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DEFINITION:
Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 249.09 | 2011 | ||
| 2 | Malawi | 231.83 | 2012 | ||
| 3 | Uganda | 230.4 | 2011 | ||
| 4 | Zambia | 222.77 | 2012 | ||
| 5 | Solomon Islands | 220.96 | 2012 | ||
| 6 | Mozambique | 212.63 | 2012 | ||
| 7 | Brazil | 211.47 | 1998 | ||
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 209.47 | 2012 | ||
| 9 | Rwanda | 209 | 2012 | ||
| 10 | Togo | 205.94 | 2012 | ||
| 11 | East Timor | 205.69 | 2011 | ||
| 12 | Burundi | 201.11 | 2012 | ||
| 13 | Gabon | 199.46 | 2011 | ||
| 14 | Swaziland | 197.76 | 2011 | ||
| 15 | Benin | 197.72 | 2012 | ||
| 16 | Madagascar | 197.49 | 2012 | ||
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 186.35 | 2003 | ||
| 18 | Lesotho | 186.05 | 2012 | ||
| 19 | Comoros | 185.4 | 2012 | ||
| 20 | Namibia | 183.88 | 2012 | ||
| 21 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 182.71 | 2012 | ||
| 22 | Afghanistan | 181.81 | 2011 | ||
| 23 | Sao Tome and Principe | 180.19 | 2012 | ||
| 24 | Guatemala | 179.83 | 2011 | ||
| 25 | Kenya | 179.54 | 2009 | ||
| 26 | Haiti | 179.31 | 1998 | ||
| 27 | Cameroon | 177.36 | 2012 | ||
| 28 | Vanuatu | 177.04 | 2010 | ||
| 29 | Federated States of Micronesia | 176.14 | 2007 | ||
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 175.78 | 2010 | ||
| 31 | Nepal | 174.09 | 2012 | ||
| 32 | Tanzania | 172.6 | 2012 | ||
| 33 | Botswana | 169.48 | 2009 | ||
| 34 | Republic of the Congo | 169.35 | 2012 | ||
| 35 | Iraq | 169.25 | 2007 | ||
| 36 | Chad | 167.96 | 2012 | ||
| 37 | Belize | 165.42 | 2012 | ||
| 38 | Liberia | 165.34 | 2011 | ||
| 39 | Tonga | 164.11 | 2012 | ||
| 40 | Marshall Islands | 162.8 | 2011 | ||
| 41 | Kiribati | 161.69 | 2009 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 161.14 | 2009 | |||
| 42 | Ghana | 160.13 | 2012 | ||
| 43 | American Samoa | 158.96 | 1992 | ||
| 44 | Nicaragua | 158.66 | 2010 | ||
| 45 | Ethiopia | 158.43 | 2012 | ||
| 46 | Samoa | 158.13 | 2012 | ||
| 47 | Yemen | 154.49 | 2012 | ||
| 48 | Honduras | 153.32 | 2012 | ||
| 49 | Tuvalu | 150.02 | 2006 | ||
| 50 | Bhutan | 149.06 | 2012 | ||
| 51 | Philippines | 148.95 | 2009 | ||
| 52 | Cambodia | 147.65 | 2012 | ||
| 53 | Cote d'Ivoire | 147.22 | 2012 | ||
| 54 | Central African Republic | 146.36 | 2012 | ||
| 55 | Mauritania | 145.83 | 2012 | ||
| 56 | El Salvador | 143.97 | 2011 | ||
| 57 | Burkina Faso | 142.41 | 2012 | ||
| 58 | Mali | 142.31 | 2012 | ||
| 59 | Faeroe Islands | 142.09 | 1971 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 141.82 | 2012 | |||
| 60 | Guinea | 139.71 | 2012 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 139.42 | 1984 | |||
| 61 | Cape Verde | 137.34 | 2012 | ||
| 62 | South Africa | 136.83 | 2012 | ||
| 63 | Ecuador | 136.71 | 2012 | ||
| 64 | The Gambia | 136.24 | 2012 | ||
| 65 | Sudan | 136.13 | 2009 | ||
| 66 | Suriname | 135.17 | 2011 | ||
| 67 | Jordan | 135.08 | 2011 | ||
| 68 | Bolivia | 134.6 | 2011 | ||
| 69 | French Polynesia | 134.14 | 1996 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 134.02 | 2011 | |||
| 70 | Laos | 133.01 | 2012 | ||
| 71 | Libya | 132.83 | 2006 | ||
| 72 | Grenada | 130.53 | 2010 | ||
| 73 | Paraguay | 129.93 | 2010 | ||
| 74 | Senegal | 129.91 | 2012 | ||
| 75 | Nigeria | 129.5 | 2010 | ||
| 76 | Egypt | 129.31 | 2011 | ||
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 129.11 | 2011 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 127.59 | 2010 | |||
| 78 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 126.27 | 2012 | ||
| 79 | Indonesia | 125.77 | 2011 | ||
| 80 | Mexico | 125.12 | 2011 | ||
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea | 124.99 | 2012 | ||
