Greenland

Europe & Central Asia · High income· 57K inhabitants

Last updated: May 27, 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 (92, 91st percentile), Governance (75, 88th percentile), and Human Capital (64, 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 (71, 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

68.00

80th percentile

Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness

Component scores

School Access and Gender Parity92.16

Above global avg. · 91st %-tile

Governance74.67

Above global avg. · 88th %-tile

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

Infrastructure71.33

Above global avg. · 67th %-tile

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

Human Capital64.42

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	83.51
2	2	Netherlands	80.63
5	3	Switzerland	79.24
7	4	Sweden	78.95
9	5	Finland	78.38
11	6	United Kingdom	77.81
12	7	Austria	77.77
13	8	Germany	77.36
14	9	Norway	77.19
15	10	France	76.74
19	11	Estonia	74.99
21	12	Portugal	74.34
22	13	Slovenia	73.18
23	14	Lithuania	73.07
24	15	Belgium	73.00
25	16	Ireland	72.60
26	17	Iceland	72.57
27	18	Czechia	72.45
28	19	Luxembourg	72.30
29	20	Poland	72.06
31	21	Spain	71.30
32	22	Greece	71.08
33	23	Cyprus	70.97
—	—	Channel Islands(microstate)	70.92
35	24	Italy	70.66
—	—	Isle of Man(microstate)	70.42
—	—	Monaco(microstate)	70.35
36	25	Latvia	70.07
—	—	Faroe Islands(microstate)	69.85
—	—	Liechtenstein(microstate)	69.59
—	—	Andorra(microstate)	68.90
—	—	Greenland(microstate)	68.00
37	26	Hungary	67.66
38	27	Croatia	67.25
—	—	Gibraltar(microstate)	66.03
40	28	Bulgaria	65.35
41	29	Serbia	65.10
43	30	Georgia	64.34
—	—	San Marino(microstate)	63.94
46	31	Moldova	63.79
47	32	Turkiye	63.15
52	33	Montenegro	61.53
53	34	Kosovo	61.15
55	35	Kazakhstan	60.98
56	36	Slovak Republic	60.98
58	37	Russian Federation	60.45
62	38	North Macedonia	59.33
66	39	Armenia	58.05
71	40	Belarus	56.57
73	41	Albania	56.34
75	42	Kyrgyz Republic	56.28
76	43	Uzbekistan	56.04
78	44	Romania	55.54
81	45	Ukraine	54.12
89	46	Azerbaijan	52.75
94	47	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.19
97	48	Turkmenistan	50.26
109	49	Tajikistan	46.46