| Primary education, pupils - Participation - Education - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
|---|
| 1 | Low & middle income (2007) | 622,763,704 |
| 2 | Middle income (2007) | 488,138,732 |
| 3 | Lower middle income (2007) | 396,355,217 |
| 4 | South Asia (2007) | 185,669,355 |
| 5 | East Asia & Pacific (2007) | 179,727,352 |
| 6 |  India (2007) | 140,357,454 |
| 7 | Low income (2007) | 134,624,972 |
| 8 | Sub-Saharan Africa (2007) | 124,965,321 |
| 9 | China (2007) | 107,394,752 |
| 10 | Upper middle income (2007) | 91,783,514 |
| 11 | High income (2007) | 71,656,193 |
| 12 | Latin America & Caribbean (2007) | 67,958,215 |
| 13 | High income: OECD (2007) | 65,055,142 |
| 14 | Middle East & North Africa (2007) | 38,955,734 |
| 15 | Indonesia (2007) | 29,796,705 |
| 16 | Europe & Central Asia (2007) | 25,487,727 |
| 17 | United States (2007) | 24,492,041 |
| 18 | Nigeria (2007) | 21,632,070 |
| 19 | Pakistan (2008) | 18,175,801 |
| 20 | Brazil (2007) | 17,996,083 |
| 21 | Bangladesh (2008) | 16,001,605 |
| 22 | Mexico (2007) | 14,631,498 |
| 23 | Philippines (2007) | 13,145,210 |
| 24 | Ethiopia (2008) | 12,741,814 |
| 25 | Egypt (2007) | 9,988,181 |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) | 9,973,365 |
| 27 | Tanzania (2008) | 8,601,814 |
| 28 | Turkey (2007) | 8,065,193 |
| 29 | Uganda (2008) | 7,963,979 |
| 30 | South Africa (2007) | 7,312,258 |
| 31 | Japan (2007) | 7,220,111 |
| 32 | Iran (2008) | 7,027,775 |
| 33 | Vietnam (2008) | 6,871,795 |
| 34 | Kenya (2008) | 6,868,810 |
| 35 | High income: nonOECD (2007) | 6,601,051 |
| 36 | Thailand (2008) | 5,564,622 |
| 37 | Colombia (2008) | 5,285,523 |
| 38 | Burma (2007) | 5,013,582 |
| 39 | Russia (2007) | 5,010,284 |
| 40 | Mozambique (2008) | 4,904,434 |
| 41 | Afghanistan (2008) | 4,887,523 |
| 42 | Sudan (2009) | 4,744,468 |
| 43 | Argentina (2006) | 4,685,696 |
| 44 | Iraq (2005) | 4,430,267 |
| 45 | Nepal (2008) | 4,418,713 |
| 46 | United Kingdom (2007) | 4,409,184 |
| 47 | France (2007) | 4,105,628 |
| 48 | Madagascar (2008) | 4,020,322 |
| 49 | Peru (2007) | 3,993,965 |
| 50 | Algeria (2008) | 3,942,242 |
| 51 | Morocco (2008) | 3,878,640 |
| 52 | South Korea (2007) | 3,837,696 |
| 53 | North Korea (2007) | 3,837,696 |
| 54 | Ghana (2008) | 3,501,591 |
| 55 | Venezuela (2008) | 3,439,199 |
| 56 | Germany (2007) | 3,311,285 |
| 57 | Yemen (2008) | 3,282,457 |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia (2008) | 3,211,387 |
| 59 | Cameroon (2008) | 3,201,477 |
| 60 | Malawi (2008) | 3,197,928 |
| 61 | Malaysia (2006) | 3,133,399 |
| 62 | Zambia (2008) | 2,909,436 |
| 63 | Italy (2007) | 2,820,150 |
| 64 | Spain (2007) | 2,555,757 |
| 65 | Guatemala (2008) | 2,500,575 |
| 66 | Poland (2007) | 2,484,820 |
| 67 | Zimbabwe (2006) | 2,445,520 |
