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



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Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. 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 (% gross) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Madagascar (2009)160.38
2Sierra Leone (2007)157.74
3Rwanda (2009)150.66
4Burundi (2009)146.64
5Tuvalu (2007)142.67
6Gabon (2004)134.32
7Sao Tome and Principe (2009)131.24
8Monaco (2009)127.75
9Angola (2008)127.7
10Netherlands Antilles (2003)123.78
11Syria (2009)122.21
12Belize (2009)121.87
13Benin (2009)121.85
14Uganda (2009)121.6
15Laos (2009)121
16Indonesia (2009)120.82
17Brazil (2009)120.37
18Colombia (2009)120.19
19Guinea-Bissau (2006)119.66
20Republic of the Congo (2009)119.54
21Comoros (2008)119.4
22Malawi (2009)119.31
23Albania (2009)118.91
24Nicaragua (2008)116.92
25India (2008)116.89
26Ecuador (2009)116.66
27Cambodia (2009)116.48
28Kiribati (2008)116.45
29Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008)116.3
30Honduras (2008)115.96
31Burma (2009)115.82
32Argentina (2007)115.65
33Togo (2009)115.16
34El Salvador (2008)115.02
35Nepal (2002)114.91
36Aruba (2009)114.75
37Portugal (2008)114.55
38Mozambique (2009)114.41
39Mexico (2008)114.34
40Cameroon (2009)113.81
41Suriname (2008)113.81
42Guatemala (2008)113.63
43Uruguay (2008)113.61
44Zambia (2009)112.92
45China (2009)112.74
46Kenya (2009)112.66
47Timor-Leste (2009)112.55
48Dominica (2009)112.28
49Namibia (2009)112.11
50Tonga (2006)111.8
51East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2008)111.25
52Maldives (2009)110.96
53Upper middle income (2008)110.78
54Israel (2008)110.66
55Haiti (1998)110.58
56Libya (2006)110.32
57Micronesia (2007)110.29
58Philippines (2008)110.09
59Mongolia (2009)110.09
60Costa Rica (2009)109.89
61France (2008)109.78
62Botswana (2007)109.42
63Bhutan (2009)109.15
64Peru (2008)109.09
65Panama (2009)108.98
66Bosnia and Herzegovina (2009)108.91
67Middle income (2008)108.76
68Kazakhstan (2009)108.39
69Vanuatu (2009)108.07
70Swaziland (2007)107.9
71Georgia (2009)107.8
72South Asia (2007)107.69
73Algeria (2009)107.69
74French Polynesia (1996)107.67
75Morocco (2009)107.4
76Solomon Islands (2007)107.3
77Grenada (2009)107.2
78Bolivia (2008)107.2
79Lower middle income (2008)107.2
80Low & middle income (2008)107.17
81Liechtenstein (2008)107.15
82Tunisia (2008)107.07
83Netherlands (2008)106.9
84St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2009)106.89
85Spain (2008)106.72
86Bahrain (2009)106.55
87Brunei Darussalam (2009)106.53
88Chile (2008)106.43
89United Kingdom (2008)106.43
90Dominican Republic (2009)106.19
91Seychelles (2009)106.17
92Qatar (2009)105.91
93Australia (2008)105.52
94United Arab Emirates (2009)105.39
95Ghana (2009)105.17
96Ireland (2008)105.09
97Tanzania (2009)104.92
98Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)104.88
99Germany (2008)104.77
100North Korea (2008)104.59
101South Korea (2008)104.59
102Lesotho (2009)104.4
103Mauritania (2009)104.37
104Trinidad and Tobago (2009)104.22
105Vietnam (2001)104.11
106Hong Kong (2009)103.99
107Afghanistan (2009)103.91
108Low income (2008)103.71
109Zimbabwe (2006)103.6
110Cuba (2009)103.59
111Bahamas (2008)103.38
112Italy (2008)103.35
113Cyprus (2008)103.35
114Venezuela (2009)103.22
115Lebanon (2009)103.16
116Czech Republic (2008)103.14
117Belgium (2008)103.04
118Guyana (2009)102.96
119Switzerland (2008)102.85
120Iran (2009)102.76
121Slovakia (2008)102.63
122Iraq (2007)102.54
123Barbados (1971)102.49
124Ethiopia (2009)102.47
125Paraguay (2008)102.35
126Tajikistan (2008)102.18
127High income: OECD (2008)102.1
128Japan (2008)101.88
129Palau (2007)101.45
130Bulgaria (2008)101.27
131High income (2008)101.25
132Greece (2007)101.21
133New Zealand (2008)101.21
134South Africa (2009)101.17
135Luxembourg (2008)100.43
136Western Samoa (2009)100.28
137Estonia (2008)100.16
138Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008)100.06
139Mauritius (2009)100.04
140Romania (2008)99.83
141Antigua and Barbuda (2009)99.81
142Austria (2008)99.67
143Egypt (2007)99.67
144Macau (2009)99.62
145Turkey (2008)99.3
146Belarus (2008)99.2
147Europe & Central Asia (developing only) (2008)99.1
148Hungary (2008)99
149Saudi Arabia (2009)98.88
150United States (2008)98.77
151Norway (2008)98.68
152Malta (2008)98.62
153Armenia (2009)98.53
154Denmark (2008)98.44
155Canada (2007)98.43
156Latvia (2008)98.15
157Cape Verde (2009)98.08
158Serbia (2009)97.69
159Iceland (2008)97.66
160Ukraine (2009)97.53
161Slovenia (2008)97.48
162Finland (2008)97.29
163Sri Lanka (2009)96.88
164Russia (2008)96.83
165Jordan (2008)96.83
166Bermuda (2006)96.71
167St. Lucia (2009)96.7
168Poland (2008)96.67
169Lithuania (2008)96.19
170St. Kitts and Nevis (2009)95.72
171Kyrgyzstan (2009)95.17
172Bangladesh (2009)95.14
173Azerbaijan (2009)95.07
174Sweden (2008)94.9
175Kuwait (2009)94.8
176Mali (2009)94.67
177Malaysia (2008)94.65
178High income: nonOECD (2008)94.61
179Fiji (2008)94.23
180Croatia (2009)93.86
181Moldova (2009)93.58
182Jamaica (2008)93.29
183Nigeria (2007)93.09
184Arab World (2007)93.02
185San Marino (2009)92.95
186Uzbekistan (2009)91.82
187Puerto Rico (2009)91.22
188Thailand (2009)91.06
189Liberia (2008)90.59
190Marshall Islands (2009)90.33
191Democratic Republic of the Congo (2009)90.29
192Guinea (2009)89.85
193Turks and Caicos Islands (2005)89.81
194Chad (2009)89.75
195Andorra (2009)89.02
196Central African Republic (2009)88.58
197Macedonia (2008)88.43
198Cayman Islands (2008)88.24
199Gambia (2008)86.23
200Yemen (2008)85.39
201Pakistan (2009)85.09
202Oman (2009)83.91
203Senegal (2009)83.73
204Equatorial Guinea (2009)81.89
205Guam (1989)79.22
206West Bank and Gaza (2009)78.89
207Burkina Faso (2009)78.29
208Sudan (2009)73.97
209Ivory Coast (2009)73.64
210American Samoa (2006)71.64
211Niger (2009)62.37
212Papua New Guinea (2006)54.93
213Djibouti (2009)54.48
214Eritrea (2009)48.34
215Somalia (2007)32.56
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