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

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