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

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/)

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Belgium 54.18 2019
2 Malta 42.65 2019
3 United Kingdom 31.88 2019
4 Spain 31.53 2019
5 Monaco 31.52 2021
6 Hungary 18.06 2019
7 Denmark 17.38 2019
8 France 15.12 2019
9 Portugal 12.79 2019
10 Luxembourg 12.38 2019
11 Sweden 10.98 2019
12 Cyprus 10.23 2019
13 Albania 9.05 2020
14 Slovak Republic 8.23 2019
15 Estonia 6.41 2019
16 Poland 6.37 2019
17 Austria 6.27 2019
18 Greece 5.98 2019
19 Italy 5.98 2019
20 Switzerland 5.50 2019
21 Germany 5.16 2019
22 Turkey 4.98 2019
23 Lithuania 4.33 2019
24 Norway 3.55 2019
25 Liechtenstein 3.49 2019
26 Andorra 3.34 2020
27 Czech Republic 2.93 2019
28 Iceland 2.66 2019
29 Latvia 2.53 2019
30 Moldova 2.08 2020
31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.92 2020
32 Finland 1.81 2019
33 Bulgaria 1.67 2019
34 Romania 1.47 2019
35 Slovenia 1.22 2019
36 Ukraine 1.19 2020
37 Croatia 0.78 2019
38 North Macedonia 0.64 2018
39 Ireland 0.58 2019
40 Montenegro 0.48 2020
41 Netherlands 0.39 2019
42 Serbia 0.20 2020
43 Belarus 0.11 2018
44 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