| 82 | Guyana | 124.75 | 2011 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 124.46 | 2010 | |||
| 83 | Peru | 123.96 | 2011 | ||
| 84 | Morocco | 123.52 | 2012 | ||
| 85 | Antigua and Barbuda | 123.14 | 2011 | ||
| 86 | Guam | 121.67 | 1989 | ||
| 87 | Saudi Arabia | 121.47 | 2012 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 121.47 | 2007 | |||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 121.4 | 2010 | |||
| 88 | Maldives | 121.1 | 2011 | ||
| 89 | Bangladesh | 120.58 | 2011 | ||
| 90 | Niger | 119.52 | 2012 | ||
| 91 | New Caledonia | 119.22 | 1994 | ||
| 92 | Fiji | 116.81 | 2011 | ||
| 93 | Venezuela | 116.39 | 2012 | ||
| 94 | Argentina | 116.36 | 2010 | ||
| 95 | Panama | 115 | 2012 | ||
| 96 | Syria | 113.97 | 2012 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 113.8 | 2010 | |||
| 97 | Dominica | 113.61 | 2012 | ||
| 98 | India | 112.8 | 2011 | ||
| 99 | Ireland | 111.75 | 2011 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 111.59 | 2011 | |||
| failed states average (profile) | 111.38 | 1986 | |||
| 100 | Jamaica | 110.82 | 2010 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 110.66 | 2009 | |||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 109.54 | 2011 | |||
| 101 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 108.47 | 2012 | ||
| 102 | Costa Rica | 107.01 | 2011 | ||
| 103 | Israel | 105.91 | 2010 | ||
| 104 | Malaysia | 104.24 | 2010 | ||
| 105 | Brunei | 103.71 | 2012 | ||
| 106 | Lebanon | 103.1 | 2012 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 101.76 | 2009 | |||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 101.64 | 2010 | |||
| 107 | Uruguay | 101.39 | 2010 | ||
| 108 | Pakistan | 101.13 | 2012 | ||
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 100.47 | 2012 | ||
| 110 | Seychelles | 99.44 | 2011 | ||
| 111 | Colombia | 99.41 | 2012 | ||
| 112 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.9 | 2010 | ||
| 113 | Burma | 98.71 | 2010 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 98.24 | 2011 | |||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 97.63 | 2010 | |||
| 114 | Tunisia | 97.12 | 2012 | ||
| 115 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 95.58 | 2009 | ||
| 116 | The Bahamas | 94.25 | 2010 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 93.98 | 2010 | |||
| 117 | Iceland | 92.26 | 2011 | ||
| 118 | Mongolia | 91.75 | 2012 | ||
| 119 | Papua New Guinea | 91.68 | 2008 | ||
| 120 | Australia | 91.48 | 2011 | ||
| 121 | Oman | 90.37 | 2012 | ||
| 122 | Turkey | 90.08 | 2011 | ||
| 123 | Algeria | 89.69 | 2012 | ||
| 124 | Aruba | 89.39 | 2011 | ||
| 125 | Mauritius | 87.99 | 2012 | ||
| 126 | Chile | 87.84 | 2011 | ||
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 87.38 | 2005 | |||
| 127 | Norway | 85.47 | 2011 | ||
| 128 | Sri Lanka | 83.16 | 2011 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 82.91 | 2010 | |||
| 129 | Tajikistan | 82.72 | 2012 | ||
| 130 | Thailand | 81.03 | 2009 | ||
| 131 | Vietnam | 79.99 | 2012 | ||
| 132 | Barbados | 79.87 | 2011 | ||
| 133 | New Zealand | 78.85 | 2011 | ||
| 134 | United States | 78.41 | 2011 | ||
| 135 | Netherlands | 77.38 | 2011 | ||
| 136 | Palau | 76.75 | 2007 | ||
| 137 | Iran | 75.2 | 2012 | ||
| 138 | China | 74.18 | 2011 | ||
| 139 | Djibouti | 74 | 2012 | ||
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 73.06 | 2011 | ||
| 141 | Denmark | 72.7 | 2010 | ||
| 142 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.61 | 2012 | ||
| 143 | Bahrain | 72.49 | 2012 | ||
| 144 | Cuba | 71.26 | 2012 | ||
| 145 | Kuwait | 70.84 | 2012 | ||
| 146 | United Kingdom | 70.43 | 2011 | ||
| 147 | Cayman Islands | 70.41 | 2011 | ||
| 148 | Portugal | 68.96 | 2010 | ||
| 149 | Luxembourg | 67.71 | 2011 | ||
| 150 | Bermuda | 67.33 | 2011 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 66.69 | 2010 | |||
