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Education > Education enrolment by level > Primary level: Countries Compared

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 India 125.57 million 2002
2 China 121.66 million 2002
South Asia average (profile) 32.11 million 2002
3 Indonesia 29.05 million 2002
4 United States 24.85 million 2002
5 Nigeria 24.56 million 2002
6 Brazil 19.38 million 2002
7 Bangladesh 17.56 million 2002
Emerging markets average (profile) 15.77 million 2002
8 Mexico 14.86 million 2002
South and Central Asia average (profile) 14.26 million 2002
9 Pakistan 14.04 million 2002
10 Philippines 12.97 million 2002
Non-religious countries average (profile) 12.96 million 2002
Religious countries average (profile) 11.26 million 2002
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) 8.95 million 1980
11 Vietnam 8.84 million 2002
12 Ethiopia 8.27 million 2003
13 Turkey 7.9 million 2002
14 Egypt 7.87 million 2002
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 7.75 million 2002
15 South Africa 7.47 million 2002
16 Uganda 7.35 million 2002
17 Japan 7.27 million 2002
18 Iran 7.03 million 2002
19 Tanzania 6.56 million 2003
20 Thailand 6.11 million 2003
Former British colonies average (profile) 6.03 million 2002
21 Kenya 5.59 million 2002
22 Russia 5.42 million 2002
23 Colombia 5.19 million 2002
24 Argentina 4.91 million 2002
25 Burma 4.89 million 2002
Cold countries average (profile) 4.88 million 2002
OPEC countries average (profile) 4.75 million 2002
26 Algeria 4.61 million 2002
27 United Kingdom 4.49 million 2002
28 Peru 4.28 million 2002
29 Iraq 4.28 million 2002
30 South Korea 4.19 million 2003
31 Morocco 4.1 million 2002
32 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.02 million 1998
33 Nepal 3.93 million 2002
34 France 3.79 million 2002
Muslim countries average (profile) 3.62 million 2002
35 Venezuela 3.45 million 2002
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 3.31 million 2002
36 Germany 3.3 million 2002
37 Afghanistan 3.27 million 2002
38 Sudan 3.03 million 2002
39 Malaysia 3.01 million 2002
40 Syria 2.98 million 2002
41 Poland 2.98 million 2002
42 Yemen 2.95 million 2002
Hot countries average (profile) 2.87 million 1982
43 Madagascar 2.86 million 2002
44 Malawi 2.85 million 2002
45 Cameroon 2.8 million 2002
46 Italy 2.78 million 2002
47 Cambodia 2.77 million 2002
failed states average (profile) 2.71 million 1986
48 Mozambique 2.71 million 2002
49 Ghana 2.68 million 2003
Catholic countries average (profile) 2.66 million 2002
50 Uzbekistan 2.51 million 2002
51 Spain 2.49 million 2002
52 Canada 2.48 million 2001
53 Zimbabwe 2.36 million 2003
54 Saudi Arabia 2.34 million 2002
High income OECD countries average (profile) 2.3 million 2002
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 2.28 million 2002
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 2.18 million 2001
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 2.15 million 2002
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 2.13 million 2002
55 Guatemala 2.08 million 2002
56 Cote d'Ivoire 2.05 million 2002
57 Ecuador 1.99 million 2002
58 Ukraine 1.96 million 2002
59 Australia 1.93 million 2002
Former French colonies average (profile) 1.93 million 2002
60 Zambia 1.73 million 2002
61 Chile 1.71 million 2003
62 Sri Lanka 1.7 million 2003
63 Rwanda 1.64 million 2002
64 Bolivia 1.54 million 2002
65 Haiti 1.49 million 1997
66 Dominican Republic 1.37 million 2002
NATO countries average (profile) 1.37 million 2002
Landlocked countries average (profile) 1.3 million 2002
67 Mali 1.29 million 2002
68 Netherlands 1.29 million 2002
69 Senegal 1.29 million 2002
70 Tunisia 1.28 million 2002
71 Benin 1.23 million 2002
Europe average (profile) 1.13 million 2002
72 Kazakhstan 1.12 million 2002
73 Chad 1.12 million 2002
74 Honduras 1.12 million 2001
75 Guinea 1.07 million 2002
76 Angola 1.06 million 1999
European Union average (profile) 1.04 million 2002
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 1.01 million 2002
77 Burkina Faso 1.01 million 2002
78 Romania 990,807 2002
79 El Salvador 987,676 2002
Eurozone average (profile) 985,795.78 2002
80 Togo 975,063 2002
81 Paraguay 962,661 2002
82 Cuba 925,335 2002
83 Nicaragua 923,391 2002
84 Burundi 894,859 2002
85 Laos 875,300 2002
86 Niger 857,592 2002
87 Jordan 786,154 2002
88 Sweden 774,888 2002
89 Israel 769,856 2002
90 Portugal 767,872 2002
91 Belgium 761,730 2002
92 Libya 743,997 2002
93 Tajikistan 694,930 2002
94 Papua New Guinea 660,425 2002
95 Greece 652,052 2002
96 Azerbaijan 635,652 2002
