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Education > Primary education > Pupils > Per capita: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Uganda 0.248 per capita 2005
2 Lesotho 0.235 per capita 2005
3 Sierra Leone 0.234 per capita 2005
4 Malawi 0.223 per capita 2005
5 Zambia 0.22 per capita 2005
6 Gabon 0.207 per capita 2004
7 Mozambique 0.199 per capita 2005
8 Namibia 0.198 per capita 2005
9 Tanzania 0.196 per capita 2005
=10 Sao Tome and Principe 0.195 per capita 2005
=10 Swaziland 0.195 per capita 2004
12 Madagascar 0.193 per capita 2005
13 Cambodia 0.192 per capita 2005
14 Rwanda 0.191 per capita 2005
=15 Vanuatu 0.186 per capita 2005
=15 Guatemala 0.186 per capita 2005
=15 Botswana 0.186 per capita 2004
=18 East Timor 0.184 per capita 2005
=18 Cameroon 0.184 per capita 2005
=18 Nicaragua 0.184 per capita 2005
=18 Zimbabwe 0.184 per capita 2003
=22 Comoros 0.178 per capita 2005
=22 Honduras 0.178 per capita 2004
24 Kenya 0.177 per capita 2005
25 Maldives 0.176 per capita 2005
=26 Samoa 0.171 per capita 2005
=26 Bolivia 0.171 per capita 2004
=28 Federated States of Micronesia 0.17 per capita 2005
=28 Iraq 0.17 per capita 2005
=28 Antigua and Barbuda 0.17 per capita 2000
31 Belize 0.168 per capita 2005
32 Tonga 0.166 per capita 2005
33 Paraguay 0.165 per capita 2003
34 Cape Verde 0.164 per capita 2005
35 Kiribati 0.163 per capita 2005
=36 Togo 0.162 per capita 2005
=36 Liberia 0.162 per capita 2000
38 South Africa 0.161 per capita 2004
39 Philippines 0.16 per capita 2004
40 Nigeria 0.158 per capita 2005
=41 Saint Lucia 0.157 per capita 2005
=41 Laos 0.157 per capita 2005
=43 Benin 0.156 per capita 2005
=43 Bhutan 0.156 per capita 2005
=43 Guyana 0.156 per capita 2004
=46 El Salvador 0.152 per capita 2005
=46 Yemen 0.152 per capita 2005
=46 Solomon Islands 0.152 per capita 2005
=49 Ecuador 0.151 per capita 2005
=49 Equatorial Guinea 0.151 per capita 2005
=49 Grenada 0.151 per capita 2005
=49 Jordan 0.151 per capita 2004
=53 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.15 per capita 2005
=53 Peru 0.15 per capita 2004
=55 Congo, Republic of the 0.149 per capita 2005
=55 Nepal 0.149 per capita 2005
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 0.148 per capita 2002
57 Suriname 0.146 per capita 2005
=58 Mauritania 0.145 per capita 2005
=58 Mexico 0.145 per capita 2004
60 Afghanistan 0.144 per capita 2005
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 0.143 per capita 2003
61 Saudi Arabia 0.141 per capita 2005
Former British colonies average (profile) 0.14 per capita 2004
62 Senegal 0.138 per capita 2005
63 Burundi 0.137 per capita 2005
Former French colonies average (profile) 0.136 per capita 2004
=64 Dominican Republic 0.136 per capita 2005
=64 Virgin Islands 0.136 per capita 1991
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 0.135 per capita 2003
=66 Guinea 0.134 per capita 2005
=66 Fiji 0.134 per capita 2005
=66 Indonesia 0.134 per capita 2004
=66 Marshall Islands 0.134 per capita 2004
=70 Panama 0.133 per capita 2005
=70 Morocco 0.133 per capita 2005
=70 Algeria 0.133 per capita 2005
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) 0.132 per capita 2003
=73 Ghana 0.132 per capita 2005
=73 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.132 per capita 2005
75 Dominica 0.131 per capita 2005
76 Venezuela 0.13 per capita 2005
South Asia average (profile) 0.129 per capita 2004
=77 Chad 0.129 per capita 2005
=77 Bangladesh 0.129 per capita 2004
79 Netherlands Antilles 0.127 per capita 2003
80 India 0.126 per capita 2004
=81 Costa Rica 0.125 per capita 2005
=81 Jamaica 0.125 per capita 2004
=81 Malaysia 0.125 per capita 2003
84 Tunisia 0.124 per capita 2004
=85 Brunei 0.123 per capita 2005
=85 Argentina 0.123 per capita 2003
87 Libya 0.122 per capita 2005
88 Papua New Guinea 0.12 per capita 2003
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 0.12 per capita 2004
Muslim countries average (profile) 0.119 per capita 2004
89 Colombia 0.119 per capita 2005
South and Central Asia average (profile) 0.119 per capita 2004
OPEC countries average (profile) 0.118 per capita 2005
=90 Syria 0.118 per capita 2005
=90 The Gambia 0.118 per capita 2004
=92 Oman 0.116 per capita 2005
=92 Cote d'Ivoire 0.116 per capita 2003
=94 Bahrain 0.115 per capita 2005
=94 The Bahamas 0.115 per capita 2005
Religious countries average (profile) 0.115 per capita 2003
96 Israel 0.114 per capita 2004
=97 Ethiopia 0.113 per capita 2005
=97 Lebanon 0.113 per capita 2005
Catholic countries average (profile) 0.111 per capita 2003
=99 Pakistan 0.111 per capita 2005
=99 Mali 0.111 per capita 2005
=99 Turkey 0.111 per capita 2004
=99 Ireland 0.111 per capita 2004
=99 Uruguay 0.111 per capita 2003
=104 Seychelles 0.11 per capita 2004
=104 Guinea-Bissau 0.11 per capita 2001
=106 Chile 0.109 per capita 2004
=106 Egypt 0.109 per capita 2004
108 Iran 0.107 per capita 2005
=109 Tajikistan 0.106 per capita 2005
=109 Iceland 0.106 per capita 2004
111 Trinidad and Tobago 0.105 per capita 2005
