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United States - Primary Enrollment 2018

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School enrollment, primary (% gross) · World Bank

101.26% −0.56pp from 2017 Global rank: 73rd

United States's primary enrollment was 101.26% in 2018, decreased +0.56pp from 101.82% in 2017. This was the 73rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Primary Enrollment by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Rwanda	137.13%	-1.6%
2nd	Malawi	136.72%	-1.8%
3rd	Madagascar	132.69%	-4.7%
4th	St. Kitts and Nevis	130.08%	4.9%
5th	Turks and Caicos Islands	129.21%	20.2%
6th	Namibia	124.59%	-1.0%
7th	Eswatini	123.91%	0.1%
8th	Sweden	123.75%	0.7%
9th	Seychelles	123.72%	-6.4%
10th	Myanmar	120.21%	-1.3%
11th	Togo	117.84%	-1.3%
12th	Tonga	116.09%	-1.1%
13th	Mozambique	115.27%	3.3%
14th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	115.16%	1.9%
15th	Belize	114.91%	-0.6%
16th	Sierra Leone	114.58%	-9.7%
17th	Timor-Leste	113.61%	-3.3%
18th	Antigua and Barbuda	112.74%	2.7%
19th	Benin	111.81%	-3.9%
20th	Colombia	111.70%	-1.4%
21st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	111.49%	9.2%
22nd	Papua New Guinea	110.13%	5.4%
23rd	Argentina	109.31%	-0.5%
24th	Brazil	108.62%	-1.1%
25th	Morocco	108.26%	1.3%
26th	Aruba	107.99%	-5.0%
27th	Grenada	107.79%	-2.2%
28th	Afghanistan	107.69%	1.1%
29th	Bangladesh	107.19%	2.0%
30th	Algeria	107.10%	-0.9%
31st	Qatar	107.08%	0.9%
32nd	Comoros	107.06%	0.8%
33rd	Liechtenstein	106.33%	1.6%
34th	Fiji	106.22%	3.2%
35th	Lithuania	106.06%	-0.3%
36th	Dominican Republic	105.86%	-2.0%
37th	Cabo Verde	105.85%	1.6%
38th	Saudi Arabia	105.80%	-0.5%
39th	United Arab Emirates	105.68%	5.4%
40th	Costa Rica	105.51%	2.2%
41st	Mexico	105.19%	-0.6%
42nd	Uruguay	105.12%	-1.9%
43rd	Tunisia	105.11%	-0.4%
44th	Albania	104.57%	-0.8%
45th	Netherlands	104.56%	-0.5%
46th	Peru	104.41%	1.6%
47th	Portugal	104.38%	0.2%
48th	Cameroon	104.33%	-6.2%
49th	Lao PDR	104.28%	-2.9%
50th	Burundi	104.26%	-3.1%
51st	Viet Nam	104.19%	-0.2%
52nd	Brunei Darussalam	104.18%	-0.4%
53rd	Samoa	103.78%	-2.5%
54th	Hong Kong SAR, China	103.43%	-1.3%
55th	Moldova	103.34%	-0.3%
56th	Indonesia	103.30%	-1.0%
57th	Montenegro	103.26%	2.3%
58th	Guatemala	102.98%	1.6%
59th	Italy	102.89%	0.1%
60th	Germany	102.65%	0.9%
61st	Spain	102.64%	0.1%
62nd	Belgium	102.50%	-0.2%
63rd	France	102.46%	0.0%
64th	Japan	102.10%	-0.2%
65th	Russian Federation	102.02%	1.2%
66th	Thailand	102.01%	0.1%
67th	Switzerland	101.84%	0.0%
68th	Chile	101.54%	0.1%
69th	India	101.44%	-14.3%
70th	European Union	101.43%	0.0%
71st	Austria	101.37%	0.3%
72nd	United Kingdom	101.33%	0.5%
73rd	United States	101.26%	-0.6%
74th	Macao SAR, China	101.24%	-3.9%
75th	Oman	101.08%	-0.7%
76th	Ireland	101.03%	0.2%
77th	Türkiye	100.93%	3.5%
78th	Georgia	100.79%	-2.1%
79th	Denmark	100.75%	0.0%
80th	Suriname	100.73%	-1.4%
81st	South Africa	100.42%	-1.1%
82nd	Australia	100.40%	-0.2%
83rd	Cuba	100.34%	-0.2%
84th	Serbia	100.30%	0.0%
85th	Singapore	100.26%	-0.4%
86th	Solomon Islands	100.19%	-6.0%
87th	Kyrgyz Republic	99.83%	-1.0%
88th	Cyprus	99.80%	0.5%
89th	Kenya	99.77%	-2.1%
90th	Azerbaijan	99.72%	-3.5%
91st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	99.72%	1.5%
92nd	Finland	99.70%	0.2%
93rd	Cambodia	99.67%	-1.0%
94th	Latvia	99.61%	0.2%
95th	Malta	99.60%	0.0%
96th	Slovenia	99.46%	1.3%
97th	Bhutan	99.31%	-0.4%
98th	Norway	99.17%	-0.1%
99th	Jordan	98.89%	0.3%
100th	Iceland	98.89%	0.0%
101st	Ecuador	98.88%	0.7%
102nd	Croatia	98.88%	-0.4%
103rd	Ghana	98.68%	-1.8%
104th	Korea	98.67%	0.0%
105th	Canada	98.66%	0.0%
106th	New Zealand	98.55%	0.1%
107th	Uzbekistan	98.29%	0.2%
108th	Czechia	98.27%	1.1%
109th	Belarus	98.23%	-0.8%
110th	China	97.81%	0.3%
111th	Greece	97.80%	-1.0%
112th	Estonia	97.46%	0.2%
113th	Kazakhstan	97.42%	0.1%
114th	Dominica	97.37%	-11.1%
115th	Luxembourg	97.34%	0.6%
116th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	97.12%	0.7%
117th	Slovak Republic	97.02%	-1.3%
118th	Bahrain	96.84%	-1.9%
119th	St. Lucia	96.83%	1.4%
120th	El Salvador	96.80%	-1.5%
121st	Bulgaria	96.79%	-0.8%
122nd	Hungary	96.75%	-1.7%
123rd	Maldives	96.64%	-0.5%
124th	West Bank and Gaza	96.56%	-1.0%
125th	Israel	96.49%	-0.5%
126th	Mauritius	96.45%	0.0%
127th	Micronesia, Federated States of	96.29%	2.2%
128th	Lesotho	96.01%	-9.1%
129th	Sri Lanka	95.93%	-0.7%
130th	Malaysia	95.78%	-0.5%
131st	North Macedonia	95.56%	0.4%
132nd	San Marino	95.13%	2.0%
133rd	Mongolia	95.09%	0.7%
134th	Puerto Rico (US)	95.09%	0.7%
135th	Tanzania	94.98%	6.0%
136th	Tuvalu	94.98%	-5.0%
137th	Jamaica	94.91%	3.9%
138th	Philippines	94.55%	-4.8%
139th	Poland	94.49%	-3.3%
140th	Barbados	94.47%	0.1%
141st	Zimbabwe	93.76%	-0.6%
142nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	92.69%	2.2%
143rd	Armenia	92.13%	-1.0%
144th	Cayman Islands	92.08%	-6.7%
145th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	92.06%	-9.0%
146th	Burkina Faso	91.50%	2.2%
147th	Gambia, The	91.48%	3.1%
148th	Romania	91.38%	4.7%
149th	Andorra	90.71%	0.6%
150th	Mauritania	90.22%	2.7%
151st	Ukraine	88.57%	0.4%
152nd	Bahamas, The	88.55%	-2.1%
153rd	Kuwait	88.37%	-3.0%
154th	Côte d'Ivoire	88.21%	0.0%
155th	Congo, Republic of	87.46%	-17.1%
156th	Chad	84.34%	13.7%
157th	Nigeria	81.63%	3.5%
158th	Eritrea	78.79%	0.6%
159th	British Virgin Islands	78.59%	-21.5%
160th	Lebanon	77.58%	-0.7%
161st	Pakistan	77.39%	3.9%
162nd	Sudan	72.03%	2.4%
163rd	Mali	70.37%	-5.8%

FAQ

What was United States's primary enrollment in 2018?▾

United States's primary enrollment in 2018 was 101.26%. This ranked 73rd globally.

How did United States's primary enrollment change in 2018?▾

United States's primary enrollment decreased by 0.6% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest primary enrollment in 2018?▾

Rwanda had the highest primary enrollment in 2018 at 137.13%.

What is the primary enrollment of United States in 2018?▾

The primary enrollment of United States in 2018 was 101.26%. This ranked 73rd globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for United States's primary enrollment?▾

United States's primary enrollment went from 101.82% in 2017 to 101.26% in 2018, a 0.6% decrease.

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