Papua New Guinea - School enrollment

School enrollment, preprimary (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) in Papua New Guinea was 61.00 as of 2002. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.00 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1970.

Definition: 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. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1970 0.00
1971 0.00
1972 0.00
1975 0.03
1976 0.04
1977 0.08
1978 0.11
1979 0.12
1981 0.16
1982 0.18
1984 0.57
1986 0.56
1987 0.55
1988 0.44
1989 0.48
1990 0.39
1991 0.29
1992 0.34
1993 0.55
1994 0.59
1995 0.95
1998 34.77
2002 61.00

School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, preprimary, female (% gross) in Papua New Guinea was 59.34 as of 2002. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 59.34 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1970.

Definition: 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. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1970 0.00
1971 0.00
1972 0.00
1975 0.03
1976 0.04
1977 0.07
1978 0.09
1979 0.10
1981 0.14
1982 0.16
1984 0.53
1986 0.53
1987 0.50
1988 0.40
1989 0.46
1990 0.38
1991 0.28
1992 0.34
1993 0.49
1994 0.56
1995 0.93
1998 33.58
2002 59.34

School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross) in Papua New Guinea was 62.56 as of 2002. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 62.56 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1970.

Definition: 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. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1970 0.00
1971 0.00
1972 0.00
1975 0.03
1976 0.05
1977 0.08
1978 0.12
1979 0.14
1981 0.19
1982 0.20
1984 0.61
1986 0.60
1987 0.61
1988 0.47
1989 0.50
1990 0.41
1991 0.30
1992 0.35
1993 0.61
1994 0.61
1995 0.97
1998 35.90
2002 62.56

School enrollment, primary (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, primary (% gross) in Papua New Guinea was 60.09 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 75.05 in 1998 and a minimum value of 46.97 in 1970.

Definition: 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.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1970 46.97
1971 47.00
1972 48.02
1973 50.31
1974 51.73
1975 52.18
1976 53.02
1977 51.64
1978 51.40
1979 52.33
1980 54.78
1981 53.62
1982 54.94
1984 59.56
1986 62.10
1987 63.14
1988 64.51
1989 66.85
1990 65.29
1991 65.05
1992 66.70
1993 70.05
1994 72.10
1995 71.89
1998 75.05
2000 71.02
2001 64.31
2002 61.69
2003 57.68
2004 57.17
2005 57.93
2006 56.15
2008 60.09

School enrollment, primary, female (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) in Papua New Guinea was 56.55 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 69.67 in 1998 and a minimum value of 34.69 in 1971.

Definition: 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.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1970 34.78
1971 34.69
1972 34.80
1973 36.23
1974 37.86
1975 39.69
1976 40.17
1977 39.88
1978 40.62
1979 42.29
1981 44.48
1982 46.51
1984 51.53
1986 54.76
1987 56.34
1988 57.98
1989 60.36
1990 59.35
1991 59.58
1992 61.17
1993 64.90
1994 66.66
1995 66.96
1998 69.67
2000 65.67
2001 59.29
2002 56.47
2003 53.12
2004 52.96
2005 53.10
2006 51.49
2008 56.55

School enrollment, primary, male (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) in Papua New Guinea was 63.41 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.15 in 1998 and a minimum value of 58.81 in 1970.

Definition: 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.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1970 58.81
1971 58.92
1972 60.78
1973 63.84
1974 65.05
1975 64.24
1976 65.53
1977 63.24
1978 62.19
1979 62.49
1981 62.95
1982 63.54
1984 67.68
1986 69.39
1987 69.81
1988 70.83
1989 73.08
1990 70.96
1991 70.24
1992 71.93
1993 74.92
1994 77.25
1995 76.55
1998 80.15
2000 76.06
2001 69.05
2002 66.61
2003 61.96
2004 61.13
2005 62.46
2006 60.51
2008 63.41

School enrollment, primary (% net)

Definition: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. 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.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1989 66.69
1990 65.13

School enrollment, primary, female (% net)

Definition: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. 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.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1989 60.21
1990 59.19

School enrollment, primary, male (% net)

Definition: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. 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.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1989 72.91
1990 70.79

School enrollment, secondary (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, secondary (% gross) in Papua New Guinea was 20.10 as of 1998. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.10 in 1998 and a minimum value of 6.94 in 1970.

Definition: 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. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1970 6.94
1971 7.34
1972 8.47
1973 9.13
1974 9.50
1975 10.68
1976 10.73
1977 10.38
1978 9.90
1979 9.99
1981 10.26
1982 10.21
1984 10.81
1986 10.81
1987 11.51
1988 11.66
1989 11.69
1990 11.28
1991 11.63
1992 11.70
1993 12.95
1994 13.73
1995 12.79
1998 20.10

School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross) in Papua New Guinea was 16.53 as of 1998. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16.53 in 1998 and a minimum value of 3.71 in 1970.

Definition: 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. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1970 3.71
1974 5.83
1975 6.13
1976 6.12
1977 5.92
1978 5.73
1979 5.94
1981 6.33
1982 6.77
1984 7.57
1986 7.60
1987 7.85
1988 8.05
1989 8.32
1990 8.49
1991 8.93
1992 9.03
1993 10.22
1994 10.98
1995 10.22
1998 16.53

School enrollment, secondary, male (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, secondary, male (% gross) in Papua New Guinea was 23.50 as of 1998. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23.50 in 1998 and a minimum value of 10.13 in 1970.

Definition: 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. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1970 10.13
1974 13.09
1975 15.11
1976 15.22
1977 14.73
1978 13.98
1979 13.96
1981 14.18
1982 13.66
1984 14.10
1986 14.08
1987 15.26
1988 15.35
1989 15.13
1990 14.11
1991 14.35
1992 14.36
1993 15.63
1994 16.40
1995 15.27
1998 23.50

School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary)

Definition: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1998 2.42

School enrollment, tertiary (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) in Papua New Guinea was 1.89 as of 1999. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.35 in 1996 and a minimum value of 1.34 in 1985.

Definition: 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. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1972 2.10
1973 2.11
1977 1.83
1978 1.77
1979 1.70
1980 1.64
1982 1.50
1983 1.39
1984 1.67
1985 1.34
1986 1.65
1995 2.97
1996 3.35
1998 2.02
1999 1.89

School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) in Papua New Guinea was 1.37 as of 1999. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.58 in 1996 and a minimum value of 0.63 in 1985.

Definition: 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. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1977 0.84
1978 0.80
1979 0.76
1980 0.74
1982 0.68
1983 0.65
1984 0.76
1985 0.63
1986 0.81
1995 1.80
1996 2.58
1998 1.44
1999 1.37

School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross)

The value for School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) in Papua New Guinea was 2.39 as of 1999. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.18 in 1995 and a minimum value of 2.05 in 1985.

Definition: 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. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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Year Value
1977 2.80
1978 2.72
1979 2.61
1980 2.50
1982 2.30
1983 2.11
1984 2.55
1985 2.05
1986 2.48
1995 4.18
1996 4.13
1998 2.60
1999 2.39

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation