School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) - Country Ranking

Definition: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Macao SAR, China 97.44 2020
2 Belize 81.79 2020
3 Grenada 77.42 2018
4 Haiti 76.71 1998
5 United Arab Emirates 76.33 2017
6 Trinidad and Tobago 72.13 2010
7 Lebanon 71.20 2020
8 Qatar 63.54 2020
9 Chile 62.63 2019
10 Equatorial Guinea 58.67 2015
11 Belgium 54.18 2019
12 Antigua and Barbuda 48.76 2018
13 Liberia 48.33 2017
14 Cayman Islands 46.74 2020
15 India 45.12 2020
16 Gabon 43.86 2011
17 Congo 42.67 2018
18 Malta 42.65 2019
19 Brunei 41.19 2020
20 Suriname 41.01 2019
21 Kuwait 40.90 2020
22 Dominica 40.81 2020
23 Mali 39.93 2018
24 Bahrain 37.17 2019
25 Mauritius 36.93 2021
26 Guinea 35.47 2020
27 Jordan 34.92 2020
28 Pakistan 34.30 2019
29 Togo 33.15 2020
30 The Gambia 32.09 2020
31 United Kingdom 31.88 2019
32 Spain 31.53 2019
33 Monaco 31.52 2021
34 New Caledonia 31.31 1991
35 Ghana 29.79 2020
36 Australia 29.54 2019
37 Guinea-Bissau 27.69 2010
38 Argentina 26.08 2019
39 Benin 25.49 2020
40 Solomon Islands 24.89 2019
41 Peru 24.08 2020
42 Cameroon 24.03 2019
43 Puerto Rico 23.98 2018
44 Bangladesh 23.90 2018
45 Burkina Faso 23.39 2020
46 Israel 23.25 2019
47 Dominican Republic 22.93 2020
48 Indonesia 22.85 2018
49 The Bahamas 22.67 2018
50 St. Kitts and Nevis 22.62 2016
51 Ecuador 22.49 2020
52 Thailand 22.22 2020
53 Palau 22.13 2020
54 Paraguay 20.95 2020
55 Madagascar 20.94 2019
56 Colombia 19.91 2019
57 Nigeria 19.74 2018
58 Samoa 19.69 2020
59 Uganda 19.61 2017
60 Venezuela 19.15 2017
61 Hong Kong SAR, China 19.14 2020
62 Brazil 18.66 2019
63 Comoros 18.59 2018
64 Oman 18.43 2020
65 Hungary 18.06 2019
66 Tonga 17.85 2020
67 Djibouti 17.84 2021
68 Morocco 17.83 2020
69 Denmark 17.38 2019
70 Senegal 17.31 2020
71 Uruguay 17.06 2019
72 Côte d'Ivoire 16.97 2020
73 Central African Republic 16.73 2016
74 Nepal 16.57 2019
75 Nauru 16.36 1998
76 Kenya 15.99 2014
77 Mauritania 15.96 2019
78 Saudi Arabia 15.73 2020
79 Nicaragua 15.55 2010
80 Chad 15.21 2019
81 France 15.12 2019
82 Dem. Rep. Congo 14.81 2018
83 Tuvalu 14.78 2020
84 Angola 14.12 2015
85 Panama 13.93 2020
86 El Salvador 13.84 2019
87 Seychelles 13.69 2020
88 Barbados 13.40 2020
89 Zimbabwe 13.14 2020
90 Timor-Leste 12.85 2019
91 Portugal 12.79 2019
92 Guatemala 12.78 2020
93 Luxembourg 12.38 2019
94 Iran 11.77 2017
95 Honduras 11.41 2020
96 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 11.21 2018
97 Georgia 11.01 2020
98 Sweden 10.98 2019
99 Eritrea 10.64 2018
100 Bolivia 10.44 2019
101 Cyprus 10.23 2019
102 Jamaica 10.08 2020
103 Mexico 9.78 2019
104 Egypt 9.35 2019
105 Philippines 9.34 2019
106 Albania 9.05 2020
107 Costa Rica 8.98 2020
108 China 8.89 2020
109 United States 8.84 2019
110 Lesotho 8.67 2017
111 Malaysia 8.55 2019
112 Sudan 8.48 2018
113 Slovak Republic 8.23 2019
114 Tunisia 7.71 2020
115 Botswana 7.39 2015
116 Lao PDR 7.36 2020
117 Afghanistan 7.30 2019
118 Guyana 7.13 2012
119 Estonia 6.41 2019
