School enrollment, primary, male (% 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, male (% gross) - Participation - Education - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Sierra Leone (2007) | 167.78 |
| 2 | Madagascar (2008) | 153.98 |
| 3 | Rwanda (2008) | 149.8 |
| 4 | Burundi (2008) | 139.05 |
| 5 | Gabon (2004) | 134.72 |
| 6 | Brazil (2007) | 134.31 |
| 7 | Sao Tome and Principe (2009) | 132.74 |
| 8 | Monaco (2009) | 131.01 |
| 9 | Comoros (2005) | 129.1 |
| 10 | Syria (2008) | 127.04 |
| 11 | Nepal (2006) | 126.9 |
| 12 | Afghanistan (2008) | 126.69 |
| 13 | Seychelles (2007) | 126.07 |
| 14 | Benin (2008) | 124.75 |
| 15 | Netherlands Antilles (2003) | 124.59 |
| 16 | Indonesia (2007) | 123.45 |
| 17 | Belize (2008) | 122.3 |
| 18 | Mozambique (2008) | 121.47 |
| 19 | Zambia (2008) | 120.36 |
| 20 | Colombia (2008) | 120.22 |
| 21 | Cambodia (2008) | 119.67 |
| 22 | Uganda (2008) | 119.58 |
| 23 | Cameroon (2008) | 119.3 |
| 24 | Latin America & Caribbean (2007) | 118.92 |
| 25 | Ecuador (2007) | 118.56 |
| 26 | Malawi (2008) | 118.51 |
| 27 | Nicaragua (2008) | 118.18 |
| 28 | Portugal (2007) | 118.1 |
| 29 | Republic of the Congo (2008) | 117.71 |
| 30 | Laos (2008) | 117.27 |
| 31 | Guatemala (2008) | 116.98 |
| 32 | Azerbaijan (2008) | 116.91 |
| 33 | El Salvador (2008) | 116.57 |
| 34 | Suriname (2008) | 116.44 |
| 35 | Aruba (2008) | 116.22 |
| 36 | Honduras (2008) | 116.08 |
| 37 | Uruguay (2007) | 115.91 |
| 38 | Argentina (2006) | 115.55 |
| 39 | Maldives (2008) | 115.2 |
| 40 | India (2007) | 114.79 |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2007) | 114.3 |
| 42 | Burma (2006) | 114.22 |
| 43 | Mexico (2007) | 113.83 |
| 44 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2008) | 113.59 |
| 45 | Tonga (2006) | 113.42 |
| 46 | Peru (2007) | 113.1 |
| 47 | Namibia (2008) | 113.05 |
| 48 | Libya (2006) | 112.98 |
| 49 | Panama (2008) | 112.75 |
| 50 | Kenya (2008) | 112.73 |
| 51 | Togo (2007) | 112.6 |
| 52 | Upper middle income (2007) | 112.33 |
| 53 | Morocco (2008) | 112.17 |
| 54 | Kiribati (2005) | 111.97 |
| 55 | Swaziland (2007) | 111.93 |
| 56 | East Asia & Pacific (2007) | 111.77 |
| 57 | Vanuatu (2007) | 111.03 |
| 58 | Tanzania (2008) | 110.95 |
| 59 | France (2007) | 110.94 |
| 60 | Botswana (2006) | 110.85 |
| 61 | Algeria (2008) | 110.82 |
| 62 | Costa Rica (2008) | 110.3 |
| 63 | South Asia (2007) | 110.27 |
| 64 | Middle income (2007) | 110.18 |
| 65 | China (2007) | 110.17 |
| 66 | Israel (2007) | 110.11 |
| 67 | Liechtenstein (2007) | 109.97 |
| 68 | Paraguay (2006) | 109.96 |
| 69 | Timor-Leste (2008) | 109.95 |
| 70 | Micronesia (2007) | 109.76 |
| 71 | Lower middle income (2007) | 109.7 |
| 72 | Guyana (2008) | 109.26 |
| 73 | Philippines (2007) | 109.07 |
| 74 | Tunisia (2007) | 109.01 |
| 75 | Low & middle income (2007) | 108.93 |
| 76 | Solomon Islands (2007) | 108.72 |
| 77 | Kazakhstan (2009) | 108.61 |
| 78 | Georgia (2008) | 108.51 |
| 79 | Bolivia (2007) | 108.38 |
| 80 | Bhutan (2009) | 108.38 |
| 81 | Chile (2007) | 108.28 |
| 82 | Bermuda (2006) | 108.22 |
| 83 | Lesotho (2007) | 108.18 |
| 84 | United Arab Emirates (2007) | 108.17 |
| 85 | Netherlands (2007) | 107.93 |
| 86 | Dominican Republic (2008) | 107.76 |
| 87 | Qatar (2002) | 107.52 |
| 88 | Iran (2008) | 107.29 |
| 89 | Middle East & North Africa (2007) | 107.05 |
| 90 | Brunei Darussalam (2008) | 106.87 |
| 91 | Vietnam (2001) | 106.83 |
| 92 | South Africa (2007) | 106.46 |
| 93 | Iraq (2005) | 106.27 |
| 94 | Spain (2007) | 106.12 |
| 95 | Bahrain (2008) | 106.08 |
| 96 | Germany (2007) | 105.77 |
| 97 | Antigua and Barbuda (2007) | 105.65 |
| 98 | Ireland (2007) | 105.52 |
| 99 | Grenada (2008) | 105.36 |
| 100 | Trinidad and Tobago (2008) | 105.23 |
| 101 | Sri Lanka (2007) | 105.13 |
| 102 | Singapore (1990) | 105.05 |
