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Combined gross enrolment in education (both sexes) (%)

The number of students enrolled in primary, secondary and tertiary levels of education, regardless of age, as a percentage of the population of theoretical school age for the three levels.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010a). Correspondence on education indicators. February 2010. Montreal.

Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 May 2011, unless otherwise specified.

HDI Rank Country 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
.. Very high human development 43.8 44.2 46.6 49.2 89.2 91.8 91.8 92.3 92.7 93.6
.. High human development 44.5 41.6 42.5 40.3 77.1 79.4 78.5 80.7 80.2 81.0
.. Medium human development 38.1 37.6 36.4 37.3 54.2 64.0 65.0 66.0 70.1 70.5
.. Low human development 28.8 30.6 27.2 29.8 42.4 47.7 48.6 49.5 49.2 51.3
1 Norway 43.6 41.1 43.2 50.9 97.6 98.4 98.5 98.2 97.1 96.9
2 Australia 46.4 43.2 46.4 59.4 115.1 112.5 113.2 114.2 115.3 112.1
3 Netherlands 42.4 38.6 43.5 52.0 97.8 97.4 97.6 98.0 98.5 98.7
4 United States 48.5 51.5 58.7 59.8 90.5 92.2 92.0 92.4 92.9 93.5
5 New Zealand 42.5 1 40.8 1 44.6 51.3 96.8 106.8 106.8 108.4 106.9 111.6
6 Canada .. .. 63.6 62.5 93.4 .. .. .. .. ..
7 Ireland 44.8 45.3 47.6 48.5 91.8 98.0 98.0 100.4 99.8 101.2
8 Liechtenstein .. .. .. .. .. .. 70.6 2 70.2 2 72.1 2 86.7 1
9 Germany .. .. .. 35.9 .. .. .. .. .. ..
10 Sweden 45.5 42.3 41.3 49.3 112.4 95.1 93.8 92.4 92.2 92.1
11 Switzerland 32.0 29.7 33.9 40.5 84.1 85.0 85.0 85.3 85.6 86.2
12 Japan 47.7 1 44.8 40.3 1 44.5 82.8 2 86.0 86.9 87.3 87.5 88.1
13 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 32.9 .. .. .. .. 74.5 74.2 77.3 2 83.1 2 83.6 2