| 68 | Syria (2008) | 2,356,403 |
| 69 | Ivory Coast (2008) | 2,356,240 |
| 70 | Cambodia (2008) | 2,340,606 |
| 71 | Canada (2006) | 2,305,211 |
| 72 | Rwanda (2008) | 2,190,270 |
| 73 | Uzbekistan (2007) | 2,164,897 |
| 74 | Ecuador (2007) | 2,039,168 |
| 75 | Australia (2007) | 1,973,456 |
| 76 | Burkina Faso (2009) | 1,912,279 |
| 77 | Mali (2008) | 1,823,037 |
| 78 | Chile (2007) | 1,679,017 |
| 79 | Sri Lanka (2007) | 1,621,617 |
| 80 | Senegal (2008) | 1,618,303 |
| 81 | Burundi (2008) | 1,603,116 |
| 82 | Benin (2008) | 1,601,146 |
| 83 | Ukraine (2008) | 1,573,458 |
| 84 | Niger (2009) | 1,554,102 |
| 85 | Bolivia (2007) | 1,512,002 |
| 86 | Chad (2008) | 1,495,961 |
| 87 | Guinea (2008) | 1,364,491 |
| 88 | Angola (1998) | 1,342,116 |
| 89 | Sierra Leone (2007) | 1,322,205 |
| 90 | Dominican Republic (2008) | 1,305,661 |
| 91 | Netherlands (2007) | 1,280,571 |
| 92 | Honduras (2008) | 1,276,495 |
| 93 | Haiti (1995) | 1,192,986 |
| 94 | Tunisia (2007) | 1,068,822 |
| 95 | Togo (2007) | 1,021,617 |
| 96 | El Salvador (2008) | 993,795 |
| 97 | Kazakhstan (2009) | 950,976 |
| 98 | Nicaragua (2008) | 944,341 |
| 99 | Romania (2007) | 917,829 |
| 100 | Paraguay (2006) | 914,138 |
| 101 | Laos (2008) | 900,817 |
| 102 | Cuba (2008) | 871,444 |
| 103 | Israel (2007) | 826,314 |
| 104 | Jordan (2007) | 807,702 |
| 105 | Libya (2006) | 755,338 |
| 106 | Portugal (2007) | 753,646 |
| 107 | Belgium (2007) | 732,411 |
| 108 | Tajikistan (2008) | 692,247 |
| 109 | Greece (2007) | 639,083 |
| 110 | Republic of the Congo (2008) | 628,081 |
| 111 | Sweden (2007) | 601,120 |
| 112 | Liberia (2008) | 539,887 |
| 113 | Costa Rica (2008) | 534,816 |
| 114 | Papua New Guinea (2006) | 532,250 |
| 115 | Central African Republic (2008) | 522,187 |
| 116 | Switzerland (2007) | 510,804 |
| 117 | Azerbaijan (2008) | 496,697 |
| 118 | Ireland (2007) | 475,836 |
| 119 | Mauritania (2008) | 473,688 |
| 120 | Lebanon (2008) | 467,311 |
| 121 | Czech Republic (2007) | 462,820 |
| 122 | Panama (2008) | 445,107 |
| 123 | Norway (2007) | 430,747 |
| 124 | Denmark (2007) | 415,793 |
| 125 | Namibia (2008) | 407,402 |
| 126 | Lesotho (2007) | 400,943 |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan (2008) | 399,833 |
| 128 | Hungary (2007) | 399,250 |
| 129 | Hong Kong (2008) | 389,937 |
| 130 | West Bank and Gaza (2007) | 383,559 |
| 131 | Finland (2007) | 364,902 |
| 132 | Belarus (2008) | 362,377 |
| 133 | Uruguay (2007) | 359,439 |
| 134 | New Zealand (2007) | 349,080 |
| 135 | Austria (2007) | 347,249 |
| 136 | Botswana (2006) | 330,417 |
| 137 | Eritrea (2008) | 314,034 |
| 138 | Georgia (2008) | 311,265 |
| 139 | Jamaica (2007) | 310,021 |
| 140 | Singapore (2008) | 299,704 |
| 141 | Serbia (2008) | 289,785 |
| 142 | United Arab Emirates (2007) | 284,034 |
