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Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% 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
186
Highest
171.8%
Sierra Leone
Lowest
62.3%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
101.9%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
7,006

What the numbers show

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 171.8% in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 62.3% in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 101.9%, and the mean is 105.0%.

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

Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 320.7%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 40.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sierra Leone 171.8% 2018 up 48.1% rising
2 Mozambique 171.4% 2018 up 9.6% rising
3 Haiti 162.6% 1997 down 3.8% rising
4 Guinea-Bissau 160.4% 2010 up 55.0% rising
5 Angola 156.8% 2011 up 122.8% rising
6 Madagascar 155.5% 2018 down 10.2% rising
7 British Virgin Islands 150.2% 2017 up 28.1% rising
8 Benin 146.9% 2018 down 7.4% rising
9 Nepal 146.6% 2019 down 6.0% rising
10 Nicaragua 143.1% 2010 down 4.2% rising
11 Togo 141.7% 2018 up 35.8% rising
12 Ethiopia 141.5% 2015 up 5.0% rising
13 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 139.9% 2015 up 19.9% rising
14 Uganda 139.4% 2017 down 9.7% rising
15 Naoero 137.3% 2016 up 40.9% rising
16 Myanmar 135.3% 2017 up 17.7% rising
17 Malawi 130.6% 2018 down 15.2% rising
18 Central African Republic 128.1% 2016 up 106.3% rising
19 Burundi 128.1% 2018 up 0.8% volatile
20 Papua New Guinea 127.8% 2016 up 320.7% rising
21 Rwanda 127.1% 2018 down 40.4% rising
22 Brazil 123.6% 2005 — flat
23 Lesotho 119.7% 2017 up 6.2% flat
24 Pakistan 117.2% 2018 up 11.9% rising
25 Cameroon 116.8% 2018 up 6.9% rising
26 Viet Nam 115.3% 2018 up 6.0% flat
27 Guinea 115.0% 2016 up 40.2% rising
28 Samoa 115.0% 2018 up 8.1% flat
29 Dominica 114.0% 2016 up 11.3% rising
30 Hong Kong, China 113.6% 2018 up 2.1% rising
31 Colombia 113.5% 2018 down 13.1% falling
32 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 113.4% 2018 up 8.8% rising
33 Namibia 113.3% 2018 up 8.3% flat
34 Tonga 111.9% 2013 up 3.4% falling
35 Fiji 111.5% 2016 up 3.4% flat
36 Burkina Faso 111.1% 2018 up 23.5% volatile
37 Aruba 111.0% 2014 up 9.2% flat
38 Afghanistan 110.8% 2018 up 20.0% volatile
39 Costa Rica 110.8% 2018 up 7.6% falling
40 Iraq 110.2% 2007 up 0.7% rising
41 Morocco 109.8% 2018 up 4.6% rising
42 Tanzania, United Republic of 109.1% 2018 up 1.0% rising
43 Albania 109.1% 2018 up 9.1% rising
44 Chad 109.1% 2016 up 18.9% rising
45 Libya 108.5% 1983 down 6.4% falling
46 Solomon Islands 108.0% 2018 down 13.0% rising
47 Zimbabwe 107.5% 2013 down 16.2% falling
48 Zambia 107.4% 2017 down 9.7% rising
49 Malta 107.2% 2017 up 11.4% flat
50 Vanuatu 106.9% 2013 down 12.8% flat
51 Peru 106.5% 2018 up 3.3% falling