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 0.104 per capita 2004
112 Brazil 0.104 per capita 2003
113 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.103 per capita 2003
114 Aruba 0.102 per capita 2005
115 Mauritius 0.099 per capita 2005
=116 Mongolia 0.098 per capita 2005
=116 Burma 0.098 per capita 2005
=118 Burkina Faso 0.096 per capita 2005
=118 Australia 0.096 per capita 2004
120 Palau 0.095 per capita 2005
Emerging markets average (profile) 0.0946 per capita 2004
=121 Vietnam 0.094 per capita 2005
=121 Norway 0.094 per capita 2004
=121 Uzbekistan 0.094 per capita 2004
=124 Thailand 0.093 per capita 2005
=124 China 0.093 per capita 2004
126 Central African Republic 0.091 per capita 2005
127 Sudan 0.09 per capita 2005
128 New Zealand 0.087 per capita 2004
=129 Qatar 0.086 per capita 2005
=129 Eritrea 0.086 per capita 2005
131 South Korea 0.085 per capita 2005
=132 Kyrgyzstan 0.084 per capita 2005
=132 United States 0.084 per capita 2004
=134 Barbados 0.083 per capita 2005
=134 Cyprus 0.083 per capita 2004
=134 Sri Lanka 0.083 per capita 2004
=134 Singapore 0.083 per capita 1991
138 Macau 0.081 per capita 2005
=139 Kuwait 0.08 per capita 2005
=139 Albania 0.08 per capita 2004
=141 Cuba 0.079 per capita 2005
=141 Netherlands 0.079 per capita 2004
=141 Haiti 0.079 per capita 1991
=144 Denmark 0.078 per capita 2004
=144 United Kingdom 0.078 per capita 2004
=144 Canada 0.078 per capita 2002
=144 Angola 0.078 per capita 1999
=148 Sweden 0.077 per capita 2004
=148 Malta 0.077 per capita 2004
Non-religious countries average (profile) 0.0765 per capita 2004
=150 Niger 0.076 per capita 2005
=150 Luxembourg 0.076 per capita 2004
=152 Georgia 0.075 per capita 2005
=152 Bermuda 0.075 per capita 2005
=152 Poland 0.075 per capita 2004
High income OECD countries average (profile) 0.0742 per capita 2004
155 Finland 0.074 per capita 2004
=156 Cayman Islands 0.072 per capita 2005
=156 Portugal 0.072 per capita 2004
=156 Belgium 0.072 per capita 2004
=156 Switzerland 0.072 per capita 2004
=160 Kazakhstan 0.068 per capita 2005
=160 Azerbaijan 0.068 per capita 2005
=160 Estonia 0.068 per capita 2004
163 Liechtenstein 0.066 per capita 2004
164 Hong Kong 0.065 per capita 2005
NATO countries average (profile) 0.065 per capita 2004
Eurozone average (profile) 0.0645 per capita 2004
Europe average (profile) 0.0645 per capita 2004
165 Djibouti 0.064 per capita 2005
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 0.0634 per capita 2004
166 France 0.063 per capita 2004
European Union average (profile) 0.063 per capita 2004
167 Andorra 0.062 per capita 2005
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 0.0617 per capita 2004
=168 Greece 0.059 per capita 2004
=168 Spain 0.059 per capita 2004
170 United Arab Emirates 0.058 per capita 2005
=171 Monaco 0.057 per capita 2004
=171 Japan 0.057 per capita 2004
=173 Czech Republic 0.052 per capita 2004
=173 San Marino 0.052 per capita 2004
175 Lithuania 0.05 per capita 2004
=176 Moldova 0.048 per capita 2005
=176 Italy 0.048 per capita 2004
=178 Slovakia 0.047 per capita 2004
=178 Slovenia 0.047 per capita 2004
=178 Serbia and Montenegro 0.047 per capita 2001
=181 Romania 0.046 per capita 2004
=181 Austria 0.046 per capita 2004
183 Hungary 0.044 per capita 2004
184 Croatia 0.043 per capita 2003
=185 Ukraine 0.041 per capita 2005
=185 Armenia 0.041 per capita 2005
=187 Bulgaria 0.04 per capita 2004
=187 Latvia 0.04 per capita 2004
=187 Germany 0.04 per capita 2004
190 Belarus 0.039 per capita 2005
191 Russia 0.037 per capita 2004

Citation

Education > Primary education > Pupils > Per capita: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Education > Primary education > Pupils > Per capita

  • Uganda ranked first for primary education > pupils > per capita amongst Hot countries in 2005.
  • Sierra Leone ranked first for primary education > pupils > per capita amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
  • Russia has ranked last for primary education > pupils > per capita since 2001.
  • Iraq ranked first for primary education > pupils > per capita amongst Middle Eastern and North Africa in 2005.
  • Guatemala ranked first for primary education > pupils > per capita amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2005.
  • Gabon ranked first for primary education > pupils > per capita amongst Former French colonies in 2004.
  • Cambodia ranked first for primary education > pupils > per capita amongst East Asia and Pacific in 2005.
  • All of the top 2 countries by primary education > pupils > per capita are Christian.
  • Lesotho ranked second for primary education > pupils > per capita amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005.
  • Zimbabwe ranked first for primary education > pupils > per capita amongst Failed states in 2003.
  • United Arab Emirates ranked last for primary education > pupils > per capita amongst OPEC countries in 2005.
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