School enrollment, primary (% net) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators



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Break in series between 1997 and 1998 due to due to change from International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED76) to ISCED97. Recent data are provisional. Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music. Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
School enrollment, primary (% net) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Seychelles (2004)99.4
2Madagascar (2007)98.46
3Tanzania (2006)97.85
4Sao Tome and Principe (2008)97.15
5Egypt (2007)95.75
6Mauritius (2007)95.38
7Algeria (2007)95.35
8Tunisia (2007)95.05
9Uganda (2007)94.61
10North Africa (2007)94.24
11Zambia (2007)94.05
12Rwanda (2007)93.6
13Morocco (2007)88.85
14Gabon (2001)87.99
15Zimbabwe (2006)87.8
16Swaziland (2007)87.01
17Malawi (2007)87.01
18Namibia (2007)86.52
19Kenya (2007)86.29
20South Africa (2007)85.76
21Cape Verde (2007)84.51
22Botswana (2005)83.99
23Burundi (2007)81.24
24Mauritania (2007)80.44
25Benin (2006)80.17
26Togo (2007)77.23
27Africa (2006)76.76
28Mozambique (2006)76.05
29Guinea (2007)73.64
30Ghana (2008)72.9
31Lesotho (2006)72.36
32Sub-Saharan Africa (2006)72.34
33Senegal (2007)71.92
34Ethiopia (2007)71.38
35Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2006)71.15
36Cameroon (1991)69.37
37Equatorial Guinea (2007)67.08
38Gambia (2008)66.53
39Nigeria (2006)63.81
40Mali (2007)63.02
41Chad (2003)60.22
42Burkina Faso (2008)58.15
43Central African Republic (2008)56.21
44Comoros (2000)55.06
45Ivory Coast (2003)54.93
46Republic of the Congo (2007)53.82
47Angola (1998)52.76
48Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2000)52.29
49Djibouti (2008)45.3
50Guinea-Bissau (2001)45.15
51Niger (2007)44.89
52Sierra Leone (1991)43.08
53Eritrea (2007)41.19
54Sudan (2000)41.15
55Democratic Republic of the Congo (1999)33.18
56Liberia (2008)30.86
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