| 103 | Australia (2007) | 105.04 |
| 104 | Romania (2007) | 104.98 |
| 105 | South Korea (2007) | 104.96 |
| 106 | North Korea (2007) | 104.96 |
| 107 | Low income (2007) | 104.58 |
| 108 | Cape Verde (2008) | 104.52 |
| 109 | Venezuela (2008) | 104.47 |
| 110 | Italy (2007) | 104.26 |
| 111 | Tajikistan (2008) | 104.18 |
| 112 | Zimbabwe (2006) | 104.14 |
| 113 | United Kingdom (2007) | 103.6 |
| 114 | Slovenia (2007) | 103.33 |
| 115 | Ethiopia (2008) | 103.25 |
| 116 | Cuba (2008) | 102.88 |
| 117 | Cyprus (2007) | 102.85 |
| 118 | Switzerland (2007) | 102.53 |
| 119 | Bahamas (2007) | 102.5 |
| 120 | Czech Republic (2007) | 102.45 |
| 121 | Lebanon (2008) | 102.45 |
| 122 | Belgium (2007) | 102.45 |
| 123 | Albania (2004) | 102.35 |
| 124 | Ghana (2008) | 102.33 |
| 125 | Slovakia (2007) | 102.3 |
| 126 | Japan (2007) | 102.15 |
| 127 | Egypt (2007) | 102.11 |
| 128 | Austria (2007) | 102.03 |
| 129 | Hong Kong (2005) | 102.03 |
| 130 | Cayman Islands (2008) | 101.88 |
| 131 | High income: OECD (2007) | 101.81 |
| 132 | High income (2007) | 101.78 |
| 133 | Mongolia (2008) | 101.78 |
| 134 | Bulgaria (2007) | 101.67 |
| 135 | High income: nonOECD (2007) | 101.44 |
| 136 | Sub-Saharan Africa (2007) | 101.32 |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea (2007) | 101.25 |
| 138 | Greece (2007) | 101.13 |
| 139 | New Zealand (2007) | 100.93 |
| 140 | Serbia (2008) | 100.71 |
| 141 | Saudi Arabia (2008) | 100.28 |
| 142 | Turkey (2007) | 100.18 |
| 143 | Luxembourg (2007) | 100.01 |
| 144 | Macau (1993) | 99.96 |
| 145 | Samoa (2007) | 99.82 |
| 146 | Mali (2008) | 99.8 |
| 147 | Mauritius (2008) | 99.71 |
| 148 | Estonia (2007) | 99.67 |
| 149 | Europe & Central Asia (2007) | 99.48 |
| 150 | St. Lucia (2008) | 99.39 |
| 151 | Nigeria (2007) | 99.19 |
| 152 | Malta (2007) | 99.18 |
| 153 | Canada (2006) | 99.06 |
| 154 | Denmark (2007) | 99.02 |
| 155 | Hungary (2007) | 98.86 |
| 156 | Croatia (2007) | 98.67 |
| 157 | Latvia (2007) | 98.66 |
| 158 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) | 98.56 |
| 159 | Norway (2007) | 98.35 |
| 160 | Malaysia (2006) | 98.19 |
| 161 | Ukraine (2008) | 98.19 |
| 162 | Belarus (2008) | 98.03 |
| 163 | United States (2007) | 98.01 |
| 164 | Finland (2007) | 97.82 |
| 165 | Palau (2007) | 97.7 |
| 166 | Poland (2007) | 97.25 |
| 167 | Chad (2008) | 97.14 |
| 168 | Iceland (2007) | 97.14 |
| 169 | Guinea (2008) | 96.92 |
| 170 | Russia (2007) | 96.8 |
| 171 | Lithuania (2007) | 96.77 |
| 172 | Kuwait (2008) | 96.32 |
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau (2000) | 96.04 |
| 174 | Liberia (2008) | 95.56 |
| 175 | Uzbekistan (2007) | 95.55 |
| 176 | Barbados (1990) | 95.46 |
| 177 | Jordan (2007) | 95.39 |
| 178 | Kyrgyzstan (2008) | 94.96 |
| 179 | Fiji (2008) | 94.92 |
| 180 | Mauritania (2008) | 94.91 |
| 181 | Yemen (2008) | 94.47 |
| 182 | Sweden (2007) | 94.35 |
| 183 | Marshall Islands (2007) | 94.34 |
| 184 | Haiti (1995) | 93.62 |
| 185 | Pakistan (2008) | 92.61 |
| 186 | Macedonia (2007) | 92.59 |
| 187 | Jamaica (2007) | 91.24 |
| 188 | Bangladesh (2007) | 90.79 |
| 189 | Central African Republic (2008) | 90.58 |
| 190 | Moldova (2008) | 90.33 |
| 191 | Angola (1998) | 89.03 |
| 192 | Andorra (2008) | 88.28 |
| 193 | Thailand (1975) | 85.89 |
| 194 | Gambia (2008) | 83.9 |
| 195 | Burkina Faso (2009) | 83.39 |
| 196 | Ivory Coast (2008) | 82.98 |
| 197 | St. Kitts and Nevis (2008) | 82.92 |
| 198 | Senegal (2008) | 82.54 |
| 199 | West Bank and Gaza (2007) | 80.37 |
| 200 | Dominica (2008) | 79.32 |
| 201 | Armenia (2008) | 78.85 |
| 202 | Sudan (2009) | 77.81 |
| 203 | Oman (2008) | 74.46 |
| 204 | Niger (2009) | 69.24 |
| 205 | Papua New Guinea (2006) | 59.46 |
| 206 | Djibouti (2008) | 58.9 |
| 207 | Eritrea (2008) | 57.29 |
| 208 | Somalia (1985) | 19.31 |
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