School enrollment, primary (% net) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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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.
School enrollment, primary (% net) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Japan (2008)99.99
2Spain (2008)99.76
3Georgia (2009)99.63
4United Kingdom (2008)99.59
5Canada (2000)99.48
6Iran (2007)99.48
7New Zealand (2008)99.47
8Greece (2007)99.4
9Cuba (2009)99.28
10Tonga (2006)99
11Burundi (2009)98.9
12North Korea (2008)98.75
13South Korea (2008)98.75
14Netherlands (2008)98.75
15Portugal (2008)98.72
16Cyprus (2008)98.7
17Norway (2008)98.68
18Uruguay (2008)98.65
19Argentina (2005)98.51
20Madagascar (2007)98.46
21France (2008)98.44
22Belgium (2008)98.41
23Italy (2008)98.39
24Mexico (2008)98.05
25Libya (1978)97.95
26Tunisia (2008)97.89
27Germany (2008)97.63
28Iceland (2008)97.57
29Sao Tome and Principe (2009)97.5
30Austria (1999)97.37
31Tajikistan (2008)97.33
32Bahrain (2009)97.32
33Belize (2009)97.28
34Vanuatu (2005)97.27
35Ireland (2008)97.13
36Kiribati (2002)97.13
37Israel (2008)97.06
38China (1997)97.02
39Ecuador (2009)97.01
40Panama (2009)96.98
41Slovenia (2008)96.96
42Australia (2008)96.93
43Latvia (1999)96.82
44Aruba (2009)96.69
45Netherlands Antilles (2003)96.63
46Honduras (2008)96.57
47Palau (2000)96.44
48Tanzania (2009)96.38
49Maldives (2008)96.22
50Finland (2008)96.05
51Rwanda (2008)95.86
52Bulgaria (2008)95.81
53Luxembourg (2008)95.66
54High income: OECD (2008)95.55
55French Polynesia (1996)95.53
56East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (1991)95.5
57Brazil (2009)95.34
58Indonesia (2009)95.3
59Poland (2008)95.24
60Guyana (2009)95.2
61Guatemala (2008)95.07
62Sri Lanka (2009)95.01
63Chile (2008)94.91
64High income (2008)94.85
65Denmark (2008)94.83
66Cambodia (2009)94.8
67Turkey (2008)94.69
68Benin (2009)94.66
69Sweden (2008)94.63
70St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2009)94.56
71Syria (2002)94.51
72Peru (2008)94.44
73Seychelles (2009)94.41
74Belarus (2008)94.4
75Estonia (2008)94.36
76Serbia (2009)94.22
77Switzerland (2008)94.18
78Malaysia (2008)94.06
79El Salvador (2008)94.05
80Mauritius (2009)94
81Vietnam (2001)94
82Bermuda (2006)93.97
83Algeria (2009)93.83
84Egypt (2007)93.62
85Togo (2009)93.53
86Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008)93.52
87Hong Kong (2009)93.52
88Grenada (2008)93.39
89Qatar (2009)93.39
90Dominica (2009)93.27
91Brunei Darussalam (2009)92.9
92Trinidad and Tobago (2009)92.8
93Upper middle income (2008)92.57
94Uganda (2009)92.25
95Russia (1995)92.24
96Lithuania (2008)92.16
97Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008)92.16
98San Marino (2009)92
99United States (2008)91.97
100Venezuela (2009)91.9
101Nicaragua (2008)91.83
102Philippines (2008)91.69
103Cameroon (2009)91.59
104India (2008)91.41
105Bahamas (2008)91.3
106Bolivia (2008)91.28
107Malta (2008)91.27
108Croatia (2008)90.81
109Malawi (2009)90.78
110Zambia (2009)90.72
111St. Kitts and Nevis (2009)90.68
112St. Lucia (2009)90.64
113Mozambique (2009)90.56
114Mongolia (2009)90.5
115Romania (2008)90.31
116Suriname (2008)90.12
117Lebanon (2009)90.11
118Thailand (2009)90.06
119Zimbabwe (2006)89.92
120Morocco (2009)89.71
121Hungary (2008)89.69
122United Arab Emirates (2009)89.68
123Colombia (2009)89.63
124Czech Republic (2006)89.59
125Liechtenstein (2008)89.57
126Western Samoa (2009)89.54
127Costa Rica (1999)89.52
128Jordan (2008)89.49
129Fiji (2008)89.47
130Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)89.41
131Namibia (2009)89.09
132Kazakhstan (2009)89.01
133Ukraine (2009)88.57
134Antigua and Barbuda (2009)88.34
135Middle income (2007)88.3
136High income: nonOECD (2008)87.76
137Kuwait (2008)87.61
138Iraq (2007)87.55
139Moldova (2009)87.52
140Paraguay (2008)87.38
141Bhutan (2009)87.38
142Macau (2009)87.35
143Comoros (2007)87.34
144Uzbekistan (2009)87.27
145Arab World (2005)87.2
146Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)87.11
147Dominican Republic (2009)87.03
148Lower middle income (2007)86.98
149Botswana (2007)86.94
150Low & middle income (2008)86.74
151Bangladesh (2009)86.35
152Saudi Arabia (2009)86.32
153Macedonia (2008)85.77
154South Asia (2007)85.65
155Azerbaijan (2009)85.17
156Albania (2009)84.74
157South Africa (2009)84.65
158Armenia (2007)84.08
159Kyrgyzstan (2009)83.54
160Swaziland (2007)82.78
161Ethiopia (2009)82.66
162Kenya (2009)82.61
163Cape Verde (2009)82.57
164Laos (2008)82.42
165Timor-Leste (2009)82
166Andorra (2009)81.89
167Solomon Islands (2007)80.63
168Gabon (2001)80.27
169Jamaica (2008)80.23
170Low income (2008)80.06
171Marshall Islands (2007)80.04
172Cayman Islands (2008)79.95
173Turks and Caicos Islands (2005)77.95
174Oman (2009)77.46
175Mauritania (2009)76.29
176Ghana (2009)75.88
177Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008)75.26
178West Bank and Gaza (2009)75.21
179Liberia (2000)75.17
180Lesotho (2009)73.1
181Senegal (2009)73.07
182Guinea (2009)72.94
183Mali (2009)72.9
184Yemen (2008)72.68
185Nepal (2000)71.18
186Gambia (2008)68.74
187Burma (1978)67.9
188Central African Republic (2009)66.66
189Pakistan (2009)66.37
190Papua New Guinea (1990)65.13
191Burkina Faso (2009)63.34
192Nigeria (2007)61.4
193Chad (2003)60.97
194Republic of the Congo (2006)58.91
195Ivory Coast (2009)57.25
196Haiti (1997)56.76
197Niger (2009)53.95
198Equatorial Guinea (2009)53.52
199Guinea-Bissau (2000)52.1
200Angola (1998)51.36
201Sierra Leone (1983)47.96
202Djibouti (2009)44.45
203Sudan (2000)39.24
204Eritrea (2009)35.65
205Democratic Republic of the Congo (1999)32.41
206Afghanistan (1993)27.9
207Somalia (1980)13.67
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