School enrollment, primary (% gross) - Participation - Education - World Development Indicators
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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) - Participation - Education - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
1 | Sierra Leone (2007) | 157.74 |
2 | Madagascar (2008) | 151.74 |
3 | Rwanda (2008) | 150.92 |
4 | Burundi (2008) | 135.58 |
5 | Gabon (2004) | 134.32 |
6 | Sao Tome and Principe (2009) | 133.28 |
7 | Brazil (2007) | 129.57 |
8 | Iran (2008) | 128.39 |
9 | Monaco (2009) | 127.75 |
10 | Seychelles (2007) | 125.34 |
11 | Syria (2008) | 124.4 |
12 | Nepal (2006) | 123.99 |
13 | Netherlands Antilles (2003) | 123.78 |
14 | Comoros (2005) | 121.52 |
15 | Indonesia (2007) | 120.92 |
16 | Belize (2008) | 120.48 |
17 | Uganda (2008) | 120.25 |
18 | Malawi (2008) | 120.15 |
19 | Colombia (2008) | 119.87 |
20 | Guinea-Bissau (2006) | 119.66 |
21 | Zambia (2008) | 119.11 |
22 | Ecuador (2007) | 118.48 |
23 | Latin America & Caribbean (2007) | 117.03 |
24 | Nicaragua (2008) | 116.92 |
25 | Benin (2008) | 116.56 |
26 | Azerbaijan (2008) | 116.22 |
27 | Honduras (2008) | 115.96 |
28 | Cambodia (2008) | 115.92 |
29 | Portugal (2007) | 115.2 |
30 | El Salvador (2008) | 115.02 |
31 | Burma (2007) | 115.02 |
32 | Argentina (2006) | 114.64 |
33 | Uruguay (2007) | 114.31 |
34 | Mozambique (2008) | 114.19 |
35 | Aruba (2008) | 114.02 |
36 | Republic of the Congo (2008) | 113.95 |
37 | Suriname (2008) | 113.81 |
38 | Guatemala (2008) | 113.63 |
39 | India (2007) | 113.06 |
40 | Mexico (2007) | 112.89 |
41 | Peru (2007) | 112.79 |
42 | Kiribati (2005) | 112.76 |
43 | Namibia (2008) | 112.36 |
44 | East Asia & Pacific (2007) | 112.25 |
45 | China (2007) | 112.13 |
46 | Maldives (2008) | 112.01 |
47 | Laos (2008) | 111.84 |
48 | Tonga (2006) | 111.8 |
49 | Kenya (2008) | 111.55 |
50 | Panama (2008) | 111.12 |
51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007) | 111.05 |
52 | Cameroon (2008) | 110.92 |
53 | Israel (2007) | 110.88 |
54 | Upper middle income (2007) | 110.48 |
55 | Libya (2006) | 110.32 |
56 | Micronesia (2007) | 110.29 |
57 | France (2007) | 110.25 |
58 | Tanzania (2008) | 110.15 |
59 | Costa Rica (2008) | 109.87 |
60 | Botswana (2006) | 109.69 |
61 | Liechtenstein (2007) | 109.62 |
62 | Bhutan (2009) | 109.15 |
63 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008) | 109 |
64 | Kazakhstan (2009) | 108.75 |
65 | Vanuatu (2007) | 108.71 |
66 | Guyana (2008) | 108.68 |
67 | Qatar (2008) | 108.6 |
68 | Middle income (2007) | 108.59 |
69 | Paraguay (2006) | 108.33 |
70 | Bolivia (2007) | 108.26 |
71 | Philippines (2007) | 108.23 |
72 | Lower middle income (2007) | 108.16 |
73 | United Arab Emirates (2007) | 107.94 |
74 | Swaziland (2007) | 107.9 |
75 | Lesotho (2007) | 107.66 |
76 | South Asia (2007) | 107.62 |
77 | Tunisia (2007) | 107.61 |
78 | Algeria (2008) | 107.53 |
79 | Georgia (2008) | 107.42 |
80 | Solomon Islands (2007) | 107.3 |
81 | Morocco (2008) | 106.94 |
82 | Netherlands (2007) | 106.84 |
83 | Low & middle income (2007) | 106.82 |
84 | Brunei Darussalam (2008) | 106.73 |
85 | Timor-Leste (2008) | 106.65 |
86 | Afghanistan (2008) | 106.12 |
87 | Thailand (1995) | 105.87 |
88 | Germany (2007) | 105.67 |
89 | Middle East & North Africa (2007) | 105.51 |
90 | Spain (2007) | 105.44 |
91 | Ireland (2007) | 105.39 |
92 | Bahrain (2008) | 105.26 |
93 | Sri Lanka (2007) | 105.05 |
94 | Chile (2008) | 105 |
95 | Togo (2007) | 104.97 |
96 | Australia (2007) | 104.94 |
97 | Romania (2007) | 104.66 |
98 | South Africa (2007) | 104.54 |
99 | Dominican Republic (2008) | 104.29 |
100 | Vietnam (2001) | 104.11 |