14 Iceland 37.1 38.2 40.7 45.7 89.7 95.5 96.0 95.7 96.5 96.0
15 Korea (Republic of) 41.9 43.9 46.2 48.4 92.3 96.8 97.9 99.2 99.8 100.3
16 Denmark 42.1 41.2 40.8 46.2 96.0 102.8 101.3 101.5 100.5 100.2
17 Israel 47.7 .. 44.9 48.0 88.3 90.0 89.9 90.9 90.2 91.0
18 Belgium 41.4 41.0 45.0 51.9 108.1 94.0 94.1 94.1 94.1 94.9
19 Austria 26.7 26.6 32.9 37.6 90.4 88.9 89.4 88.9 90.1 90.9
20 France 39.4 37.9 41.9 46.3 91.7 94.9 94.8 94.6 94.5 94.5
21 Slovenia .. 29.8 30.6 30.1 85.2 91.3 92.6 93.4 94.0 94.5
22 Finland 41.3 42.7 49.2 54.5 104.0 101.4 101.5 101.3 101.1 99.7
23 Spain 39.5 39.9 38.9 40.4 92.3 95.5 96.2 97.5 99.1 100.7
24 Italy 35.5 32.2 31.1 36.3 81.4 90.0 91.0 91.6 91.8 ..
25 Luxembourg 27.2 .. .. .. 75.5 .. 74.9 .. .. ..
26 Singapore .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
27 Czech Republic .. 31.4 25.2 27.3 74.0 82.8 83.4 84.6 85.7 86.4
28 United Kingdom 37.7 35.4 41.1 53.2 90.0 2 92.8 2 89.1 2 88.2 89.0 ..
29 Greece 40.9 42.3 40.9 40.7 81.0 99.7 101.5 99.9 .. ..
30 United Arab Emirates 35.1 43.8 48.4 .. 63.3 2 .. .. .. .. 78.1
31 Cyprus 29.0 28.2 36.7 42.4 2 73.6 2 77.6 2 77.6 2 78.7 2 81.3 2 85.0 1
32 Andorra .. .. .. .. .. 60.3 62.6 .. 67.0 ..
33 Brunei Darussalam 39.1 .. .. .. 74.8 2 77.6 78.6 78.2 77.7 78.2
34 Estonia .. .. .. 40.9 88.4 92.2 2 91.2 2 90.4 2 89.3 ..
35 Slovakia .. .. .. 27.7 72.1 77.8 78.9 80.5 81.2 81.7
36 Malta 36.1 39.0 40.7 39.9 76.0 81.2 .. 78.4 79.0 ..
37 Qatar 42.5 49.0 52.0 46.6 .. 71.7 2 68.1 2 64.7 61.0 57.4
38 Hungary 28.1 32.6 24.4 26.8 80.5 89.3 90.2 90.3 90.1 89.6
39 Poland 38.2 44.1 44.6 .. 86.3 87.6 87.7 87.9 88.3 88.9
40 Lithuania .. .. 30.7 32.1 86.9 93.2 92.8 92.2 92.3 93.1
41 Portugal 49.2 48.3 45.4 48.6 91.1 89.3 89.3 91.5 93.7 94.7
42 Bahrain 39.5 48.9 .. 48.6 .. .. .. .. .. ..
43 Latvia .. 30.4 29.4 28.6 84.5 91.1 90.2 88.6 87.8 84.5
44 Chile 44.4 42.6 .. .. 77.7 82.9 82.5 84.0 84.7 ..
45 Argentina 53.1 59.1 .. .. 87.6 2 89.7 90.9 91.0 92.0 ..
46 Croatia .. .. .. 27.3 70.0 77.8 78.5 79.4 80.2 80.3
47 Barbados .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
48 Uruguay 44.0 .. 47.2 .. .. .. 90.9 92.2 90.4 ..
49 Palau .. .. .. .. 86.6 2 .. .. .. .. ..
50 Romania .. .. 23.8 27.4 68.3 77.0 79.2 81.6 85.0 86.2
51 Cuba 45.2 38.2 35.6 40.3 76.2 87.5 1 94.8 100.8 104.3 103.2
52 Seychelles .. .. .. 41.5 81.5 82.1 .. 83.2 83.4 2 ..
53 Bahamas 41.2 40.5 .. 39.0 68.1 2 72.0 2 71.4 2 74.1 2 .. ..
54 Montenegro .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
55 Bulgaria 31.2 33.8 31.5 34.4 79.4 76.4 76.6 77.9 77.7 78.1
56 Saudi Arabia .. .. .. .. .. 78.6 2 .. 80.6 80.8 2 81.6 2
57 Mexico 53.1 .. 46.8 45.6 72.2 77.9 78.9 80.1 81.6 82.6
58 Panama 47.8 46.0 44.8 46.5 76.4 79.5 79.7 80.1 78.9 ..
59 Serbia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 77.8 1 78.4 1 79.0 1
60 Antigua and Barbuda .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 83.5
61 Malaysia 35.4 36.9 37.2 38.9 68.0 71.4 70.9 2 69.8 70.3 ..
62 Trinidad and Tobago 40.6 41.7 .. .. 65.9 2 62.0 2 .. .. .. ..
63 Kuwait 33.5 34.9 29.7 30.5 .. .. .. .. .. ..
64 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 57.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
65 Belarus 44.2 50.6 50.8 37.3 87.5 88.7 89.3 90.2 .. ..
66 Russian Federation .. 39.7 40.0 36.5 .. 82.0 82.1 83.1 84.3 ..
67 Grenada 48.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 91.8
68 Kazakhstan .. .. 37.0 38.0 79.0 91.1 91.8 91.3 90.9 90.0
69 Costa Rica 44.6 45.0 50.1 .. .. 73.0 2 .. .. .. ..
70 Albania .. 27.6 26.9 .. 68.0 .. .. .. .. ..
71 Lebanon 42.7 35.8 .. .. .. .. 77.8 79.1 79.7 80.8
72 Saint Kitts and Nevis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 75.6 ..
73 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 49.9 50.4 52.0 .. 67.3 1 .. .. .. 88.7 ..
