Statizoid

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% 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
193.4%
Angola
Lowest
63.1%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
101.6%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
6,369

What the numbers show

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 193.4% in Angola; the lowest is 63.1% in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 101.6%, and the mean is 105.9%.

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

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 303.9%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 39.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Angola 193.4% 2011 up 141.1% rising
2 Mozambique 173.9% 2018 up 7.2% rising
3 Haiti 169.8% 1997 down 5.4% rising
4 Sierra Leone 168.0% 2018 up 39.0% rising
5 Guinea-Bissau 162.4% 2010 up 36.6% rising
6 Madagascar 153.9% 2018 down 11.8% rising
7 Ethiopia 153.6% 2015 up 9.8% rising
8 British Virgin Islands 150.3% 2017 up 32.3% rising
9 Benin 150.2% 2018 down 9.5% rising
10 Nicaragua 146.2% 2010 down 4.6% rising
11 Nepal 145.7% 2019 down 4.0% rising
12 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 145.1% 2015 up 16.5% rising
13 Togo 143.5% 2018 up 35.4% rising
14 Naoero 142.0% 2016 up 37.3% rising
15 Central African Republic 140.3% 2016 up 98.1% rising
16 Myanmar 139.9% 2017 up 21.4% rising
17 Uganda 139.2% 2017 down 9.2% rising
18 Malawi 131.0% 2018 down 13.3% rising
19 Papua New Guinea 131.0% 2016 up 303.9% flat
20 Rwanda 130.5% 2018 down 39.2% rising
21 Afghanistan 130.2% 2018 up 18.6% volatile
22 Burundi 129.1% 2018 down 1.1% volatile
23 Pakistan 126.5% 2018 up 14.0% rising
24 Lesotho 125.6% 2017 up 7.4% rising
25 Guinea 123.4% 2016 up 43.2% rising
26 Cameroon 122.9% 2018 up 5.2% rising
27 Chad 120.9% 2016 up 13.9% rising
28 Colombia 116.0% 2018 down 12.2% falling
29 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 115.2% 2018 up 10.9% rising
30 Dominica 114.7% 2016 up 9.9% rising
31 Samoa 114.1% 2018 up 6.4% rising
32 Burkina Faso 114.0% 2018 up 21.5% volatile
33 Viet Nam 113.7% 2018 up 8.4% rising
34 Fiji 113.2% 2016 up 5.6% flat
35 Aruba 113.0% 2014 up 7.3% flat
36 Namibia 112.7% 2018 up 6.8% falling
37 Tonga 112.5% 2013 up 2.4% flat
38 Iraq 111.1% 2007 down 3.6% rising
39 Montenegro 111.0% 2018 down 6.1% falling
40 Saint Kitts and Nevis 110.5% 2016 down 5.1% falling
41 Hong Kong, China 110.5% 2018 up 0.1% flat
42 Costa Rica 110.5% 2018 up 6.8% falling
43 Zimbabwe 109.2% 2013 down 15.9% falling
44 Morocco 109.0% 2018 up 3.4% rising
45 Libya 108.9% 1983 down 6.5% falling
46 Tanzania, United Republic of 108.5% 2018 down 0.1% rising
47 Solomon Islands 108.1% 2018 down 10.6% rising
48 Vanuatu 108.0% 2013 down 13.5% flat
49 Peru 107.5% 2018 up 4.6% falling
50 South Africa 107.5% 2017 down 13.7% falling
51 Yemen 107.4% 2016 down 16.8% rising
52 Albania 107.3% 2018 up 7.5% rising
53 Cambodia 106.7% 2018 down 21.5% falling
54 Tajikistan 106.6% 2017 up 8.0% flat
55 Dominican Republic 106.6% 2018 down 7.9% falling
56 Kyrgyzstan 106.5% 2018 up 4.5% rising
57 Luxembourg 106.4% 2017 up 4.2% rising
58 Argentina 106.4% 2017 up 1.3% falling
59 Guatemala 105.9% 2018 down 13.1% rising
60 Bhutan 105.7% 2018 up 0.9% rising
61 Malta 105.6% 2017 up 10.6% flat
62 Portugal 105.4% 2009 down 4.8% flat
63 Iran, Islamic Republic of 105.4% 2017 up 0.3% flat
64 North Macedonia 105.2% 2017 up 13.5% flat
65 Côte d'Ivoire 105.2% 2018 up 33.6% rising
66 Tunisia 105.1% 2018 up 3.8% flat
67 Germany 105.0% 2017 up 1.6% flat
68 Zambia 104.9% 2017 down 11.0% rising
69 Indonesia 104.4% 2018 down 7.0% falling
70 Malaysia 104.4% 2017 up 4.8% rising
71 Mongolia 104.3% 2018 down 24.8% flat
72 Lao People's Democratic Republic 104.3% 2018 down 21.9% falling
73 Cuba 104.3% 2018 up 10.9% falling
74 Mexico 104.0% 2017 down 7.1% falling
75 Seychelles 104.0% 2018 up 1.0% flat
76 Mauritania 103.9% 2018 down 6.7% rising
77 Lithuania 103.5% 2017 up 3.9% flat
78 Ghana 103.3% 2019 down 4.0% rising
79 Qatar 103.2% 2018 down 7.7% rising
80 Uzbekistan 102.9% 2018 up 8.8% rising
81 Israel 102.8% 2017 up 0.3% flat
82 Ecuador 102.8% 2018 down 20.8% falling
83 Trinidad and Tobago 102.7% 2010 up 4.2% rising
84 Mauritius 102.6% 2018 up 3.1% flat
85 Kazakhstan 102.6% 2019 down 4.0% rising
86 Algeria 102.2% 2018 down 4.7% rising
87 Sweden 102.2% 2017 down 0.7% flat
88 Russian Federation 102.1% 2017 — flat
89 China 102.0% 2018 down 1.6% flat
90 Bangladesh 101.9% 2018 down 4.3% falling
91 Kiribati 101.9% 2017 down 7.5% rising
92 United States of America 101.8% 2015 down 7.0% falling
93 Georgia 101.5% 2018 down 3.5% falling
94 Korea 101.4% 2017 down 7.8% falling
95 Botswana 101.3% 2014 down 11.0% rising
96 India 101.2% 2018 down 18.6% falling
97 Egypt 101.2% 2018 up 1.7% rising
98 Slovenia 101.1% 2017 down 0.9% flat
99 Austria 100.9% 2017 down 0.6% flat
100 Iceland 100.9% 2017 down 2.5% flat
101 Gibraltar 100.9% 2017 — falling
102 Chile 100.5% 2017 down 3.4% falling
103 Netherlands 100.3% 1985 up 3.6% flat
104 Czechia 100.1% 2017 down 9.8% flat
105 Brunei Darussalam 100.1% 2018 down 6.8% rising
106 Gambia 100.1% 2016 up 15.9% rising
107 Paraguay 100.1% 2012 down 13.9% falling
108 Norway 99.9% 2017 down 0.5% flat
109 Latvia 99.8% 2017 up 0.8% flat
110 Liberia 99.7% 2017 down 16.7% rising
111 Uruguay 99.7% 2016 down 5.5% rising
112 Cape Verde 99.5% 2018 up 0.5% falling
113 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 99.4% 2018 down 14.5% falling
114 Serbia 99.4% 2018 down 1.9% flat
115 Canada 99.3% 2011 down 1.7% falling
116 Belize 99.3% 2018 down 7.7% falling
117 Greece 99.2% 2017 up 0.3% flat
118 Switzerland 99.2% 2017 up 8.1% flat
119 Sri Lanka 99.1% 2017 down 0.2% flat
120 Gabon 99.0% 2003 down 21.9% falling
121 Finland 98.7% 2017 down 0.7% flat
122 Saint Lucia 98.6% 2018 down 6.2% falling
123 Oman 98.6% 2018 down 10.8% rising
124 Palestine, State of 98.5% 2018 up 11.5% rising
125 United Arab Emirates 98.3% 2015 down 7.6% rising
126 Grenada 98.2% 2018 down 8.2% flat
127 Ukraine 98.0% 2014 down 5.1% flat
128 Eswatini 97.9% 2017 down 16.5% rising
129 New Zealand 97.9% 2017 — flat
130 El Salvador 97.9% 2018 down 18.3% falling
131 Denmark 97.8% 2017 down 0.9% flat
132 Hungary 97.7% 2017 down 2.7% flat
133 Barbados 97.6% 2018 down 4.9% flat
134 Antigua and Barbuda 97.5% 2018 down 14.4% falling
135 Slovakia 97.2% 2017 down 5.8% flat
136 Thailand 97.1% 2018 up 0.3% flat
137 Croatia 97.0% 2016 up 1.7% rising
138 Italy 96.9% 2017 down 8.4% rising
139 Poland 96.8% 2014 down 0.7% flat
140 Belgium 96.7% 2017 down 1.3% flat
141 Cyprus 96.4% 2017 down 11.2% rising
142 Maldives 95.9% 2017 down 10.3% flat
143 Kenya 95.8% 2016 down 5.9% flat
144 Guyana 95.7% 2012 down 22.4% rising
145 Türkiye 95.7% 2017 down 8.3% falling
146 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 95.6% 2017 down 9.8% falling
147 Philippines 95.5% 2017 down 24.3% falling
148 Comoros 95.1% 2018 up 5.1% flat
149 Azerbaijan 94.8% 2018 down 0.2% rising
150 Estonia 94.7% 2017 down 10.5% flat
151 Ireland 94.1% 2017 down 6.7% flat
152 Belarus 94.0% 2018 down 14.0% flat
153 Republic of Moldova 93.8% 2018 down 4.0% falling
154 Macau, China 93.6% 2018 up 6.0% falling
155 Suriname 93.1% 2018 down 4.2% falling
156 Spain 93.1% 2017 down 12.2% flat
157 Panama 91.6% 2017 down 18.0% falling
158 Timor-Leste 91.6% 2018 down 39.5% falling
159 Armenia 91.4% 2018 down 6.2% flat
160 Liechtenstein 91.0% 2017 down 15.0% flat
161 Saudi Arabia 90.9% 2018 down 13.7% rising
162 Sao Tome and Principe 90.8% 2017 down 9.9% falling
163 Honduras 90.7% 2017 down 24.2% falling
164 Nigeria 90.7% 2010 down 30.2% falling
165 Bulgaria 90.6% 2017 down 22.6% flat
166 San Marino 90.5% 2018 down 27.9% rising
167 Senegal 89.4% 2018 down 6.9% rising
168 Congo 89.2% 2012 up 8.9% falling
169 Bahrain 88.8% 2018 up 3.5% falling
170 Sudan 88.1% 2017 up 18.3% rising
171 Romania 86.9% 2017 down 14.1% flat
172 Kuwait 86.2% 2018 down 16.7% rising
173 Syrian Arab Republic 84.6% 2013 down 28.8% rising
174 Mali 84.0% 2017 down 1.1% rising
175 Bahamas 82.8% 2018 down 21.6% falling
176 Jordan 82.2% 2018 down 6.6% falling
177 Marshall Islands 81.3% 2016 down 25.8% falling
178 Jamaica 79.4% 2018 down 13.7% falling
179 Niger 79.4% 2018 up 1.9% volatile
180 Djibouti 79.0% 2019 up 19.5% rising
181 Tuvalu 78.7% 2018 down 35.1% flat
182 Eritrea 77.8% 2018 down 5.8% flat
183 Bermuda 75.6% 2015 down 28.7% rising
184 Equatorial Guinea 63.1% 2015 down 24.1% falling

Regions and income groups

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

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male by country. Statizoid, drawing on Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/gross-intake-ratio-in-first-grade-of-primary-education-male-percent-of-relevant-age-group/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/gross-intake-ratio-in-first-grade-of-primary-education-male-percent-of-relevant-age-group/">Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male by country</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% 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
Last refreshed

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.