Gross enrollment rate (%), primary, total - 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, total - Primary - Education Statistics (2008)
1	Madagascar	151.74
2	Rwanda	150.92
3	Burundi	135.58
4	Seychelles	130.72
5	Sao Tome and Principe	130.23
6	Iran	128.39
7	Angola	127.70
8	Brazil	127.47
9	Syria	124.40
10	Belize	120.48
11	Uganda	120.25
12	Malawi	120.15
13	Colombia	119.87
14	Indonesia	119.49
15	Comoros	119.40
16	Zambia	119.11
17	Ecuador	118.48
18	Nicaragua	116.92
19	Burma	116.87
20	Benin	116.56
21	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	116.30
22	Azerbaijan	116.22
23	Honduras	115.96
24	Cambodia	115.92
25	El Salvador	115.02
26	Mexico	114.34
27	Mozambique	114.19
28	Aruba	114.02
29	Republic of the Congo	113.95
30	Suriname	113.81
31	Guatemala	113.63
32	China	113.20
33	Namibia	112.36
34	Maldives	112.01
35	Laos	111.84
36	Kenya	111.55
37	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	111.25
38	Panama	111.12
39	Cameroon	110.92
40	Upper middle income	110.78
41	Israel	110.66
42	Tanzania	110.15
43	Philippines	110.09
44	Costa Rica	109.87
45	France	109.78
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina	109.30
47	Peru	109.09
48	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	109
49	Middle income	108.76
50	Guyana	108.68
51	Qatar	108.60
52	Kazakhstan	108.45
53	Algeria	107.53
54	Georgia	107.42
55	Lower middle income	107.20
56	Low & middle income	107.17
57	Liechtenstein	107.15
58	Tunisia	107.07
59	Morocco	106.94
60	Netherlands	106.90
61	Brunei Darussalam	106.73
62	Spain	106.72
63	Timor-Leste	106.65
64	United Kingdom	106.43
65	Afghanistan	106.12
66	Bhutan	105.73
67	Australia	105.52
68	Ghana	105.44
69	Bahrain	105.26
70	Armenia	105.11
71	Ireland	105.09
72	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	104.88
73	Germany	104.77
74	North Korea	104.59
75	South Korea	104.59
76	Dominican Republic	104.29
77	Macau	103.96
78	Low income	103.71
79	Trinidad and Tobago	103.44
80	Bahamas	103.38
81	Cyprus	103.35
82	Czech Republic	103.14
83	Venezuela	103.11
84	Belgium	103.04
85	Switzerland	102.85
86	Slovakia	102.63
87	Grenada	102.57
88	Tajikistan	102.18
89	High income: OECD	102.10
90	Cuba	101.94
91	Japan	101.88
92	Mongolia	101.51
93	Sri Lanka	101.43
94	Cape Verde	101.31
95	Bulgaria	101.27
96	High income	101.25
97	New Zealand	101.21
98	Lebanon	101.07
99	Luxembourg	100.43
100	Antigua and Barbuda	100.18
101	Estonia	100.16
102	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	100.06
103	Romania	99.83
104	Austria	99.67
105	Mauritius	99.42
106	Turkey	99.30
107	Belarus	99.20
108	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	99.10
109	Hungary	99
110	United States	98.77
111	Norway	98.68
112	Ukraine	98.43
113	Saudi Arabia	98.38
114	Serbia	98.34
115	Mauritania	98.22
116	Latvia	98.15
117	St. Lucia	97.98
118	Ethiopia	97.79
119	Iceland	97.66
120	Slovenia	97.48
121	Finland	97.29
122	Russia	96.83
123	Jordan	96.83
124	Lithuania	96.19
125	Kuwait	95.47
126	Sweden	94.90
127	Kyrgyzstan	94.70
128	Fiji	94.23
129	Moldova	94.03
130	Thailand	93.43
131	Jamaica	93.29
132	Cayman Islands	93.28
133	Uzbekistan	92.83
134	Bangladesh	91.90
135	Mali	91.32
136	Liberia	90.59
137	Democratic Republic of the Congo	90.39
138	Guinea	89.90
139	Andorra	86.72
140	Central African Republic	86.57
141	Gambia	86.23
142	Yemen	85.39
143	Pakistan	84.78
144	Senegal	83.50
145	Chad	82.71
146	Dominica	81.62
147	West Bank and Gaza	79.63
148	Oman	74.96
149	Ivory Coast	74.46
150	Burkina Faso	73.42
151	Sudan	68.65
152	Niger	57.83
153	Eritrea	52.27
154	Djibouti	46.24

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Gross enrollment rate (%), primary, total - Primary - Education Statistics

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