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 73.8 .. 75.6
75 Georgia .. .. .. 35.4 73.8 76.4 75.0 2 77.6 74.7 1 72.3
76 Ukraine .. 50.1 51.8 .. 85.4 2 87.7 1 88.8 1 90.0 1 91.0 1 91.6 1
77 Mauritius 32.3 35.3 36.3 34.8 68.6 2 75.2 2 76.3 2 75.8 2 76.2 2 ..
78 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia .. .. .. 29.3 69.6 69.9 .. 70.7 71.7 71.6
79 Jamaica .. .. .. .. 74.7 2 .. .. .. 86.7 ..
80 Peru 52.6 56.5 56.6 56.1 .. 80.9 2 81.4 2 .. .. ..
81 Dominica .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 74.5 ..
82 Saint Lucia 57.5 60.5 .. .. .. 73.1 2 74.6 2 72.5 74.9 75.3
83 Ecuador 54.9 55.9 51.5 1 45.9 .. .. .. 78.5 82.1 2 ..
84 Brazil 39.6 .. 42.8 .. 90.2 2 87.2 .. 85.1 .. ..
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .. .. .. .. 75.9 2 .. .. .. .. ..
86 Armenia .. .. .. .. 75.5 71.2 73.1 74.7 74.5 76.3
87 Colombia 41.4 39.0 39.8 42.1 73.5 2 79.0 80.8 82.1 83.2 85.1
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) .. 36.5 .. 40.4 72.5 1 67.4 1 70.6 1 71.9 1 68.9 69.9
89 Oman 19.4 29.2 38.2 40.3 .. .. .. .. .. 70.1
90 Tonga .. 41.6 .. .. 78.4 .. 82.4 2 .. .. ..
91 Azerbaijan .. .. 31.1 29.5 69.3 2 71.9 2 71.4 2 70.6 2 70.5 2 70.6 2
92 Turkey .. 37.3 36.9 35.9 64.0 2 70.0 72.5 74.3 74.1 ..
93 Belize .. .. .. .. 68.6 2 76.9 2 74.9 2 74.9 2 .. 75.1
94 Tunisia 39.2 2 43.0 44.2 45.8 74.7 77.8 2 78.0 2 77.9 78.3 77.8 2
95 Jordan 51.4 49.2 48.2 .. 75.4 76.8 76.5 76.7 78.3 ..
96 Algeria 40.4 .. 41.9 42.1 .. 74.0 2 .. .. .. 78.0
97 Sri Lanka .. 37.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
98 Dominican Republic .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
99 Samoa .. .. .. .. 71.6 2 73.7 2 .. .. .. ..
100 Fiji 39.3 41.2 .. .. 72.8 73.6 2 .. .. .. ..
101 China 43.6 38.9 35.6 39.0 .. .. 66.6 2 67.4 2 68.0 2 68.7 2
102 Turkmenistan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
103 Thailand 41.0 41.4 39.4 38.4 .. 71.8 2 71.0 2 72.8 2 71.7 2 71.4 2
104 Suriname .. 47.8 42.7 .. .. 69.9 70.2 69.3 .. ..
105 El Salvador .. .. .. 45.0 69.5 75.4 74.7 76.8 73.4 ..
106 Gabon 65.5 .. .. .. 74.1 2 .. .. .. .. ..
107 Paraguay 43.2 43.0 45.3 2 .. 72.3 2 72.1 2 .. 70.2 .. 70.4
108 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) .. .. .. .. 83.4 2 .. .. 82.4 2 .. ..
