Primary School Enrollment

Asia Ranking

percent of all eligible childrenSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Nepal	142.14	2019	1	143.92
2 ↑	Bangladesh	119.56	2020	3	116.47
3 ↑	Vietnam	117.16	2020	4	115.44
4 ↓	Turkmenistan	116.99	2020	2	117.91
5	Burma (Myanmar)	112.31	2018	5	112.22
6	Hong Kong	107.83	2020	6	109.32
7 ↑	Indonesia	106.41	2018	9	105.91
8 ↑	Bhutan	105.81	2020	21	100.14
9 ↓	Cambodia	105.35	2020	7	106.47
10	Malaysia	104.38	2019	10	104.94
11	Russia	104.17	2019	11	104.68
12 ↑	Mongolia	103.42	2019	14	104.04
13 ↑	China	103.17	2020	15	101.93
14 ↓	Kyrgyzstan	102.64	2020	8	106.05
15 ↑	Thailand	102.23	2020	18	101.05
16 ↑	South Korea	100.99	2019	24	99.61
17 ↑	Tajikistan	100.86	2017	26	97.99
18 ↑	Singapore	100.69	2019	19	100.26
19 ↓	Kazakhstan	100.32	2020	12	104.37
20	Sri Lanka	100.23	2019	20	100.16
21 ↓	Uzbekistan	100.07	2020	13	104.23
22 ↑	India	99.9	2020	29	96.83
23 ↓	Macao	99.25	2020	17	101.34
24 ↓	Philippines	99.15	2019	16	101.86
25 ↓	Laos	98.81	2020	23	100.05
26 ↓	Brunei	98.31	2020	22	100.1
27 ↑	Maldives	98.04	2019	30	96.6
28	Japan	97.59	2018	28	97.71
29 ↓	Azerbaijan	95.81	2020	27	97.94
30 ↑	Pakistan	95.48	2019	31	94.33
31 ↓	North Korea	89.32	2018	25	99.39

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.