| 143 | Gabon (2004) | 281,371 |
| 144 | Oman (2008) | 271,407 |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau (2006) | 269,287 |
| 146 | Bulgaria (2007) | 267,584 |
| 147 | Albania (2004) | 250,487 |
| 148 | Mongolia (2008) | 239,663 |
| 149 | Swaziland (2007) | 232,572 |
| 150 | Slovakia (2007) | 230,536 |
| 151 | Gambia (2008) | 220,931 |
| 152 | Kuwait (2008) | 208,608 |
| 153 | Timor-Leste (2008) | 201,264 |
| 154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007) | 191,588 |
| 155 | Croatia (2007) | 190,693 |
| 156 | Moldova (2008) | 151,736 |
| 157 | Lithuania (2007) | 143,814 |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago (2008) | 130,880 |
| 159 | Armenia (2008) | 121,841 |
| 160 | Latvia (2007) | 121,345 |
| 161 | Mauritius (2008) | 119,022 |
| 162 | Somalia (1985) | 117,768 |
| 163 | Bhutan (2009) | 108,842 |
| 164 | Guyana (2008) | 107,456 |
| 165 | Comoros (2005) | 106,700 |
| 166 | Fiji (2008) | 102,543 |
| 167 | Macedonia (2007) | 100,911 |
| 168 | Slovenia (2007) | 95,173 |
| 169 | Bahrain (2008) | 86,084 |
| 170 | Solomon Islands (2007) | 83,232 |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea (2007) | 81,099 |
| 172 | Qatar (2008) | 78,123 |
| 173 | Cape Verde (2008) | 76,299 |
| 174 | Estonia (2007) | 76,026 |
| 175 | Suriname (2008) | 69,604 |
| 176 | Cyprus (2007) | 57,785 |
| 177 | Djibouti (2008) | 56,395 |
| 178 | Belize (2008) | 51,994 |
| 179 | Maldives (2008) | 47,082 |
| 180 | Brunei Darussalam (2008) | 45,125 |
| 181 | Vanuatu (2007) | 37,817 |
| 182 | Bahamas (2007) | 37,122 |
| 183 | Luxembourg (2007) | 35,668 |
| 184 | Sao Tome and Principe (2009) | 33,789 |
| 185 | Macau (2008) | 30,487 |
| 186 | Samoa (2007) | 30,199 |
| 187 | Iceland (2007) | 30,084 |
| 188 | Malta (2007) | 27,782 |
| 189 | Barbados (2008) | 22,849 |
| 190 | Netherlands Antilles (2003) | 22,667 |
| 191 | St. Lucia (2008) | 20,938 |
| 192 | Micronesia (2007) | 18,512 |
| 193 | Tonga (2006) | 16,941 |
| 194 | Kiribati (2005) | 16,132 |
| 195 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008) | 15,532 |
| 196 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) (1991) | 14,319 |
| 197 | Grenada (2008) | 13,873 |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda (2007) | 11,569 |
| 199 | Aruba (2008) | 10,012 |
| 200 | Seychelles (2007) | 8,864 |
| 201 | Dominica (2008) | 8,369 |
| 202 | Marshall Islands (2007) | 8,215 |
| 203 | American Samoa (2006) | 6,728 |
| 204 | St. Kitts and Nevis (2008) | 6,474 |
| 205 | Bermuda (2006) | 4,678 |
| 206 | Andorra (2008) | 4,492 |
| 207 | Cayman Islands (2008) | 3,736 |
| 208 | Liechtenstein (2007) | 2,244 |
| 209 | Monaco (2009) | 1,837 |
| 210 | San Marino (2008) | 1,573 |
| 211 | Palau (2007) | 1,544 |
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