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01Human development index
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education (%)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2005
1 Iceland 95.4 1
2 Norway 99.2
3 Australia 113.0 2
4 Canada 99.2 1 3
5 Ireland 99.9
6 Sweden 95.3
7 Switzerland 85.7
8 Japan 85.9
9 Netherlands 98.4
10 France 96.5
11 Finland 101.0 2
12 United States 93.3
13 Spain 98.0
14 Denmark 102.7 2
15 Austria 91.9
16 United Kingdom 93.0 1
17 Belgium 95.1
18 Luxembourg 84.7 4
19 New Zealand 108.4 2
20 Italy 90.6
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 76.3
22 Germany 88.0 1
23 Israel 89.6
24 Greece 99.0
25 Singapore 87.3 3 5
26 Korea (Republic of) 96.0
27 Slovenia 94.3
28 Cyprus 77.6 1
29 Portugal 89.8
30 Brunei Darussalam 77.7
31 Barbados 88.9 3
32 Czech Republic 82.9
33 Kuwait 74.9
34 Malta 80.9
35 Qatar 77.7
36 Hungary 89.3
37 Poland 87.2
38 Argentina 89.7 3
39 United Arab Emirates 59.9 1 3
40 Chile 82.9
41 Bahrain 86.1
42 Slovakia 78.3
43 Lithuania 91.4
44 Estonia 92.4
45 Latvia 90.2
46 Uruguay 88.9 1 3
47 Croatia 73.5 3
48 Costa Rica 73.0 1
49 Bahamas 70.8
50 Seychelles 82.2 1
51 Cuba 87.6
52 Mexico 75.6
53 Bulgaria 81.5
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis 73.1 1
55 Tonga 80.1 1
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 94.1 1 3
57 Antigua and Barbuda .. 6
58 Oman 67.1
59 Trinidad and Tobago 64.9 1
60 Romania 76.8
61 Saudi Arabia 76.0
62 Panama 79.5
63 Malaysia 74.3 3
64 Belarus 88.7
65 Mauritius 75.3 1
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 69.0 3 7
67 Russian Federation 88.9 1
68 Albania 68.6 3
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 70.1
70 Brazil 87.5 3
71 Dominica 81.0 1
72 Saint Lucia 74.8
73 Kazakhstan 93.8
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 75.5 1 3
75 Colombia 75.1
76 Ukraine 86.5
77 Samoa 73.7 1
78 Thailand 71.2 1
79 Dominican Republic 74.1 1 3
80 Belize 81.8 1
81 China 69.1 1
82 Grenada 73.1 1
83 Armenia 70.8
84 Turkey 68.7 1
85 Suriname 77.1 1
86 Jordan 78.1
87 Peru 85.8 1
88 Lebanon 84.6
89 Ecuador .. 6
90 Philippines 81.1
91 Tunisia 76.3
92 Fiji 74.8 1
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68.9
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 72.8 1
95 Paraguay 69.1 1 3
96 Georgia 76.3
97 Guyana 85.0
98 Azerbaijan 67.1
99 Sri Lanka 62.7 1 3
100 Maldives 65.8 1
101 Jamaica 77.9 1
102 Cape Verde 66.4
103 El Salvador 70.4
104 Algeria 73.7 1
105 Viet Nam 63.9
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 82.4 1
107 Indonesia 68.2 1
108 Syrian Arab Republic 64.8 1
109 Turkmenistan .. 6
110 Nicaragua 70.6 1
111 Moldova 69.7 1
112 Egypt 76.9 1
113 Uzbekistan 73.8 1 3
114 Mongolia 77.4
115 Honduras 71.2 1
116 Kyrgyzstan 77.7
117 Bolivia 86.0 1 3
118 Guatemala 67.3 1
119 Gabon 72.4 1 3
120 Vanuatu 63.4 1
121 South Africa 77.0 3
122 Tajikistan 70.8
123 Sao Tome and Principe 65.2
124 Botswana 69.5 1
125 Namibia 64.7 1
126 Morocco 58.5 1
127 Equatorial Guinea 58.1 1 3
128 India 63.8 1
129 Solomon Islands 47.6
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 61.5
131 Cambodia 60.0 1
132 Myanmar 49.5 1
133 Bhutan .. 6
134 Comoros 46.4 1
135 Ghana 50.7 1
136 Pakistan 40.0 1
137 Mauritania 45.6
138 Lesotho 66.0 1
139 Congo 51.4 1
140 Bangladesh 56.0 3
141 Swaziland 59.8 1
142 Nepal 58.1 1
143 Madagascar 59.7 1
144 Cameroon 62.3 1
145 Papua New Guinea 40.7 1 3
146 Haiti .. 6
147 Sudan 37.3 1
148 Kenya 60.6 1
149 Djibouti 25.3
150 Timor-Leste 72.0 1
151 Zimbabwe 52.4 1 3
152 Togo 55.0 1
153 Yemen 55.2
154 Uganda 63.0 1
155 Gambia 50.1 1 3
156 Senegal 39.6 1
157 Eritrea 35.3 1
158 Nigeria 56.2 1
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 50.4 1
160 Guinea 45.1 1
161 Rwanda 50.9 1
162 Angola 25.6 1 3
163 Benin 50.7 1
164 Malawi 63.1 1
165 Zambia 60.5 1
166 Côte d'Ivoire 39.6 1 3
167 Burundi 37.9 1
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 33.7 1 3
169 Ethiopia 42.1 1
170 Chad 37.5 1
171 Central African Republic 29.8 1 3
172 Mozambique 52.9
173 Mali 36.7
174 Niger 22.7
175 Guinea-Bissau 36.7 1 3
176 Burkina Faso 29.3
177 Sierra Leone 44.6 3

Notes :
1 - National or UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimate.
2 - For purposes of calculating the HDI, a value of 100% was applied.
3 - Data refer to a year other than that specified.
4 - Statec. 2006. Correspondence on gross enrolment ratio for Luxembourg. May. Luxembourg. Data refer to nationals enrolled both in the country and abroad and thus differ from the standard definition.
5 - Data are from national sources.
6 - Because the combined gross enrolment ratio was unavailable, the following HDRO estimates were used: Antigua and Barbuda 76, Bhutan 52, Ecuador 75, Haiti 53 and Turkmenistan 73.
7 - UNDP (United Nations Development Programme). 2007. Social Inclusion in BiH. National Human Development Report for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo.

Source :
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Institute for Statistics. 2007c. Correspondence on gross and net enrolment ratios, children reaching grade 5 and tertiary education. April. Montreal, unless otherwise specified.