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