109 Maldives .. .. .. .. 77.7 73.1 2 71.6 2 69.3 2 .. ..
110 Mongolia 32.9 31.8 27.6 24.7 66.0 78.3 79.1 .. .. 84.3
111 Moldova (Republic of) .. .. 35.0 1 34.8 1 71.6 1 71.1 1 71.9 1 71.6 1 70.5 1 69.5 1
112 Philippines 54.8 54.2 55.5 .. .. 78.9 78.0 .. 80.0 1 ..
113 Egypt 30.4 34.8 35.5 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
114 Occupied Palestinian Territory .. .. .. .. 77.5 2 80.0 2 79.3 2 78.3 76.9 75.1
115 Uzbekistan .. .. 30.7 .. 71.6 74.0 73.1 72.6 71.0 70.8
116 Micronesia (Federated States of) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
117 Guyana 41.7 38.4 .. 38.3 .. 83.7 .. 81.2 80.6 78.6
118 Botswana 42.9 49.2 .. 49.7 72.2 2 72.8 72.9 71.6 .. ..
119 Syrian Arab Republic 44.1 47.7 48.1 45.0 56.8 64.9 2 65.6 2 66.4 2 .. ..
120 Namibia .. .. .. 59.1 72.7 2 71.4 70.6 71.2 2 .. ..
121 Honduras 44.6 49.2 49.5 .. .. .. .. .. 71.8 1 ..
122 Kiribati .. .. 52.3 57.3 81.2 76.2 2 75.2 2 73.0 2 73.5 ..
123 South Africa .. .. 51.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
124 Indonesia .. 50.5 47.5 46.1 .. 69.3 2 70.3 74.5 74.5 77.6
125 Vanuatu .. .. .. .. 60.6 2 .. .. .. .. ..
126 Kyrgyzstan .. .. 33.1 32.2 76.1 77.3 77.4 77.0 77.3 2 76.4 1
127 Tajikistan .. .. .. 33.9 67.7 70.9 71.0 71.1 71.6 ..
128 Viet Nam 37.3 .. 34.9 37.3 63.8 .. .. .. .. ..
129 Nicaragua 40.5 41.3 40.8 44.2 .. .. .. .. .. ..
130 Morocco 28.3 2 .. 25.8 31.9 50.5 2 58.8 59.6 61.0 2 .. ..
131 Guatemala .. 34.4 .. 38.7 58.2 2 67.0 2 67.6 2 70.5 .. ..
132 Iraq 49.2 43.9 .. .. 53.5 .. .. .. .. ..
133 Cape Verde .. .. 50.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
134 India 29.0 31.2 32.7 33.2 52.1 2 60.8 61.2 62.6 .. ..
135 Ghana .. .. .. .. 48.4 2 52.6 2 55.0 59.0 .. 63.3 2
136 Equatorial Guinea .. .. .. .. 55.3 2 .. .. .. .. ..
137 Congo 54.7 55.0 50.1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
138 Lao People's Democratic Republic 38.4 36.6 36.4 40.3 55.0 58.8 58.4 58.4 59.0 ..
139 Cambodia .. 52.6 39.1 42.0 50.3 .. 58.6 58.1 .. ..
140 Swaziland 45.6 48.7 47.4 .. 58.2 60.0 62.4 2 63.7 2 .. ..
141 Bhutan 21.1 .. .. .. 50.2 2 54.3 2 56.5 2 .. 60.5 ..
142 Solomon Islands 34.3 35.5 37.1 .. 40.2 49.6 53.3 54.0 2 .. ..
143 Kenya 51.2 45.6 .. .. 52.6 58.8 2 59.3 2 62.9 2 .. 66.7
144 Sao Tome and Principe 49.1 41.5 44.9 .. .. 65.9 65.9 67.2 66.7 70.9
145 Pakistan .. .. .. .. .. 39.5 2 38.7 41.4 1 41.5 1 42.0 2
146 Bangladesh 22.8 22.6 26.0 .. .. 47.8 48.5 48.7 .. ..
147 Timor-Leste .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 67.8
148 Angola .. .. 26.9 .. .. .. .. 57.8 .. ..
149 Myanmar .. 35.0 33.8 1 37.1 .. .. .. 56.5 .. ..
150 Cameroon 37.7 40.2 40.3 .. .. 52.4 2 50.8 1 .. 57.5 60.4
151 Madagascar 48.6 42.7 35.0 30.6 .. 62.5 2 63.5 2 64.7 2 66.0 2 69.1 2
152 Tanzania (United Republic of) .. 36.1 .. 31.7 33.4 2 51.3 2 53.6 2 56.6 .. ..
