Greenland

Europe & Central Asia · High income· 57K inhabitants

Last updated: November 1, 2025

Note: This country is classified as a microstate (population under 300,000) and is indexed but not included in GEFRI global or regional rankings. Microstates are excluded from rankings because their unique population size, geographic scale, and special conditions can result in atypical data patterns that may not be directly comparable with larger countries. This helps ensure that rankings are more meaningful and fair for all measured countries.

Futures readiness profile

Key insights: Greenland

Key areas of strength for Greenland: School Access and Gender Parity (91, 89th percentile), Governance (75, 88th percentile), and Human Capital (61, 86th percentile). This reflects substantial capacity for education futures readiness and may serve as models for broader policy learning or international benchmarking.

Critical gaps holding back overall readiness: Innovation (37, 41st percentile). Addressing weak points should be prioritized, as futures readiness demands robust performance across all GEFRI dimensions, not only in select areas.

Areas of untapped potential: Infrastructure (70, 67th percentile). While these scores are at or near the global average, substantial progress and greater ambition are needed to drive transformation and strengthen the country’s future in education.

Composite GEFRI Score

66.85

79th percentile

Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness

Component scores

School Access and Gender Parity90.51

Above global avg. · 89th %-tile

Infrastructure70.21

Above global avg. · 67th %-tile

Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.

Governance74.67

Above global avg. · 88th %-tile

Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.

Human Capital61.46

Above global avg. · 86th %-tile

Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.

Innovation37.41

Below global avg. · 41st %-tile

Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.

Regional peers: Europe & Central Asia

Global rank	Regional rank	Country	Score
1	1	Denmark	82.72
3	2	Netherlands	79.50
6	3	Switzerland	78.78
8	4	Sweden	77.99
10	5	United Kingdom	77.59
11	6	Finland	77.58
12	7	Austria	77.38
13	8	Germany	77.04
14	9	Norway	76.90
15	10	France	76.11
20	11	Estonia	73.95
21	12	Portugal	73.86
22	13	Czechia	72.79
23	14	Iceland	72.58
24	15	Slovenia	72.40
25	16	Lithuania	72.38
26	17	Belgium	72.24
—	—	Monaco(microstate)	72.06
27	18	Ireland	71.86
28	19	Poland	71.55
29	20	Spain	70.94
30	21	Luxembourg	70.92
32	22	Italy	70.58
33	23	Greece	70.36
35	24	Cyprus	69.97
—	—	Channel Islands(microstate)	69.90
—	—	Isle of Man(microstate)	69.40
36	25	Latvia	69.26
—	—	Liechtenstein(microstate)	68.87
—	—	Faroe Islands(microstate)	68.81
37	26	Hungary	67.00
—	—	Greenland(microstate)	66.85
38	27	Croatia	66.82
—	—	Andorra(microstate)	65.72
—	—	San Marino(microstate)	65.04
—	—	Gibraltar(microstate)	64.69
40	28	Bulgaria	64.26
43	29	Moldova	63.71
45	30	Serbia	63.53
46	31	Turkiye	62.81
48	32	Slovak Republic	62.07
51	33	Montenegro	61.21
53	34	Armenia	60.65
55	35	Russian Federation	60.36
57	36	Albania	59.96
58	37	Kosovo	59.54
59	38	North Macedonia	59.53
60	39	Kazakhstan	59.36
63	40	Georgia	59.09
65	41	Belarus	57.96
66	42	Bosnia and Herzegovina	57.65
70	43	Uzbekistan	56.74
77	44	Romania	54.62
79	45	Kyrgyz Republic	54.12
84	46	Ukraine	53.20
95	47	Turkmenistan	50.01
100	48	Tajikistan	49.38
104	49	Azerbaijan	48.36