120 Mongolia 6.37 2019
121 Poland 6.37 2019
122 Canada 6.36 2019
123 Austria 6.27 2019
124 Greece 5.98 2019
125 St. Lucia 5.98 2020
126 Italy 5.98 2019
127 Namibia 5.93 2018
128 Cambodia 5.68 2019
129 Switzerland 5.50 2019
130 Germany 5.16 2019
131 Sierra Leone 5.13 2020
132 Yemen 5.04 2016
133 Vanuatu 5.01 2020
134 South Africa 5.00 2019
135 Turkey 4.98 2019
136 Myanmar 4.93 2018
137 Libya 4.65 2006
138 Lithuania 4.33 2019
139 Rwanda 4.31 2019
140 Tanzania 4.26 2020
141 Ethiopia 4.24 2020
142 Singapore 4.09 2019
143 Syrian Arab Republic 3.94 2013
144 Bhutan 3.65 2020
145 Niger 3.55 2019
146 Norway 3.55 2019
147 Liechtenstein 3.49 2019
148 Andorra 3.34 2020
149 Zambia 3.18 2013
150 Sri Lanka 3.16 2019
151 Kyrgyz Republic 3.03 2020
152 Czech Republic 2.93 2019
153 Eswatini 2.66 2019
154 Iceland 2.66 2019
155 Latvia 2.53 2019
156 Armenia 2.48 2020
157 Burundi 2.18 2021
158 Moldova 2.08 2020
159 Malawi 2.07 2017
160 Mozambique 1.97 2020
161 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.92 2020
162 New Zealand 1.88 2019
163 Finland 1.81 2019
164 Bulgaria 1.67 2019
165 Kazakhstan 1.63 2020
166 Cabo Verde 1.59 2019
167 Korea 1.52 2019
168 Romania 1.47 2019
169 Vietnam 1.40 2020
170 São Tomé and Principe 1.38 2017
171 Algeria 1.29 2020
172 Papua New Guinea 1.24 2018
173 Slovenia 1.22 2019
174 Japan 1.20 2019
175 Ukraine 1.19 2020
176 Tajikistan 1.14 2017
177 Azerbaijan 0.95 2020
178 Russia 0.84 2019
179 Croatia 0.78 2019
180 North Macedonia 0.64 2018
181 Ireland 0.58 2019
182 Uzbekistan 0.50 2020
183 Montenegro 0.48 2020
184 Netherlands 0.39 2019
185 Serbia 0.20 2020
186 Belarus 0.11 2018
187 Iraq 0.00 1991
187 Kiribati 0.00 1993
187 Fiji 0.00 2019
187 Cuba 0.00 1995
187 Somalia 0.00 1986
187 San Marino 0.00 1994

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Development Relevance: The share of enrollment in private institutions indicates the scale and capacity of private education within a country. A high percentage suggests strong involvement of the non-governmental sector (including religious bodies, other organizations, associations, communities, private enterprises or persons) in providing organized educational programmes. However, in countries where private institutions are substantially subsidized or aided by the government, the distinction between private and public educational institutions may be less clear-cut especially when certain students are directly financed through government scholarships.

Limitations and Exceptions: Religious or private schools, which are not registered with the government or don't follow the common national curriculum, may not be captured.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The share of students in private primary school is calculated by dividing the number of students enrolled in private educational institutions at primary level by total enrollment (public and private) at the same level of education, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual