Primary School Enrollment

Africa Ranking

percent of all eligible childrenSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Malawi	144.81	2019	3	142.46
2 ↓	Sierra Leone	141.33	2020	1	143.73
3 ↑	Gabon	139.93	2011	4	137.53
4 ↓	Madagascar	134.06	2019	2	142.53
5	Rwanda	131.31	2019	5	133.04
6	Togo	126.27	2020	6	124.32
7	Namibia	124.25	2018	7	124.18
8 ↑	Ethiopia	119.4	2020	30	100.97
9 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	118.69	2010	8	122.44
10 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	118.46	2018	17	107.98
11 ↑	Mozambique	118.42	2020	12	116.38
12 ↓	Lesotho	117.7	2016	10	117.2
13 ↑	Morocco	115.15	2020	15	114.76
14 ↓	Burundi	115.12	2021	9	121.42
15 ↓	Swaziland	114.69	2018	14	115.16
16 ↓	Benin	114.15	2020	11	116.71
17 ↓	Tunisia	113.45	2020	13	115.45
18 ↓	Algeria	111.28	2020	16	108.85
19 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	106.79	2017	20	106.19
20 ↓	Egypt	106.41	2019	19	106.28
21 ↑	Cameroon	105.75	2019	26	103.4
22 ↑	Libya	105.47	2004	27	103.25
23 ↓	Botswana	103.72	2014	21	105
24 ↑	Gambia	103.53	2020	28	101.66
25	Ghana	103.44	2020	25	103.57
26 ↓	Kenya	103.21	2016	24	103.66
27 ↓	Uganda	102.7	2017	23	104
28 ↑	Central African Republic	102.02	2016	44	87.81
29 ↓	Cape Verde	100.89	2019	22	104.03
30 ↑	Seychelles	100.79	2020	31	100.38
30 ↑	Guinea	100.79	2020	40	91.51
32	Ivory Coast	100.46	2020	32	100.32
33	Mauritania	100.41	2019	33	99.89
34 ↑	Comoros	99.51	2018	35	99.45
35 ↓	Zambia	98.72	2017	29	101.46
36 ↓	Mauritius	98.4	2021	34	99.52
37 ↓	South Africa	98.37	2019	36	98.54
38 ↓	Zimbabwe	97.3	2020	37	97.14
39 ↓	Tanzania	96.91	2020	38	96.27
40 ↓	Republic of the Congo	93.7	2018	18	106.64
41 ↓	Burkina Faso	92.63	2020	39	94.54
42	Chad	89.19	2019	42	89.73
43	Liberia	85.11	2017	43	89.47
44 ↓	Nigeria	84.73	2016	41	90.1
45	Senegal	83.01	2020	45	82.07
46 ↑	Sudan	78.95	2018	47	76.82
47 ↓	Mali	75.6	2018	46	80.17
48 ↑	Niger	74.74	2017	49	73.43
49 ↓	Djibouti	73.85	2020	48	75.29
50 ↑	Eritrea	68.43	2018	51	68.47
51 ↓	Equatorial Guinea	61.78	2015	50	69.14
52	Somalia	14.41	1986	52	15.51

Definition of Primary School Enrollment

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.