Education
Enrolment and public spending. Gross enrolment ratios can exceed 100%; they are not the share of children attending school.
Primary school enrolment (gross)
% gross enrolment · 2000–2026
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Showing selected countries and up to 12 suggestions. Search by name or code across 217 countries and economies.Selected window: 2000–2026. Solid: observed · Dashed: estimate/projection · Dotted: source status unclassified · Diamond: 2026.
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Gross education ratios can exceed 100% because the numerator can include students outside the official age group used in the denominator.
Compare the same definition and period. Differences are descriptive, not causal. National measurement methods may differ; crude rates are not age-standardised. Missing uncertainty intervals in this feed do not mean an estimate is exact.
At the same point in time
Latest comparable common year within this selection: 2022.
United States minus Portugal: -11.13 percentage points.
Japan minus Portugal: -7.01 percentage points.
Calculated by World in Stats from the named source values. Differences are not causal effects.Available indicators
Primary school enrolment (gross)
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.
% gross enrolment · 203/217 profiles · latest year by country 2005–2025Secondary school enrolment (gross)
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.
% gross enrolment · 195/217 profiles · latest year by country 2000–2025Tertiary education enrolment (gross)
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.
% of GDP · 200/217 profiles · latest year by country 2002–2025Government expenditure on education
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP.