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Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary (% of primary school age children)

The value for Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary (% of primary school age children) in United States was 95.56 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.64 in 2016 and a minimum value of 94.60 in 2015.

Definition: Adjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.

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

Year	Value
2005	99.43
2010	97.63
2011	96.39
2012	97.27
2013	97.51
2014	97.97
2015	94.60
2016	99.64
2017	95.56

Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female (% of primary school age children)

The value for Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female (% of primary school age children) in United States was 95.51 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.73 in 2005 and a minimum value of 95.00 in 2015.

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

Year	Value
2005	99.73
2010	97.68
2011	96.93
2012	97.01
2013	97.28
2014	98.29
2015	95.00
2016	99.57
2017	95.51

Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children)

The value for Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male (% of primary school age children) in United States was 95.60 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.71 in 2016 and a minimum value of 94.22 in 2015.

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

Year	Value
2005	99.15
2010	97.59
2011	95.87
2012	97.51
2013	97.73
2014	97.67
2015	94.22
2016	99.71
2017	95.60

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation