School enrollment, primary (% net) - Participation - Education - World Development Indicators
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Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
| School enrollment, primary (% net) - Participation - Education - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Japan (2007) | 100 |
| 2 | Spain (2007) | 99.73 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka (2007) | 99.7 |
| 4 | Iran (2004) | 99.68 |
| 5 | Canada (2000) | 99.48 |
| 6 | Seychelles (2004) | 99.4 |
| 7 | Greece (2007) | 99.4 |
| 8 | Burundi (2008) | 99.36 |
| 9 | Tanzania (2008) | 99.34 |
| 10 | New Zealand (2007) | 99.16 |
| 11 | Aruba (2008) | 99.11 |
| 12 | Cyprus (2007) | 99.04 |
| 13 | Tonga (2006) | 99 |
| 14 | Portugal (2007) | 98.87 |
| 15 | Russia (1991) | 98.78 |
| 16 | Cuba (2008) | 98.76 |
| 17 | Georgia (2008) | 98.72 |
| 18 | Italy (2007) | 98.63 |
| 19 | North Korea (2007) | 98.57 |
| 20 | South Korea (2007) | 98.57 |
| 21 | France (2007) | 98.52 |
| 22 | Argentina (2005) | 98.51 |
| 23 | Netherlands (2007) | 98.5 |
| 24 | Madagascar (2007) | 98.46 |
| 25 | Norway (2007) | 98.41 |
| 26 | Panama (2008) | 98.27 |
| 27 | Germany (2007) | 98.25 |
| 28 | Micronesia (1991) | 98.17 |
| 29 | Austria (2006) | 97.91 |
| 30 | Mexico (2007) | 97.87 |
| 31 | Bahrain (2008) | 97.85 |
| 32 | Belgium (2007) | 97.75 |
| 33 | Tunisia (2007) | 97.73 |
| 34 | Belize (2008) | 97.71 |
| 35 | Uruguay (2007) | 97.51 |
| 36 | Malaysia (2006) | 97.49 |
| 37 | China (1991) | 97.43 |
| 38 | Kiribati (2002) | 97.38 |
| 39 | Tajikistan (2008) | 97.33 |
| 40 | Vanuatu (2005) | 97.27 |
| 41 | United Kingdom (2007) | 97.2 |
| 42 | Israel (2007) | 97.13 |
| 43 | Iceland (2007) | 97.11 |
| 44 | Uganda (2008) | 97.1 |
| 45 | Serbia (2008) | 96.99 |
| 46 | Australia (2007) | 96.96 |
| 47 | Ecuador (2007) | 96.9 |
| 48 | Ireland (2007) | 96.85 |
| 49 | Peru (2007) | 96.8 |
| 50 | Netherlands Antilles (2003) | 96.63 |
| 51 | Honduras (2008) | 96.57 |
| 52 | Finland (2007) | 96.3 |
| 53 | Burma (1991) | 96.27 |
| 54 | Maldives (2008) | 96.22 |
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe (2009) | 96.11 |
| 56 | Azerbaijan (2008) | 96.03 |
| 57 | Rwanda (2008) | 95.86 |
| 58 | Denmark (2007) | 95.62 |
| 59 | Slovenia (2007) | 95.61 |
| 60 | High income: OECD (2007) | 95.61 |
| 61 | Poland (2007) | 95.57 |
| 62 | East Asia & Pacific (1991) | 95.5 |
| 63 | Luxembourg (2007) | 95.46 |
| 64 | Zambia (2008) | 95.22 |
| 65 | Guatemala (2008) | 95.07 |
| 66 | High income (2007) | 94.86 |
| 67 | Algeria (2008) | 94.86 |
| 68 | Indonesia (2007) | 94.83 |
| 69 | Guyana (2008) | 94.68 |
| 70 | Bulgaria (2007) | 94.65 |
| 71 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008) | 94.63 |
| 72 | Syria (2002) | 94.51 |
| 73 | Belarus (2008) | 94.4 |
| 74 | Chile (2007) | 94.38 |
| 75 | Estonia (2007) | 94.37 |
| 76 | Qatar (2003) | 94.11 |
| 77 | El Salvador (2008) | 94.05 |
| 78 | Vietnam (2001) | 94 |
| 79 | Romania (2007) | 93.88 |
| 80 | Turkey (2007) | 93.86 |
| 81 | Sweden (2007) | 93.76 |
| 82 | Bolivia (2007) | 93.67 |
| 83 | Upper middle income (2007) | 93.65 |
| 84 | Egypt (2007) | 93.62 |
| 85 | Hong Kong (2005) | 93.53 |
| 86 | Latin America & Caribbean (2007) | 93.52 |
| 87 | Switzerland (2007) | 93.5 |
| 88 | Grenada (2008) | 93.39 |
| 89 | Brunei Darussalam (2008) | 93.29 |
| 90 | Mauritius (2008) | 93.14 |
| 91 | Benin (2008) | 92.82 |
| 92 | Brazil (2007) | 92.58 |
| 93 | Paraguay (2006) | 92.44 |
| 94 | Europe & Central Asia (2007) | 92.29 |
| 95 | Bermuda (2006) | 92.25 |
| 96 | Czech Republic (2006) | 92.21 |
| 97 | Nicaragua (2008) | 91.83 |
| 98 | Trinidad and Tobago (2008) | 91.81 |
| 99 | Slovakia (2005) | 91.81 |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates (2007) | 91.58 |
| 101 | St. Lucia (2008) | 91.49 |
| 102 | United States (2007) | 91.48 |
| 103 | Malta (2007) | 91.42 |
| 104 | Lithuania (2007) | 91.27 |
| 105 | Middle East & North Africa (2007) | 91.27 |
| 106 | Fiji (2006) | 91.24 |
| 107 | Albania (2004) | 90.8 |
| 108 | Malawi (2008) | 90.62 |
| 109 | Samoa (2004) | 90.6 |
| 110 | Bahamas (2007) | 90.47 |
| 111 | Philippines (2007) | 90.44 |
| 112 | Croatia (2007) | 90.25 |
| 113 | Latvia (2005) | 90.13 |
| 114 | Suriname (2008) | 90.12 |
| 115 | Venezuela (2008) | 90.08 |
| 116 | Colombia (2008) | 90.02 |
| 117 | Uzbekistan (2007) | 89.92 |
| 118 | Zimbabwe (2006) | 89.92 |
| 119 | India (2007) | 89.81 |
| 120 | Morocco (2008) | 89.47 |
| 121 | Kazakhstan (2009) | 89.35 |
| 122 | Liechtenstein (2007) | 89.3 |
| 123 | Jordan (2007) | 89.11 |
| 124 | Namibia (2008) | 89.01 |
| 125 | Ukraine (2008) | 88.88 |
| 126 | Hungary (2007) | 88.76 |
| 127 | Mongolia (2008) | 88.68 |
| 128 | Cambodia (2008) | 88.59 |
| 129 | Middle income (2007) | 88.42 |
| 130 | Lebanon (2008) | 88.34 |
| 131 | Cameroon (2008) | 88.3 |
| 132 | Bangladesh (2006) | 87.98 |
| 133 | Kuwait (2008) | 87.61 |
| 134 | High income: nonOECD (2007) | 87.57 |
| 135 | South Africa (2007) | 87.47 |
| 136 | Costa Rica (1991) | 87.46 |
| 137 | Bhutan (2009) | 87.38 |
| 138 | Iraq (2005) | 87.34 |
| 139 | Lower middle income (2007) | 87.24 |
| 140 | Macedonia (2007) | 86.5 |
| 141 | Low & middle income (2007) | 86.49 |
| 142 | Botswana (2006) | 86.25 |
| 143 | South Asia (2007) | 85.85 |
| 144 | Jamaica (2007) | 85.13 |
| 145 | Saudi Arabia (2008) | 84.55 |
| 146 | Cayman Islands (2008) | 84.52 |
| 147 | Cape Verde (2008) | 84.43 |
| 148 | Kyrgyzstan (2008) | 83.53 |
| 149 | Togo (2007) | 83.5 |
| 150 | Moldova (2008) | 83.26 |
| 151 | Swaziland (2007) | 82.78 |
| 152 | Laos (2008) | 82.42 |
| 153 | Kenya (2008) | 81.52 |
| 154 | Gabon (2001) | 80.27 |
| 155 | Andorra (2008) | 80.12 |
| 156 | Dominican Republic (2008) | 80 |
| 157 | Low income (2007) | 79.97 |
| 158 | Mozambique (2008) | 79.89 |
| 159 | Mauritania (2007) | 79.68 |
| 160 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (1991) | 79.39 |
| 161 | Nepal (2004) | 78.85 |
| 162 | Ethiopia (2008) | 78.17 |
| 163 | Timor-Leste (2008) | 75.94 |
| 164 | Liberia (2000) | 75.17 |
| 165 | Antigua and Barbuda (2007) | 74.04 |
| 166 | Armenia (2008) | 73.97 |
| 167 | Ghana (2008) | 73.91 |
| 168 | West Bank and Gaza (2007) | 73.33 |
| 169 | Senegal (2008) | 72.93 |
| 170 | Comoros (2000) | 72.91 |
| 171 | Sub-Saharan Africa (2007) | 72.89 |
| 172 | Lesotho (2007) | 72.73 |
| 173 | Yemen (2008) | 72.68 |
| 174 | Dominica (2008) | 72.25 |
| 175 | Mali (2008) | 71.51 |
| 176 | Guinea (2008) | 71.34 |
| 177 | St. Kitts and Nevis (2008) | 70.63 |
| 178 | Gambia (2008) | 68.74 |
| 179 | Oman (2008) | 68.26 |
| 180 | Solomon Islands (2007) | 67.01 |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea (2003) | 66.37 |
| 182 | Marshall Islands (2007) | 66.3 |
| 183 | Pakistan (2008) | 66.13 |
| 184 | Papua New Guinea (1991) | 66.01 |
| 185 | Burkina Faso (2009) | 63.34 |
| 186 | Nigeria (2007) | 61.4 |
| 187 | Chad (2003) | 60.97 |
| 188 | Central African Republic (2008) | 59.11 |
| 189 | Republic of the Congo (2006) | 58.91 |
| 190 | Ivory Coast (2003) | 56.04 |
| 191 | Niger (2009) | 53.95 |
| 192 | Guinea-Bissau (2000) | 52.1 |
| 193 | Angola (1998) | 51.36 |
| 194 | Djibouti (2008) | 45.28 |
| 195 | Sierra Leone (1991) | 40.36 |
| 196 | Sudan (2000) | 39.24 |
| 197 | Eritrea (2008) | 38.88 |
| 198 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1999) | 32.41 |
| 199 | Afghanistan (1991) | 24.83 |
| 200 | Haiti (1991) | 21.43 |
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