Countries with the highest
School enrollment, primary (% gross)

In 2021, Sierra Leone leads School enrollment, primary (% gross) with 157.71%. Rwanda follows at 151.06%, and the gap between the top two positions is 6.65%. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.039.478.9118158Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 157.71%158RwandaRwanda: 151.06%151MadagascarMadagascar: 140.27%140St. Kitts and NevisSt. Kitts and Nevis: 138.73%139MalawiMalawi: 127.04%127Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: 123.58%124VanuatuVanuatu: 122.87%123NamibiaNamibia: 121.82%122Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 120.07%120NepalNepal: 119.98%120Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos Islands: 119.73%120SwedenSweden: 117.35%117

Full table

#CountryValue
1 Sierra Leone 157.71%
2 Rwanda 151.06%
3 Madagascar 140.27%
4 St. Kitts and Nevis 138.73%
5 Malawi 127.04%
6 Timor-Leste 123.58%
7 Vanuatu 122.87%
8 Namibia 121.82%
9 Congo, Dem. Rep. 120.07%
10 Nepal 119.98%
11 Turks and Caicos Islands 119.73%
12 Sweden 117.35%
13 Togo 116.97%
14 Fiji 114.93%
15 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 114.65%
16 Peru 113.83%
17 Tuvalu 113.29%
18 Morocco 112.94%
19 Marshall Islands 111.78%
20 Cameroon 110.11%
21 Seychelles 109.63%
22 Palau 108.99%
23 Aruba 108.60%
24 Gibraltar 108.47%
25 Argentina 108.14%
26 Uruguay 107.99%
27 Belize 107.34%
28 Costa Rica 107.19%
29 Tonga 107.02%
30 Moldova 106.78%
31 United Arab Emirates 106.65%
32 Colombia 106.49%
33 Bangladesh 106.33%
34 Hong Kong SAR, China 106.03%
35 Portugal 105.67%
36 Benin 105.63%
37 Bhutan 105.46%
38 Cambodia 105.28%
39 Algeria 104.74%
40 Samoa 104.73%
41 Botswana 104.62%
42 Montenegro 104.40%
43 Netherlands 104.38%
44 Tunisia 104.34%
45 Brazil 103.93%
46 Kiribati 103.69%
47 Thailand 103.62%
48 Hungary 103.53%
49 Viet Nam 103.39%
50 Spain 103.36%

Analytical takeaways

  • Sierra Leone leads the global ranking for School enrollment, primary (% gross) in 2021, with a lead of 6.65% over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Sweden at 117.35%.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.