Net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) - Country Ranking

Definition: Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Iran 99.98 2017
2 Malaysia 99.76 2017
3 Norway 99.17 2017
4 Iceland 98.86 2015
5 Singapore 98.52 2017
6 Peru 97.88 2018
7 Sri Lanka 97.08 2017
8 Cabo Verde 97.06 2018
9 Malta 97.05 2017
10 Uruguay 96.94 2016
11 Cuba 96.90 2018
12 Sweden 96.64 2015
13 San Marino 96.56 2010
14 Bolivia 95.95 2018
15 Portugal 95.46 2009
16 Lithuania 95.02 2017
17 United Kingdom 95.01 2017
18 Tajikistan 94.70 2017
19 New Zealand 94.61 2017
20 Greece 94.48 2014
21 Cambodia 94.35 2012
22 Tunisia 93.70 2018
23 Mongolia 93.62 2018
24 Korea 93.52 2011
25 Bangladesh 93.10 2010
26 Cyprus 92.57 2014
27 Barbados 92.26 2018
28 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 92.10 2009
29 Slovenia 91.31 2017
30 Pakistan 90.39 2017
31 Lao PDR 90.18 2018
32 Spain 89.84 2017
33 Macao SAR, China 89.68 2018
34 Egypt 89.64 2018
35 Uzbekistan 88.68 2017
36 Luxembourg 88.03 2017
37 Dominican Republic 87.79 2018
38 Algeria 86.76 2018
39 Armenia 85.78 2018
40 Iraq 85.67 2004
41 Israel 84.93 2017
42 Montenegro 84.88 2018
43 Hong Kong SAR, China 84.75 2017
44 Costa Rica 84.32 2018
45 Bahrain 83.77 2018
46 São Tomé and Principe 83.44 2017
47 Nauru 83.02 2014
48 Bulgaria 82.68 2017
49 China 82.38 2018
50 Kiribati 82.07 2017
51 North Macedonia 81.91 2014
52 Malawi 81.89 2018
53 Chile 81.88 2017
54 Mauritius 81.87 2017
55 Serbia 81.44 2018
56 Russia 81.30 2017
57 Morocco 81.07 2018
58 Tuvalu 80.68 2018
59 Denmark 80.57 2009
60 Albania 80.19 2018
61 Ethiopia 79.07 2015
62 Jordan 78.93 2018
63 Fiji 78.59 2015
64 Grenada 78.46 2008
65 Moldova 76.38 2018
66 Mozambique 75.87 2015
67 Belarus 74.80 2018
68 St. Kitts and Nevis 74.44 2013
69 St. Lucia 74.35 2007
70 Romania 74.08 2017
71 Azerbaijan 74.04 2018
72 Saudi Arabia 73.71 2018
73 Estonia 73.65 2017
74 Rwanda 73.57 2018
75 Trinidad and Tobago 73.35 2010
76 Côte d'Ivoire 73.32 2018
77 Croatia 73.23 2003
78 United States 72.66 2015
79 Panama 72.00 2015
80 Sierra Leone 71.36 2015
81 Mexico 71.08 2017
82 Antigua and Barbuda 70.87 2018
83 Madagascar 70.75 2018
84 Lesotho 70.60 2016
85 Venezuela 70.53 2017
86 Samoa 70.16 2018
87 Afghanistan 69.87 2015
88 Seychelles 69.82 2018
89 Honduras 69.72 2017
90 Georgia 69.21 2018
91 Paraguay 68.73 2012
92 Brunei 68.61 2018
93 Dem. Rep. Congo 68.54 2014
94 Colombia 68.54 2018
95 Jamaica 67.79 2018
96 Dominica 67.45 2014
97 Yemen 66.97 2016
98 Guyana 66.58 2012
99 Ireland 66.57 2017
100 Ukraine 66.53 2014
101 Guatemala 66.16 2018
102 Ecuador 66.13 2018
103 Djibouti 65.75 2019
104 Nicaragua 65.53 2010
105 Philippines 65.06 2017
106 Bhutan 63.82 2018
107 Thailand 63.03 2015
108 Belize 61.51 2018
109 Qatar 60.37 2018
110 Tonga 60.32 2013
111 Hungary 60.13 2017
112 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 59.90 2010
113 India 59.23 2015
114 Uganda 58.77 2017
115 Guinea 58.65 2016
116 Suriname 58.37 2018
117 Cameroon 58.31 2018
118 Kyrgyz Republic 57.85 2017
119 Puerto Rico 57.65 2016
120 Togo 57.64 2017
121 Burundi 57.62 2018
122 Namibia 57.36 2010
123 El Salvador 56.79 2018
124 Kuwait 56.24 2017
125 Switzerland 55.58 2003
126 The Bahamas 55.47 2018
127 Oman 55.33 2018
128 Chad 54.19 2011
129 Angola 53.46 2010
130 Timor-Leste 52.50 2018
131 Syrian Arab Republic 51.24 2008
132 Benin 50.81 2018
133 Zambia 50.44 2013
134 Tanzania 50.39 2017
135 Niger 50.00 2018
136 Czech Republic 49.26 2017
137 Congo 48.00 2010
138 United Arab Emirates 47.25 2017
139 Kazakhstan 46.81 2019
140 Liechtenstein 45.96 2015
141 The Gambia 44.70 2016
142 Burkina Faso 44.12 2018
143 Vanuatu 43.05 2010
144 Senegal 42.41 2017
145 Botswana 42.33 2014
146 Comoros 42.33 2014
147 Indonesia 40.55 2018
148 South Africa 40.42 2017
149 Zimbabwe 40.36 2013
150 Guinea-Bissau 40.11 2010
151 Eswatini 38.41 2016
152 Central African Republic 37.68 2010
153 Ghana 37.10 2009
154 Mauritania 36.65 2018
155 Papua New Guinea 30.41 2016
156 Eritrea 28.02 2018
157 Kenya 26.85 1999
158 Mali 22.05 2017
159 Equatorial Guinea 20.03 2015
160 Solomon Islands 9.23 2018
161 Liberia 6.67 2011

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Development Relevance: The net intake rate in the first grade of primary education indicates the level of access to primary education and the education system's capacity to provide access to primary education. A high net intake rate indicates a high degree of access to primary education for the official primary school entrance age children.

Limitations and Exceptions: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Net intake rate in the first grade of primary education is calculated by dividing the number of children of official primary school entrance age who enter grade 1 of primary education for the first time by the population of the same age, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual