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Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) by country

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.

Countries reporting
184
Highest
175.7%
Sierra Leone
Lowest
61.5%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
101.5%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
6,369

What the numbers show

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 175.7% in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 61.5% in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 101.5%, and the mean is 104.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 341.2%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 41.7%).

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sierra Leone 175.7% 2018 up 57.9% rising
2 Mozambique 168.8% 2018 up 12.0% rising
3 Guinea-Bissau 158.4% 2010 up 79.5% rising
4 Madagascar 157.2% 2018 down 8.5% rising
5 Haiti 155.3% 1997 down 2.0% rising
6 British Virgin Islands 150.0% 2017 up 24.0% rising
7 Nepal 147.5% 2019 down 8.1% rising
8 Benin 143.5% 2018 down 5.0% volatile
9 Togo 139.8% 2018 up 36.1% rising
10 Nicaragua 139.7% 2010 down 3.9% rising
11 Uganda 139.6% 2017 down 10.1% rising
12 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 134.7% 2015 up 23.8% rising
13 Naoero 132.6% 2016 up 45.1% rising
14 Myanmar 130.6% 2017 up 18.2% rising
15 Malawi 130.1% 2018 down 17.1% rising
16 Ethiopia 129.2% 2015 down 0.3% rising
17 Burundi 127.0% 2018 up 2.8% volatile
18 Papua New Guinea 124.3% 2016 up 341.2% rising
19 Rwanda 123.6% 2018 down 41.7% rising
20 Angola 120.5% 2011 up 98.8% rising
21 Hong Kong, China 117.2% 2018 up 4.3% rising
22 Viet Nam 117.0% 2018 up 16.1% rising
23 San Marino 116.0% 2018 down 7.3% rising
24 Samoa 116.0% 2018 up 10.0% flat
25 Central African Republic 115.7% 2016 up 117.4% rising
26 Namibia 113.9% 2018 up 9.9% flat
27 Lesotho 113.8% 2017 up 4.9% falling
28 Dominica 113.2% 2016 up 12.6% rising
29 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 111.6% 2018 up 6.7% rising
30 Tonga 111.3% 2013 up 4.4% falling
31 Albania 111.2% 2018 up 10.9% rising
32 Costa Rica 111.1% 2018 up 8.4% falling
33 Colombia 111.0% 2018 down 14.1% falling
34 Morocco 110.8% 2018 up 5.9% rising
35 Cameroon 110.5% 2018 up 9.0% rising
36 Zambia 110.0% 2017 down 8.3% rising
37 Tanzania, United Republic of 109.8% 2018 up 2.1% rising
38 Fiji 109.7% 2016 up 1.2% flat
39 Gibraltar 109.7% 2017 — falling
40 Bangladesh 109.3% 2018 up 0.3% rising
41 Iraq 109.1% 2007 up 5.9% rising
42 Malta 109.0% 2017 up 12.3% flat
43 Aruba 108.9% 2014 up 11.1% rising
44 Burkina Faso 108.1% 2018 up 25.7% volatile
45 Libya 108.0% 1983 down 6.2% flat
46 Solomon Islands 107.9% 2018 down 9.0% rising
47 Qatar 107.9% 2018 down 0.3% rising
48 Pakistan 107.3% 2018 up 9.4% rising
49 Gambia 107.1% 2016 up 15.6% rising
50 Saint Lucia 106.8% 2018 up 7.7% falling
51 Ecuador 106.6% 2018 down 17.1% falling
52 Guinea 106.5% 2016 up 36.9% volatile
53 Mauritania 106.3% 2018 down 7.9% rising
54 Malaysia 106.2% 2017 up 6.3% rising
55 Argentina 106.0% 2017 down 1.2% falling
56 Kazakhstan 106.0% 2019 down 1.2% rising
57 Tunisia 106.0% 2018 up 2.6% rising
58 Zimbabwe 105.8% 2013 down 16.6% falling
59 Vanuatu 105.8% 2013 down 12.0% flat
60 Peru 105.6% 2018 up 2.0% falling
61 Kyrgyzstan 105.5% 2018 up 4.5% rising
62 Mexico 105.4% 2017 down 5.4% falling
63 Dominican Republic 105.3% 2018 up 1.7% falling
64 Luxembourg 105.1% 2017 up 6.9% rising
65 Germany 104.9% 2017 up 2.9% flat
66 Israel 104.9% 2017 down 0.5% flat
67 Cuba 104.8% 2018 up 11.4% falling
68 Tajikistan 104.7% 2017 up 9.2% rising
69 North Macedonia 104.7% 2017 up 15.0% flat
70 Iran, Islamic Republic of 104.6% 2017 up 3.5% rising
71 Seychelles 104.6% 2018 down 1.4% flat
72 Bhutan 104.6% 2018 down 3.4% rising
73 Guatemala 104.6% 2018 down 14.0% rising
74 Portugal 104.5% 2009 down 5.0% flat
75 Ghana 104.5% 2019 down 3.6% rising
76 Lithuania 104.0% 2017 up 4.5% flat
77 United States of America 103.9% 2015 down 2.7% flat
78 China 103.3% 2018 up 1.7% flat
79 Mauritius 103.2% 2018 up 1.1% flat
80 Kiribati 102.5% 2017 down 8.1% rising
81 Iceland 102.5% 2017 down 2.3% flat
82 Egypt 102.4% 2018 up 4.4% rising
83 Cambodia 102.3% 2018 down 19.8% falling
84 Georgia 102.2% 2018 down 3.8% falling
85 Comoros 102.0% 2018 up 19.9% rising
86 Netherlands 101.9% 1985 up 5.1% flat
87 Oman 101.9% 2018 down 3.0% rising
88 Russian Federation 101.8% 2017 — flat
89 Sweden 101.7% 2017 down 0.9% flat
90 Switzerland 101.6% 2017 up 6.5% flat
91 Slovenia 101.6% 2017 down 0.7% flat
92 Algeria 101.5% 2018 down 3.2% rising
93 India 101.5% 2018 down 17.8% rising
94 Palestine, State of 101.2% 2018 up 14.8% rising
95 Austria 101.1% 2017 down 0.1% flat
96 Brunei Darussalam 101.0% 2018 down 5.7% rising
97 Czechia 100.8% 2017 down 7.6% flat
98 Greece 100.7% 2017 up 3.8% flat
99 Uruguay 100.6% 2016 down 4.2% rising
100 Norway 100.5% 2017 up 0.4% flat
101 Indonesia 100.5% 2018 down 11.5% flat
102 Korea 100.5% 2017 down 7.4% falling
103 Canada 100.4% 2011 down 0.7% flat
104 Uzbekistan 100.4% 2018 up 8.8% rising
105 Senegal 100.2% 2018 down 1.0% rising
106 Lao People's Democratic Republic 100.1% 2018 down 18.1% rising
107 Mongolia 99.9% 2018 down 26.4% flat
108 Trinidad and Tobago 99.9% 2010 up 6.2% rising
109 South Africa 99.8% 2017 down 14.2% falling
110 Saint Kitts and Nevis 99.7% 2016 down 5.1% falling
111 Serbia 99.7% 2018 down 0.8% flat
112 Ukraine 99.7% 2014 down 2.5% flat
113 Antigua and Barbuda 99.6% 2018 down 8.0% flat
114 Grenada 99.6% 2018 down 5.2% flat
115 Latvia 99.3% 2017 down 1.3% flat
116 Liberia 99.3% 2017 down 11.0% rising
117 Chile 99.2% 2017 down 3.0% falling
118 Barbados 99.1% 2018 down 0.8% flat
119 Côte d'Ivoire 99.0% 2018 up 49.6% rising
120 Liechtenstein 98.9% 2017 down 6.3% rising
121 Yemen 98.9% 2016 down 8.0% rising
122 Gabon 98.9% 2003 down 23.3% falling
123 Denmark 98.9% 2017 down 0.5% flat
124 New Zealand 98.8% 2017 — flat
125 Finland 98.7% 2017 down 0.6% flat
126 Maldives 98.6% 2017 down 7.7% flat
127 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 98.5% 2018 down 14.5% falling
128 Sri Lanka 98.5% 2017 up 0.1% flat
129 Belgium 98.4% 2017 down 1.0% flat
130 Cape Verde 98.3% 2018 up 1.0% falling
131 Slovakia 98.3% 2017 down 5.0% flat
132 Congo 98.2% 2012 up 28.6% falling
133 Paraguay 98.2% 2012 down 14.1% falling
134 Croatia 98.0% 2016 up 2.8% rising
135 Cyprus 97.7% 2017 down 7.9% rising
136 Belize 97.7% 2018 down 4.4% falling
137 Chad 97.1% 2016 up 25.9% rising
138 United Arab Emirates 97.1% 2015 down 8.9% rising
139 Thailand 96.8% 2018 up 1.7% flat
140 Estonia 96.7% 2017 down 7.0% rising
141 Italy 96.3% 2017 down 7.2% flat
142 Poland 96.1% 2014 down 1.1% flat
143 Ireland 95.7% 2017 down 4.2% flat
144 Macau, China 95.6% 2018 up 6.9% falling
145 El Salvador 95.2% 2018 down 17.7% falling
146 Hungary 95.2% 2017 down 4.3% flat
147 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 94.9% 2017 down 8.8% falling
148 Azerbaijan 94.9% 2018 down 0.1% rising
149 Eswatini 94.9% 2017 down 15.0% rising
150 Türkiye 94.6% 2017 down 6.9% flat
151 Belarus 94.2% 2018 down 12.6% flat
152 Spain 93.9% 2017 down 11.3% flat
153 Botswana 93.9% 2014 down 12.6% rising
154 Philippines 93.5% 2017 down 21.3% falling
155 Kuwait 93.4% 2018 down 6.1% rising
156 Suriname 92.8% 2018 down 9.2% falling
157 Armenia 92.5% 2018 down 7.6% falling
158 Sao Tome and Principe 92.3% 2017 down 8.8% falling
159 Kenya 92.3% 2016 down 5.6% rising
160 Saudi Arabia 92.1% 2018 down 14.2% rising
161 Republic of Moldova 91.7% 2018 down 1.8% falling
162 Panama 91.4% 2017 down 16.8% falling
163 Bulgaria 91.4% 2017 down 22.7% flat
164 Guyana 91.3% 2012 down 24.8% flat
165 Honduras 90.5% 2017 down 21.8% falling
166 Afghanistan 90.4% 2018 up 22.2% volatile
167 Bahrain 89.5% 2018 up 2.5% falling
168 Montenegro 88.7% 2018 down 27.5% falling
169 Timor-Leste 87.5% 2018 down 37.5% falling
170 Romania 86.8% 2017 down 13.7% flat
171 Marshall Islands 85.8% 2016 down 27.5% falling
172 Sudan 84.0% 2017 up 18.0% rising
173 Bahamas 83.8% 2018 down 14.5% falling
174 Tuvalu 82.8% 2018 down 19.3% rising
175 Syrian Arab Republic 82.4% 2013 down 29.3% rising
176 Nigeria 80.4% 2010 down 22.8% falling
177 Jordan 79.7% 2018 down 8.4% falling
178 Jamaica 79.3% 2018 down 12.9% falling
179 Mali 76.1% 2017 up 2.2% rising
180 Djibouti 75.8% 2019 up 17.2% rising
181 Niger 71.3% 2018 up 6.8% volatile
182 Eritrea 68.7% 2018 down 3.2% rising
183 Bermuda 65.7% 2015 down 38.5% rising
184 Equatorial Guinea 61.5% 2015 down 21.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)
Unit
% of relevant age group
Source
Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
227 places, 6,369 data points, 1970–2019
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Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.