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Education > Education > Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5: Countries Compared

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
=1 Norway 100% 2004
=1 Japan 100% 1991
=3 Spain 99.9% 2004
=3 Israel 99.9% 2004
=5 Italy 99.8% 2004
=5 Sweden 99.8% 1991
7 Ireland 99.7% 1991
=8 Cyprus 99.6% 2004
=8 Iceland 99.6% 2002
=8 Croatia 99.6% 2002
=11 Kazakhstan 99.5% 2004
=11 Finland 99.5% 2004
13 Kuwait 99.4% 2004
=14 Oman 99.3% 2005
=14 Belarus 99.3% 2004
=14 Hong Kong 99.3% 2004
=17 Poland 99.2% 2004
=17 Germany 99.2% 2004
=17 Brunei 99.2% 2004
20 Seychelles 99.1% 2002
21 Malta 99% 2002
=22 Greece 98.9% 2004
=22 Slovenia 98.9% 2002
=24 Estonia 98.8% 2004
=24 Australia 98.8% 1991
26 Bahrain 98.7% 2004
27 South Korea 98.6% 2005
28 Austria 98.5% 2003
=29 Czech Republic 98.4% 2004
=29 Chile 98.4% 2003
=31 Barbados 98.3% 2004
=31 Netherlands 98.3% 2002
=33 Latvia 98.2% 2004
=33 Georgia 98.2% 2002
35 Azerbaijan 98.1% 2004
=36 Hungary 98% 2004
=36 Tajikistan 98% 2004
=36 France 98% 1999
39 Lithuania 97.9% 2004
40 Malaysia 97.7% 2002
=41 Aruba 97.5% 2004
=41 Ukraine 97.5% 2000
43 Slovakia 97.4% 2004
44 Saudi Arabia 97.1% 2004
45 Cuba 97% 2004
46 Kyrgyzstan 96.9% 2004
47 United Arab Emirates 96.8% 2004
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 96.73% 2002
48 Canada 96.5% 1991
49 Armenia 96.3% 2002
50 Uzbekistan 96.1% 2002
51 Saint Lucia 96% 2004
=52 Mauritius 95.9% 2004
=52 Samoa 95.9% 2000
54 Fiji 95.8% 2003
55 Argentina 95.7% 2003
56 Serbia and Montenegro 95.6% 2000
57 Jordan 95.4% 2004
58 Romania 94.9% 2004
59 Tonga 94.6% 2000
60 Egypt 94.5% 2004
61 Syria 94.2% 2004
62 Turkey 94.1% 2004
63 Tunisia 93.7% 2004
=64 Algeria 93.2% 2004
=64 Anguilla 93.2% 2004
66 Bulgaria 92.3% 2004
=67 Sri Lanka 92.2% 1991
=67 New Zealand 92.2% 1990
69 Denmark 92.1% 2004
70 Mexico 91.6% 2004
71 Belize 91.5% 2000
72 British Virgin Islands 91.1% 2000
73 Mongolia 90.9% 2003
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 90.85% 2003
74 Moldova 90.7% 2004
75 Albania 89.9% 2003
=76 Lebanon 89.6% 2004
=76 Uruguay 89.6% 2003
78 Venezuela 89% 2004
=79 Bermuda 88.9% 2004
=79 Dominica 88.9% 2004
=81 Cape Verde 88.1% 2004
=81 San Marino 88.1% 1991
83 Iran 87.8% 2002
84 Zambia 87.5% 2001
85 Djibouti 87.3% 1990
=86 Jamaica 87.2% 2001
=86 Belgium 87.2% 1991
88 Vietnam 86.8% 2002
89 China 86% 1991
90 Cote d'Ivoire 85.6% 2000
=91 Indonesia 85.5% 2004
=91 Botswana 85.5% 2003
93 Peru 85.3% 2004
=94 Kenya 83.6% 2004
=94 Trinidad and Tobago 83.6% 2004
=94 Costa Rica 83.6% 2004
=97 Dominican Republic 82.9% 2004
=97 Monaco 82.9% 1991
99 Grenada 82.6% 2002
=100 Panama 82.4% 2004
=100 Bolivia 82.4% 2003
102 Luxembourg 81.8% 2002
103 Kiribati 81.4% 2003
104 Bhutan 81.3% 2000
105 Colombia 80.9% 2004
106 Brazil 80.5% 2003
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 79.98% 2003
107 Mali 79.8% 2004
108 Switzerland 79.7% 1990
109 Tanzania 79.2% 2005
=110 Eritrea 79.1% 2004
=110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 79.1% 2002
112 Nepal 78.5% 2005
113 Netherlands Antilles 78.4% 2001
114 Cayman Islands 78.1% 2004
115 Solomon Islands 78% 1991
116 Saint Kitts and Nevis 77.6% 2000
117 South Africa 77% 2003
118 Paraguay 76.5% 2003
119 Namibia 76.2% 2004
120 Sudan 74.3% 2004
121 India 73% 2004
=122 Morocco 72.6% 2004
=122 Ecuador 72.6% 2003
124 Comoros 71.7% 2004
125 Philippines 71.5% 2004
=126 Guinea 70.6% 2004
=126 Vanuatu 70.6% 2004
128 Iraq 70.1% 2004
129 Burma 69.9% 2004
130 Pakistan 69.7% 2004
131 Burkina Faso 68.9% 2004
132 Ethiopia 68.4% 2005
133 Togo 68.3% 2004
134 Sao Tome and Principe 68% 2004
135 Yemen 67.3% 2003
136 El Salvador 66.4% 2004
137 Bangladesh 65.1% 2003
138 Senegal 63.7% 2004
139 Laos 63% 2004
=140 Guatemala 62.6% 2004
=140 Nigeria 62.6% 2003
=140 Tuvalu 62.6% 2001
143 Zimbabwe 62.1% 2002
144 Honduras 61.7% 2004
145 Swaziland 61% 2002
146 Lesotho 60.9% 2004
147 Ghana 60% 2002
148 Niger 59.7% 2004
149 Burundi 58.9% 2004
=150 Cameroon 58.8% 2002
=150 Guyana 58.8% 2001
152 Papua New Guinea 58.2% 2002
=153 Cambodia 56.8% 2004
=153 Qatar 56.8% 1991
155 Gabon 55.5% 2002
156 Congo, Republic of the 55.4% 2002
157 Nicaragua 50.8% 2004
158 Democratic Republic of the Congo 47.3% 1991
159 Benin 46.1% 2004
160 Mozambique 45.6% 2004
161 Turks and Caicos Islands 44.8% 2002
162 Madagascar 42.7% 2004
163 Mauritania 39.4% 2004
164 Angola 39% 1991
165 Malawi 33.6% 2004
166 Equatorial Guinea 32.6% 2001
167 Rwanda 30.9% 2003
168 Chad 25.6% 2004
=169 Uganda 25.4% 2004
=169 Nauru 25.4% 2001
171 Central African Republic 15.2% 1991

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