153 Papua New Guinea 23.1 .. .. 29.3 .. .. .. .. .. ..
154 Yemen .. .. .. .. 49.5 2 54.4 .. .. .. ..
155 Senegal 18.5 22.0 1 .. .. .. 41.0 2 41.6 2 44.3 2 45.7 ..
156 Nigeria 37.9 43.9 .. .. 49.0 2 54.7 2 54.8 .. .. ..
157 Nepal .. .. 43.3 44.6 55.6 .. .. .. .. ..
158 Haiti 27.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
159 Mauritania .. .. 20.3 30.6 .. 47.7 49.4 1 50.3 2 .. ..
160 Lesotho 46.8 52.5 52.8 51.7 60.7 2 61.5 2 61.4 2 59.2 2 .. ..
161 Uganda 24.5 .. 33.1 32.6 66.6 63.3 2 63.0 2 63.4 2 65.5 66.8 2
162 Togo 44.5 34.3 2 37.3 41.7 54.5 2 57.5 2 59.8 2 56.7 2 .. ..
163 Comoros .. .. 36.4 .. 51.6 61.0 2 .. .. .. ..
164 Zambia .. .. 47.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
165 Djibouti .. .. .. .. 18.1 24.8 25.5 27.5 .. 30.4
166 Rwanda 26.2 27.9 31.7 .. 48.4 56.3 60.7 63.7 64.7 67.6
167 Benin 25.1 27.6 22.2 2 30.1 44.1 2 56.7 2 .. .. .. ..
168 Gambia .. .. .. 30.6 .. .. .. .. 57.3 ..
169 Sudan* 19.4 18.9 .. .. 29.1 34.1 2 38.1 2 38.0 2 .. ..
170 Côte d'Ivoire 31.6 30.3 .. 27.7 38.2 2 .. .. .. .. ..
171 Malawi 27.6 26.2 30.7 64.4 68.1 2 61.0 2 61.0 2 59.3 2 .. ..
172 Afghanistan .. .. 13.4 .. .. 51.4 2 56.4 2 55.0 2 .. 60.0 2
173 Zimbabwe 41.0 60.5 48.6 47.9 .. .. .. .. .. ..
174 Ethiopia 14.0 16.1 2 15.3 13.3 29.1 44.2 2 47.7 2 52.0 2 55.2 2 ..
175 Mali 11.3 10.2 11.6 16.8 31.1 2 42.0 2 44.3 2 47.3 2 50.0 52.7
176 Guinea-Bissau .. .. .. .. 40.3 62.0 64.6 .. .. ..
177 Eritrea .. .. .. 16.7 29.3 34.5 2 33.7 2 30.7 2 .. 29.6
178 Guinea .. 15.7 14.3 20.2 30.3 2 45.3 2 48.0 50.5 2 51.0 ..
179 Central African Republic 28.5 31.0 2 28.7 .. .. 30.3 .. .. 38.5 39.6
180 Sierra Leone .. 28.3 22.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
181 Burkina Faso 6.8 10.2 13.3 15.9 22.0 28.9 30.7 33.4 36.6 39.1
182 Liberia .. .. .. .. 65.3 .. .. .. .. ..
183 Chad .. 14.3 .. .. 31.0 37.1 2 37.2 2 37.9 2 42.6 2 45.6
184 Mozambique 33.8 25.8 .. 23.2 37.3 2 52.5 54.6 2 58.8 2 .. ..
185 Burundi 9.5 18.1 2 27.8 .. .. 38.3 2 46.9 51.4 54.9 59.4
186 Niger 9.7 9.6 11.5 .. 16.3 2 24.9 25.9 26.9 29.0 31.3
187 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 39.8 38.3 24.9 31.8 .. .. .. 47.0 2 51.4 1 52.1
.. Tuvalu .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. Somalia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.6 2 .. ..
.. San Marino .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. Nauru .. .. .. .. .. 64.9 1 60.1 53.0 56.1 ..
.. Monaco .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 105.0 1
.. Marshall Islands .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.. Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Footnotes
1. National estimate from UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
2. UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
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