52 Argentina 106.2% 2017 up 0.1% falling
53 Kyrgyzstan 106.0% 2018 up 4.5% rising
54 Dominican Republic 106.0% 2018 down 3.4% falling
55 Luxembourg 105.8% 2017 up 5.5% rising
56 Tajikistan 105.7% 2017 up 1.2% flat
57 Bangladesh 105.5% 2018 down 2.0% flat
58 Tunisia 105.5% 2018 up 3.2% rising
59 Qatar 105.5% 2018 down 4.2% rising
60 Guatemala 105.3% 2018 down 13.5% rising
61 Malaysia 105.3% 2017 up 5.5% rising
62 Gibraltar 105.2% 2017 — falling
63 Bhutan 105.1% 2018 down 1.2% rising
64 Saint Kitts and Nevis 105.1% 2016 down 5.0% falling
65 Mauritania 105.1% 2018 down 7.3% rising
66 Iran, Islamic Republic of 105.0% 2017 up 1.8% rising
67 Portugal 105.0% 2009 down 4.9% flat
68 Germany 105.0% 2017 up 2.2% flat
69 North Macedonia 105.0% 2017 up 14.2% flat
70 Mexico 104.7% 2017 down 6.2% falling
71 Ecuador 104.6% 2018 down 19.0% falling
72 Cambodia 104.6% 2018 down 20.6% flat
73 Cuba 104.5% 2018 up 11.2% falling
74 Seychelles 104.3% 2018 down 0.2% flat
75 Kazakhstan 104.2% 2019 down 2.6% rising
76 Ghana 103.9% 2019 down 3.8% rising
77 Israel 103.8% 2017 down 0.1% flat
78 Lithuania 103.7% 2017 up 4.2% flat
79 South Africa 103.7% 2017 down 13.9% falling
80 Gambia 103.6% 2016 up 15.8% rising
81 Yemen 103.2% 2016 down 12.9% rising
82 Mauritius 102.9% 2018 up 2.1% flat
83 United States of America 102.8% 2015 down 5.0% falling
84 Saint Lucia 102.7% 2018 up 0.5% falling
85 China 102.6% 2018 down 0.0% flat
86 Indonesia 102.5% 2018 down 9.2% flat
87 San Marino 102.5% 2018 down 18.2% rising
88 Lao People's Democratic Republic 102.2% 2018 down 20.1% flat
89 Kiribati 102.2% 2017 down 7.8% rising
90 Mongolia 102.1% 2018 down 25.5% rising
91 Côte d'Ivoire 102.1% 2018 up 40.9% rising
92 Russian Federation 102.0% 2017 up 3.1% rising
93 Sweden 102.0% 2017 down 0.8% flat
94 Algeria 101.9% 2018 down 3.9% rising
95 Georgia 101.8% 2018 down 3.6% falling
96 Egypt 101.8% 2018 up 3.0% rising
97 Iceland 101.7% 2017 down 2.4% flat
98 Uzbekistan 101.6% 2018 up 8.8% flat
99 Slovenia 101.3% 2017 down 0.8% flat
100 India 101.3% 2018 down 18.2% flat
101 Trinidad and Tobago 101.3% 2010 up 5.1% rising
102 Netherlands 101.1% 1985 up 4.3% flat
103 Austria 101.0% 2017 down 0.4% flat
104 Republic of Korea 100.9% 2017 down 7.6% falling
105 Brunei Darussalam 100.5% 2018 down 6.3% rising
106 Czechia 100.5% 2017 down 8.7% flat
107 Switzerland 100.4% 2017 up 7.3% flat
108 Montenegro 100.3% 2018 down 16.5% falling
109 Norway 100.2% 2017 down 0.1% flat
110 Oman 100.2% 2018 down 7.1% rising
111 Uruguay 100.1% 2016 down 4.9% rising
112 Greece 99.9% 2017 up 2.0% flat
113 Canada 99.8% 2011 down 1.2% flat
114 Palestine, State of 99.8% 2018 up 13.1% rising
115 Chile 99.8% 2017 down 3.2% falling
116 Latvia 99.6% 2017 down 0.2% flat
117 Serbia 99.5% 2018 down 1.4% flat
118 Liberia 99.5% 2017 down 14.0% rising
119 Paraguay 99.1% 2012 down 14.0% falling
120 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 99.0% 2018 down 14.5% falling
121 Gabon 99.0% 2003 down 22.6% falling
122 Cape Verde 98.9% 2018 up 0.8% falling
123 Grenada 98.9% 2018 down 6.7% falling
124 Sri Lanka 98.8% 2017 down 0.0% rising
125 Ukraine 98.8% 2014 down 3.8% flat
126 Finland 98.7% 2017 down 0.7% flat
127 Antigua and Barbuda 98.5% 2018 down 11.4% flat
128 Comoros 98.5% 2018 up 12.1% rising
129 Belize 98.5% 2018 down 6.1% falling
130 Barbados 98.3% 2018 down 2.9% flat
131 New Zealand 98.3% 2017 — flat
132 Denmark 98.3% 2017 down 0.7% flat
133 Slovakia 97.7% 2017 down 5.4% flat
134 Botswana 97.6% 2014 down 11.8% rising
135 Belgium 97.5% 2017 down 1.2% flat
136 Croatia 97.5% 2016 up 2.2% rising
137 Maldives 97.2% 2017 down 9.1% flat
138 Cyprus 97.0% 2017 down 9.6% rising
139 Thailand 96.9% 2018 up 1.0% flat
140 Italy 96.6% 2017 down 7.8% rising
141 El Salvador 96.6% 2018 down 18.0% falling
142 France 96.5% 2000 down 2.9% flat
143 Poland 96.4% 2014 up 3.1% falling
144 Hungary 96.4% 2017 down 3.5% flat
145 Eswatini 96.4% 2017 down 15.8% rising
146 Estonia 95.7% 2017 down 8.8% flat
147 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 95.3% 2017 down 9.3% falling
148 Türkiye 95.2% 2017 down 7.6% flat
149 Ireland 94.9% 2017 down 5.5% flat
150 Azerbaijan 94.9% 2018 down 0.2% rising
151 Senegal 94.7% 2018 down 3.9% rising
152 Macau, China 94.6% 2018 up 6.5% falling
153 Philippines 94.5% 2017 down 22.9% falling
154 Liechtenstein 94.5% 2017 down 11.1% flat
155 Belarus 94.1% 2018 down 13.3% falling
156 Kenya 94.1% 2016 down 5.7% falling
157 Congo 93.6% 2012 up 18.3% falling
158 Guyana 93.5% 2012 down 23.6% flat
159 Spain 93.5% 2017 down 11.8% flat
160 Suriname 92.9% 2018 down 6.7% falling
161 Republic of Moldova 92.8% 2018 down 2.9% falling
162 Armenia 91.9% 2018 down 6.8% flat
163 Sao Tome and Principe 91.6% 2017 down 9.4% falling
164 Panama 91.5% 2017 down 17.4% falling
165 Saudi Arabia 91.5% 2018 down 13.9% rising
166 Bulgaria 91.0% 2017 down 22.6% flat
167 Honduras 90.6% 2017 down 23.1% falling
168 Kuwait 89.6% 2018 down 11.7% rising
169 Timor-Leste 89.6% 2018 down 38.5% falling
170 United Arab Emirates 89.2% 2017 down 16.2% rising
171 Bahrain 89.2% 2018 up 3.0% falling
172 Romania 86.9% 2017 down 13.9% flat
173 Sudan 86.0% 2017 up 18.1% rising
174 Nigeria 85.6% 2010 down 27.0% falling
175 Marshall Islands 83.5% 2016 down 26.7% falling
176 Syrian Arab Republic 83.5% 2013 down 29.1% rising
177 Bahamas 83.3% 2018 down 18.2% falling
178 Jordan 81.0% 2018 down 7.5% falling
179 Tuvalu 80.7% 2018 down 28.1% rising
180 Mali 80.1% 2017 up 0.4% rising
181 Jamaica 79.3% 2018 down 13.3% falling
182 Djibouti 77.5% 2019 up 18.3% rising
183 Niger 75.4% 2018 up 4.1% volatile
184 Eritrea 73.4% 2018 down 4.6% flat
185 Bermuda 70.8% 2015 down 31.5% rising
186 Equatorial Guinea 62.3% 2015 down 22.6% 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, total (% 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
229 places, 7,006 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.