| 151 | Belgium | 66.63 | 2011 | ||
| 152 | Uzbekistan | 66.4 | 2011 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 66.05 | 2011 | |||
| 153 | Albania | 65.34 | 2012 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 64.72 | 2011 | |||
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 64.32 | 2010 | |||
| 154 | Finland | 64.14 | 2011 | ||
| 155 | France | 63.82 | 2011 | ||
| 156 | Georgia | 63.67 | 2012 | ||
| 157 | Canada | 63.53 | 2010 | ||
| 158 | South Korea | 63.07 | 2011 | ||
| 159 | Montenegro | 61.77 | 2012 | ||
| 160 | Switzerland | 61.6 | 2011 | ||
| 161 | Sweden | 61.22 | 2011 | ||
| 162 | Spain | 60.05 | 2011 | ||
| 163 | Kazakhstan | 60.04 | 2012 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 59.1 | 2011 | |||
| 164 | Singapore | 59.07 | 2009 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 58.46 | 2011 | |||
| 165 | Malta | 58.38 | 2011 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 57.32 | 2011 | |||
| 166 | Poland | 56.88 | 2011 | ||
| 167 | Greece | 56.83 | 2010 | ||
| 168 | Liechtenstein | 55.35 | 2011 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 55.29 | 2011 | |||
| 169 | Latvia | 55.23 | 2011 | ||
| 170 | Japan | 54.99 | 2011 | ||
| 171 | European Union | 54.72 | 2011 | ||
| 172 | Eritrea | 54.52 | 2012 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 54.49 | 2011 | |||
| 173 | Estonia | 54.44 | 2010 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 53.14 | 2011 | |||
| 174 | Azerbaijan | 52.86 | 2012 | ||
| 175 | Andorra | 52.71 | 2012 | ||
| 176 | Republic of Macedonia | 52.69 | 2010 | ||
| 177 | Slovenia | 52.1 | 2011 | ||
| 178 | Somalia | 51.3 | 2007 | ||
| 179 | San Marino | 50.37 | 2012 | ||
| 180 | Qatar | 49.46 | 2012 | ||
| 181 | Cyprus | 48.7 | 2011 | ||
| 182 | Monaco | 46.99 | 2012 | ||
| 183 | Armenia | 46.64 | 2012 | ||
| 184 | Italy | 46.56 | 2011 | ||
| 185 | Hong Kong | 45.59 | 2012 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 45.54 | 2011 | |||
| 186 | Czech Republic | 44.61 | 2011 | ||
| 187 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.46 | 2012 | ||
| 188 | Macau | 40.67 | 2012 | ||
| 189 | Serbia | 40.06 | 2012 | ||
| 190 | United Arab Emirates | 39.54 | 2012 | ||
| 191 | Hungary | 38.81 | 2011 | ||
| 192 | Moldova | 38.8 | 2012 | ||
| 193 | Slovakia | 38.75 | 2011 | ||
| 194 | Austria | 38.74 | 2011 | ||
| 195 | Romania | 38.62 | 2011 | ||
| 196 | Lithuania | 38.14 | 2011 | ||
| 197 | Croatia | 37.89 | 2011 | ||
| 198 | Belarus | 37.17 | 2012 | ||
| 199 | Germany | 36.55 | 2011 | ||
| 200 | Russia | 35.34 | 2009 | ||
| 201 | Ukraine | 34.75 | 2012 | ||
| 202 | Bulgaria | 34.71 | 2011 |
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Interesting observations about Education > Primary education, pupils per 1000
- Angola ranked first for primary education, pupils per 1000 amongst Hot countries in 2011.
- Sierra Leone ranked first for primary education, pupils per 1000 amongst Muslim countries in 2012.
- Mozambique ranked first for primary education, pupils per 1000 amongst Former French colonies in 2012.
- Iraq ranked first for primary education, pupils per 1000 amongst Middle Eastern and North Africa in 2007.
- Malawi ranked first for primary education, pupils per 1000 amongst Landlocked countries in 2012.
- All of the top 2 countries by primary education, pupils per 1000 are Christian.
- Uganda ranked third for primary education, pupils per 1000 amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2011.
- Brazil ranked first for primary education, pupils per 1000 amongst Catholic countries in 1998.
- All of the bottom 12 countries by primary education, pupils per 1000 are European.
- Albania ranked first for primary education, pupils per 1000 amongst Eastern Europe in 2012.