Gross enrollment rate (%), primary, male - Primary - Education 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.

Rank	Country	Value
Gross enrollment rate (%), primary, male - Primary - Education Statistics (2008)
1	Madagascar	153.98
2	Rwanda	149.80
3	Angola	141.12
4	Burundi	139.05
5	Brazil	132.18
6	Sao Tome and Principe	131.43
7	Seychelles	131.31
8	Syria	127.04
9	Afghanistan	126.69
10	Benin	124.75
11	Comoros	124.58
12	Belize	122.30
13	Mozambique	121.47
14	Indonesia	121.06
15	Zambia	120.36
16	Colombia	120.22
17	Cambodia	119.67
18	Uganda	119.58
19	Cameroon	119.30
20	Ecuador	118.53
21	Malawi	118.51
22	Nicaragua	118.18
23	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	118.18
24	Republic of the Congo	117.71
25	Laos	117.27
26	Burma	117.20
27	Guatemala	116.98
28	Azerbaijan	116.91
29	El Salvador	116.57
30	Suriname	116.44
31	Aruba	116.22
32	Honduras	116.08
33	Mexico	115.27
34	Maldives	115.20
35	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	113.59
36	Namibia	113.05
37	Panama	112.75
38	Kenya	112.73
39	Morocco	112.17
40	Upper middle income	111.41
41	China	111.25
42	Philippines	110.99
43	Tanzania	110.95
44	Algeria	110.82
45	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	110.78
46	France	110.54
47	Costa Rica	110.30
48	Middle income	110.25
49	Timor-Leste	109.95
50	Israel	109.90
51	Peru	109.27
52	Guyana	109.26
53	Low & middle income	109.17
54	Lower middle income	109.13
55	Qatar	109.05
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina	108.69
57	Georgia	108.51
58	Kazakhstan	108.30
59	Tunisia	108.28
60	Netherlands	107.85
61	Dominican Republic	107.76
62	Liechtenstein	107.37
63	Iran	107.29
64	Macau	107.28
65	Spain	107.28
66	Low income	107.14
67	Brunei Darussalam	106.87
68	United Kingdom	106.46
69	Bahrain	106.08
70	Ghana	105.94
71	Australia	105.60
72	South Korea	105.57
73	North Korea	105.57
74	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	105.52
75	Bhutan	105.49
76	Grenada	105.36
77	Trinidad and Tobago	105.23
78	Germany	104.97
79	Ireland	104.82
80	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	104.73
81	Antigua and Barbuda	104.67
82	Cape Verde	104.52
83	Venezuela	104.47
84	Armenia	104.30
85	Tajikistan	104.18
86	Cyprus	103.93
87	Czech Republic	103.49
88	Bahamas	103.38
89	Ethiopia	103.25
90	Belgium	103.11
91	Switzerland	103.05
92	Slovakia	103.01
93	Cuba	102.88
94	Lebanon	102.45
95	High income: OECD	102.20
96	Cayman Islands	101.88
97	Japan	101.87
98	Mongolia	101.78
99	Central African Republic	101.66
100	Bulgaria	101.49
101	High income	101.43
102	Sri Lanka	101.32
103	New Zealand	100.99
104	Estonia	100.79
105	Turkey	100.59
106	Romania	100.45
107	Austria	100.38
108	Saudi Arabia	100.28
109	Latvia	100.01
110	Mali	99.80
111	Hungary	99.72
112	Luxembourg	99.71
113	Mauritius	99.71
114	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	99.70
115	St. Lucia	99.39
116	Norway	98.58
117	Democratic Republic of the Congo	98.56
118	United States	98.45
119	Serbia	98.22
120	Ukraine	98.19
121	Belarus	98.03
122	Slovenia	97.85
123	Finland	97.72
124	Iceland	97.54
125	Lithuania	97.31
126	Chad	97.14
127	Guinea	96.92
128	Russia	96.74
129	Jordan	96.51
130	Kuwait	96.32
131	Liberia	95.56
132	Sweden	95.21
133	Moldova	95.01
134	Kyrgyzstan	94.96
135	Fiji	94.92
136	Mauritania	94.91
137	Jamaica	94.72
138	Yemen	94.47
139	Thailand	94.44
140	Uzbekistan	93.80
141	Pakistan	92.61
142	Bangladesh	89.40
143	Andorra	88.28
144	Gambia	83.90
145	Ivory Coast	82.98
146	Senegal	82.54
147	West Bank and Gaza	79.80
148	Dominica	79.32
149	Burkina Faso	78.55
150	Oman	74.46
151	Sudan	72.82
152	Niger	64.73
153	Eritrea	57.29
154	Djibouti	49.08

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