97 Czech Republic 566,581 2002
98 Sierra Leone 554,308 2000
99 Costa Rica 545,509 2002
100 Switzerland 535,577 2002
101 Congo, Republic of the 509,507 2002
102 Liberia 496,253 1999
103 Puerto Rico 492,908 1981
104 Hong Kong 487,465 2002
105 Hungary 464,013 2002
106 Kyrgyzstan 449,399 2002
107 Lebanon 449,311 2002
108 Ireland 447,618 2002
109 Belarus 437,005 2002
110 Norway 432,618 2002
111 Panama 419,904 2002
112 Denmark 419,806 2002
113 Lesotho 418,668 2002
114 Central African Republic 414,537 2002
115 Namibia 404,783 2002
116 Mauritania 394,401 2002
117 Finland 392,741 2002
118 Austria 379,920 2002
119 Serbia and Montenegro 379,575 2000
120 Uruguay 364,858 2002
121 New Zealand 361,866 2002
122 Eritrea 359,299 2002
123 Bulgaria 333,016 2002
124 Botswana 331,393 2002
125 Jamaica 325,302 2002
126 Oman 314,064 2002
127 Gabon 279,816 2002
128 Slovakia 270,004 2002
129 Singapore 269,668 1996
130 Albania 252,829 2002
131 United Arab Emirates 248,370 2002
132 Mongolia 238,676 2002
133 Georgia 238,371 2002
134 Moldova 215,442 2002
135 Swaziland 209,037 2002
136 Somalia 196,496 1985
137 Croatia 192,004 2002
138 East Timor 183,626 2001
139 Lithuania 183,542 2002
140 The Gambia 178,288 2002
141 Guinea-Bissau 155,033 2000
142 Kuwait 154,056 2002
143 Trinidad and Tobago 141,036 2002
144 Armenia 134,664 2002
145 Mauritius 132,432 2002
146 Fiji 115,014 2001
147 Guyana 111,854 2002
148 Comoros 106,972 2002
149 Latvia 103,359 2002
150 Estonia 100,171 2002
151 Bhutan 91,390 2002
152 Cape Verde 87,841 2002
153 Slovenia 87,085 2002
154 Bahrain 81,887 2002
155 Equatorial Guinea 78,390 2001
156 Reunion 73,702 1995
157 Maldives 68,242 2002
158 Qatar 66,473 2002
159 Suriname 64,659 2002
160 Cyprus 62,868 2002
161 Solomon Islands 55,093 2002
162 Djibouti 48,713 2003
163 Belize 47,187 2002
164 Brunei 44,882 2002
165 Macau 41,917 2002
166 Guadeloupe 38,332 1994
167 Vanuatu 37,470 2002
168 Martinique 34,559 1995
169 Luxembourg 34,081 2002
170 The Bahamas 34,079 2002
171 Malta 31,710 2002
172 Iceland 31,470 2002
173 Samoa 30,164 2002
174 French Polynesia 29,415 1995
175 Sao Tome and Principe 28,780 2001
176 Saint Lucia 24,573 2002
177 Barbados 23,074 2002
178 Netherlands Antilles 22,667 2002
179 New Caledonia 22,308 1994
180 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18,629 2002
181 Tonga 17,105 2002
182 French Guiana 17,006 1995
183 Grenada 16,598 2002
184 Guam 15,516 1988
185 Kiribati 14,823 2002
186 Virgin Islands 14,544 1992
187 Antigua and Barbuda 13,025 1999
188 Dominica 10,460 2002
189 Aruba 9,897 2002
190 Seychelles 9,623 2002
191 Marshall Islands 8,777 2001
192 American Samoa 7,884 1991
193 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6,401 2002
194 Bermuda 4,910 2001
195 Andorra 4,142 2002
196 Cayman Islands 3,579 2001
197 British Virgin Islands 2,780 2002
198 Cook Islands 2,596 2000
199 Gibraltar 2,377 2000
200 Liechtenstein 2,218 2002
201 Monaco 1,985 2000
202 Palau 1,939 2000
203 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,810 2002
204 Nauru 1,598 1998
205 Anguilla 1,447 2002
206 Tuvalu 1,427 2001
207 San Marino 1,249 1999
208 Saint Helena 582 1985
209 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 492 1994
210 Montserrat 465 2002
211 Tokelau 361 1991
212 Niue 251 2002
213 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 199 1995

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Interesting observations about Education > Education enrolment by level > Primary level

  • All of the top 2 countries by education enrolment by level > primary level are Emerging markets'.
  • 10 of the top 12 countries by education enrolment by level > primary level are Hot countries.
  • China has ranked in the top 2 for education enrolment by level > primary level since 1980.
  • India has ranked in the top 2 for education enrolment by level > primary level since 1980.
  • Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has ranked last for education enrolment by level > primary level since 1980.
  • 2 of the top 3 countries by education enrolment by level > primary level are East Asian and Pacific.
  • 2 of the top 4 countries by education enrolment by level > primary level are Cold countries'.
  • 3 of the top 5 countries by education enrolment by level > primary level are Former British Colonies'.
  • Indonesia has ranked in the top 4 for education enrolment by level > primary level since 1980.
  • 73 of the top 139 countries by education enrolment by level > primary level are Christian.

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