101 | United Kingdom (2007) | 103.95 |
102 | Italy (2007) | 103.82 |
103 | South Korea (2007) | 103.72 |
104 | Singapore (1990) | 103.72 |
105 | North Korea (2007) | 103.72 |
106 | Zimbabwe (2006) | 103.6 |
107 | Trinidad and Tobago (2008) | 103.44 |
108 | Venezuela (2008) | 103.11 |
109 | Slovenia (2007) | 102.9 |
110 | Grenada (2008) | 102.57 |
111 | Antigua and Barbuda (2007) | 102.48 |
112 | Cyprus (2007) | 102.47 |
113 | Bahamas (2007) | 102.4 |
114 | Switzerland (2007) | 102.37 |
115 | Belgium (2007) | 102.34 |
116 | Tajikistan (2008) | 102.18 |
117 | Japan (2007) | 102.15 |
118 | Albania (2004) | 102.13 |
119 | Czech Republic (2007) | 102.12 |
120 | Cuba (2008) | 101.94 |
121 | Slovakia (2007) | 101.88 |
122 | Ghana (2008) | 101.85 |
123 | High income: OECD (2007) | 101.61 |
124 | Mongolia (2008) | 101.51 |
125 | High income (2007) | 101.5 |
126 | Austria (2007) | 101.47 |
127 | Cape Verde (2008) | 101.31 |
128 | Greece (2007) | 101.21 |
129 | New Zealand (2007) | 101.18 |
130 | Bulgaria (2007) | 101.11 |
131 | Lebanon (2008) | 101.07 |
132 | Hong Kong (2005) | 101 |
133 | Low income (2007) | 100.89 |
134 | Serbia (2008) | 100.63 |
135 | High income: nonOECD (2007) | 100.46 |
136 | Luxembourg (2007) | 100.3 |
137 | Bermuda (2006) | 100.26 |
138 | Egypt (2007) | 99.67 |
139 | Samoa (2007) | 99.48 |
140 | Mauritius (2008) | 99.42 |
141 | Belarus (2008) | 99.2 |
142 | Estonia (2007) | 99.18 |
143 | Denmark (2007) | 99.04 |
144 | Malta (2007) | 99.03 |
145 | Macau (1993) | 98.91 |
146 | Canada (2006) | 98.84 |
147 | Palau (2007) | 98.78 |
148 | Equatorial Guinea (2007) | 98.74 |
149 | Croatia (2007) | 98.58 |
150 | Ukraine (2008) | 98.43 |
151 | Norway (2007) | 98.41 |
152 | Saudi Arabia (2008) | 98.38 |
153 | Europe & Central Asia (2007) | 98.35 |
154 | Mauritania (2008) | 98.22 |
155 | United States (2007) | 98.04 |
156 | Iraq (2005) | 98.03 |
157 | St. Lucia (2008) | 97.98 |
158 | Hungary (2007) | 97.94 |
159 | Malaysia (2006) | 97.94 |
160 | Ethiopia (2008) | 97.79 |
161 | Turkey (2007) | 97.6 |
162 | Finland (2007) | 97.58 |
163 | Iceland (2007) | 97.21 |
164 | Poland (2007) | 97.07 |
165 | Latvia (2007) | 96.78 |
166 | Russia (2007) | 96.75 |
167 | Sub-Saharan Africa (2007) | 96.56 |
168 | Jordan (2007) | 96.3 |
169 | Lithuania (2007) | 96.12 |
170 | Kuwait (2008) | 95.47 |
171 | Kyrgyzstan (2008) | 94.7 |
172 | Barbados (1990) | 94.54 |
173 | Uzbekistan (2007) | 94.39 |
174 | Fiji (2008) | 94.23 |
175 | Sweden (2007) | 94.19 |
176 | Bangladesh (2007) | 93.78 |
177 | Cayman Islands (2008) | 93.28 |
178 | Nigeria (2007) | 93.09 |
179 | Marshall Islands (2007) | 93.05 |
180 | Macedonia (2007) | 92.77 |
181 | Haiti (1995) | 91.53 |
182 | Mali (2008) | 91.32 |
183 | Liberia (2008) | 90.59 |
184 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) | 90.39 |
185 | Jamaica (2007) | 90.05 |
186 | Guinea (2008) | 89.9 |
187 | Moldova (2008) | 89.25 |
188 | Andorra (2008) | 86.72 |
189 | Gambia (2008) | 86.23 |
190 | Yemen (2008) | 85.39 |
191 | St. Kitts and Nevis (2008) | 85.25 |
192 | Pakistan (2008) | 84.78 |
193 | Senegal (2008) | 83.5 |
194 | Chad (2008) | 82.71 |
195 | Dominica (2008) | 81.62 |
196 | Angola (1998) | 81.37 |
197 | West Bank and Gaza (2007) | 80.39 |
198 | Armenia (2008) | 79.62 |
199 | Burkina Faso (2009) | 78.53 |
200 | Central African Republic (2008) | 77.4 |
201 | Oman (2008) | 74.96 |
202 | Ivory Coast (2008) | 74.46 |
203 | Sudan (2009) | 73.97 |
204 | Niger (2009) | 62.37 |
205 | Djibouti (2008) | 55.5 |
206 | Papua New Guinea (2006) | 54.93 |
207 | Eritrea (2008) | 52.27 |
208 | Somalia (1985) | 14.74 |
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