?

102 countries have primary enrollment data for 1981.

What are the top 3 countries by primary enrollment?

1. São Tomé and Principe (155.70%), 2. Angola (142.36%), 3. Gabon (139.61%).