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School enrollment, primary (% gross)

For 2025, School enrollment, primary (% gross) is led by Nepal at 128.56%. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. 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.

Countries ranked 13
Snapshot year 2025
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0.032.164.396.4129NepalNepal: 128.56%129UzbekistanUzbekistan: 120.86%121IndiaIndia: 111.03%111AlgeriaAlgeria: 105.48%105ThailandThailand: 100.73%101BurundiBurundi: 100.63%101Gambia, TheGambia, The: 100.43%100IndonesiaIndonesia: 100.37%100Kyrgyz RepublicKyrgyz Republic: 98.95%99.0DominicaDominica: 97.66%97.7KazakhstanKazakhstan: 97.33%97.3NaoeroNaoero: 94.40%94.4
Rank Country Value
1 Nepal 128.56%
2 Uzbekistan 120.86%
3 India 111.03%
4 Algeria 105.48%
5 Thailand 100.73%
6 Burundi 100.63%
7 Gambia, The 100.43%
8 Indonesia 100.37%
9 Kyrgyz Republic 98.95%
10 Dominica 97.66%
11 Kazakhstan 97.33%
12 Naoero 94.40%
13 Lao PDR 93.14%
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Nepal sits at the top of the School enrollment, primary (% gross) distribution in 2025 at 128.56%, with a lead of 7.69% over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Gambia, The at 100.43%, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Lao PDR (93.14%), and the page currently covers 13 countries.