Students enrolled in primary education (thousands)

Name: Students enrolled in primary education (thousands)
Creator: GK Maps

Which countries lead the world in students enrolled in primary education (thousands)? Explore the full ranking on the map below.

Students enrolled in primary education (thousands) — 163 countries (thousands)
1	India	131,298
2	China	107,540
3	Nigeria	30,456
4	Indonesia	28,619
5	Pakistan	23,849
6	United States of America	23,833
7	Dem. Rep. Congo	21,146
8	Bangladesh	16,253
9	Ethiopia	15,546
10	Brazil	15,130
11	Egypt	15,066
12	Mexico	13,502
13	Philippines	12,953
14	Tanzania	11,429
15	Vietnam	9,193
16	Uganda	8,841
17	Iran	8,670
18	Kenya	8,019
19	Mozambique	7,656
20	South Africa	7,631
21	Russia	7,555
22	Afghanistan	6,778
23	Japan	6,310
24	Turkey	5,434
25	Myanmar	5,300
26	Angola	5,248
27	Sudan	5,234
28	Algeria	5,188
29	Cameroon	5,156
30	Madagascar	5,113
31	United Kingdom	4,865
32	Iraq	4,864
33	Argentina	4,787
34	Ghana	4,760
35	Morocco	4,683
36	Côte d'Ivoire	4,633
37	Thailand	4,612
38	Malawi	4,288
39	France	4,214
40	Colombia	4,140
41	Zambia	4,085
42	Yemen	3,900
43	Peru	3,776
44	Nepal	3,611
45	Venezuela	3,541
46	Saudi Arabia	3,311
47	Germany	3,214
48	Malaysia	3,092
49	Niger	3,023
50	Mali	2,973
51	Chad	2,955
52	Zimbabwe	2,953
53	Spain	2,863
54	Rwanda	2,838
55	Burkina Faso	2,836
56	South Korea	2,674
57	Italy	2,625
58	Uzbekistan	2,544
59	Guatemala	2,414
60	Canada	2,387
61	Senegal	2,340
62	Burundi	2,302
63	Australia	2,260
64	Cambodia	2,198
65	Syria	2,172
66	Guinea	2,072
67	Sierra Leone	2,017
68	SSD	1,823
69	Ecuador	1,773
70	Togo	1,664
71	Poland	1,599
72	Sri Lanka	1,576
73	Kazakhstan	1,574
74	Chile	1,527
75	Ukraine	1,524
76	North Korea	1,508
77	Bolivia	1,394
78	Papua New Guinea	1,394
79	Tunisia	1,338
80	Dominican Rep.	1,165
81	Netherlands	1,142
82	Jordan	1,105
83	Honduras	1,074
84	Israel	1,017
85	Tajikistan	995
86	Congo	881
87	Nicaragua	880
88	Romania	873
89	Sweden	867
90	Mauritania	862
91	Belgium	815
92	Central African Rep.	814
93	Libya	755
94	Laos	742
95	Cuba	727
96	Paraguay	719
97	Turkmenistan	633
98	El Salvador	610
99	Kyrgyzstan	608
100	Greece	588
101	Portugal	588
102	Liberia	570
103	Namibia	565
104	Czechia	555
105	United Arab Emirates	555
106	Switzerland	550
107	Ireland	549
108	Lebanon	524
109	Costa Rica	474
110	Belarus	452
111	Panama	443
112	Norway	438
113	Denmark	436
114	Gambia	428
115	Botswana	382
116	Mongolia	382
117	Hungary	381
118	New Zealand	379
119	Finland	365
120	Austria	360
121	Oman	348
122	Georgia	345
123	Hong Kong	338
124	Lesotho	312
125	Uruguay	288
126	Gabon	284
127	Guinea-Bissau	279
128	Kuwait	265
129	Serbia	254
130	Slovakia	242
131	Singapore	238
132	Bulgaria	233
133	eSwatini	222
134	Jamaica	195
135	Qatar	173
136	Armenia	156
137	Croatia	149
138	Albania	147
139	Bosnia and Herz.	142
140	Moldova	137
141	Slovenia	133
142	Trinidad and Tobago	129
143	Eq. Guinea	123
144	Latvia	122
145	Bahrain	118
146	Lithuania	116
147	Fiji	115
148	North Macedonia	106
149	Guyana	91
150	Estonia	90
151	MUS	89
152	Djibouti	70
153	Cyprus	57
154	Maldives	46
155	Belize	45
156	Suriname	43
157	Luxembourg	41
158	Brunei	39
159	Montenegro	39
160	Macau	38
161	Iceland	33
162	Malta	27
163	Barbados	17

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