Net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) by country
Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age.
Countries reporting
118
Highest
100.0%
Iran
Lowest
20.0%
Equatorial Guinea
Median
71.9%
Years covered
23
1997–2019
Data points
1,881
What the numbers show
Net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) is currently reported for 118 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Iran; the lowest is 20.0% in Equatorial Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 71.9%, and the mean is 70.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Cote d'Ivoire (up 181.7%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania (down 43.4%).
Net intake rate in grade 1: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 100.0% | 2017 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 2 | Norway | 99.2% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 3 | Iceland | 98.9% | 2015 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 4 | Peru | 97.9% | 2018 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 97.1% | 2017 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 6 | Cape Verde | 97.1% | 2018 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 7 | Malta | 97.0% | 2017 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 8 | Uruguay | 96.9% | 2016 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 9 | Cuba | 96.9% | 2018 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 10 | Sweden | 96.6% | 2015 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia | 95.9% | 2018 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 12 | Portugal | 95.5% | 2009 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 13 | Tajikistan | 94.7% | 2017 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 14 | New Zealand | 94.6% | 2017 | — | flat |
| 15 | Greece | 94.5% | 2014 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 16 | Cambodia | 94.3% | 2012 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 17 | Tunisia | 93.7% | 2018 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 18 | Mongolia | 93.6% | 2018 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 19 | South Korea | 93.5% | 2011 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 93.1% | 2010 | — | rising |
| 21 | Barbados | 92.3% | 2018 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 22 | Aruba | 92.1% | 2009 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 23 | Laos | 90.2% | 2018 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 24 | Maldives | 89.9% | 2017 | up 20.3% | flat |
| 25 | Spain | 89.8% | 2017 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 26 | Macao | 89.7% | 2018 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 88.7% | 2017 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 88.0% | 2017 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 29 | Dominican Republic | 87.8% | 2018 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 30 | Algeria | 86.8% | 2018 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 31 | Armenia | 85.8% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 32 | Palestine | 84.8% | 2012 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 84.3% | 2018 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 34 | Bahrain | 83.8% | 2018 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 35 | Sao Tome and Principe | 83.4% | 2017 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 82.7% | 2017 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 37 | Malawi | 81.9% | 2018 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 38 | Mauritius | 81.9% | 2017 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 39 | Serbia | 81.4% | 2018 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 40 | Morocco | 81.1% | 2018 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 41 | Albania | 80.2% | 2018 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 79.1% | 2015 | up 157.8% | rising |
| 43 | Jordan | 78.9% | 2018 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 44 | British Virgin Islands | 78.7% | 2012 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 45 | Fiji | 78.6% | 2015 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 46 | Moldova | 76.4% | 2018 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 47 | Mozambique | 75.9% | 2015 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 48 | Belarus | 74.8% | 2018 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 49 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 74.4% | 2013 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 50 | Saint Lucia | 74.3% | 2007 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 51 | Romania | 74.1% | 2017 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 74.0% | 2018 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 73.7% | 2018 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 54 | Estonia | 73.6% | 2017 | — | falling |
| 55 | Rwanda | 73.6% | 2018 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.3% | 2010 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 73.3% | 2018 | up 181.7% | rising |
| 58 | Croatia | 73.2% | 2003 | — | flat |
| 59 | United States | 72.7% | 2015 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 60 | Mexico | 71.1% | 2017 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 70.9% | 2018 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 62 | Madagascar | 70.7% | 2018 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 63 | Lesotho | 70.6% | 2016 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 64 | Venezuela | 70.5% | 2017 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 65 | Seychelles | 69.8% | 2018 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 66 | Honduras | 69.7% | 2017 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 67 | Georgia | 69.2% | 2018 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 68 | Paraguay | 68.7% | 2012 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 69 | Brunei | 68.6% | 2018 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 70 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 68.5% | 2014 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 71 | Colombia | 68.5% | 2018 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 72 | Dominica | 67.5% | 2014 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 73 | Ireland | 66.6% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 74 | Ukraine | 66.5% | 2014 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 75 | Guatemala | 66.2% | 2018 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 76 | Ecuador | 66.1% | 2018 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 77 | Djibouti | 65.8% | 2019 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 78 | Nicaragua | 65.5% | 2010 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 79 | Philippines | 65.1% | 2017 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 80 | Belize | 61.5% | 2018 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 81 | Qatar | 60.4% | 2018 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 82 | Tonga | 60.3% | 2013 | down 28.6% | flat |
| 83 | Uganda | 58.8% | 2017 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 84 | Guinea | 58.6% | 2016 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 85 | Suriname | 58.4% | 2018 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 86 | Cameroon | 58.3% | 2018 | up 9.8% | flat |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 57.9% | 2017 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 88 | Togo | 57.6% | 2017 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 89 | Burundi | 57.6% | 2018 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 90 | Namibia | 57.4% | 2010 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 91 | El Salvador | 56.8% | 2018 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 92 | Kuwait | 56.2% | 2017 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 93 | Bahamas | 55.5% | 2018 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 94 | Oman | 55.3% | 2018 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 95 | Chad | 54.2% | 2011 | up 120.2% | rising |
| 96 | East Timor | 52.5% | 2018 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 97 | Syria | 51.2% | 2008 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 98 | Benin | 50.8% | 2018 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 99 | Zambia | 50.4% | 2013 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 100 | Tanzania | 50.4% | 2017 | down 43.4% | rising |
| 101 | Niger | 50.0% | 2018 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | 47.2% | 2017 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 46.8% | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 104 | Liechtenstein | 46.0% | 2015 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 105 | Gambia | 44.7% | 2016 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 44.1% | 2018 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 107 | Vanuatu | 43.0% | 2010 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 108 | Senegal | 42.4% | 2017 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 109 | Botswana | 42.3% | 2014 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 110 | Indonesia | 40.5% | 2018 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 111 | South Africa | 40.4% | 2017 | down 26.6% | flat |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 40.4% | 2013 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 113 | Eswatini | 38.4% | 2016 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 114 | Ghana | 37.1% | 2009 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 115 | Mauritania | 36.7% | 2018 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 116 | Eritrea | 28.0% | 2018 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 117 | Mali | 22.0% | 2017 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea | 20.0% | 2015 | down 17.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 83.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 80.2%
- Post-demographic dividend 79.9%
- High income 79.8%
- Upper middle income 79.1%
- OECD members 78.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 76.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 76.9%
- Arab World 75.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 75.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 75.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 75.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 74.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 73.9%
- North America 73.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 73.8%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 72.9%
- World 69.9%
- IBRD only 69.8%
- Middle income 69.8%
- Low & middle income 68.8%
- IDA & IBRD total 68.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 68.6%
- Least developed countries 68.1%
- IDA only 67.9%
- Caribbean Small States 67.9%
- IDA total 66.6%
- Low income 63.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 62.0%
- Pre-demographic dividend 57.1%
- Small states 56.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 56.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 56.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 56.7%
- Other small states 55.3%
- Pacific island small states 50.6%
About this data
Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age.