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Education > Grade 1 intake rate: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Total number of new entrants in first grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population at the official primary school-entrance age.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Vanuatu 101.5 2002
=2 Japan 100 1997
=2 New Zealand 100 1995
4 Netherlands 98.6 2000
5 Papua New Guinea 97.8 2002
6 Iceland 96.3 2000
7 Norway 95.6 1997
8 Tajikistan 94.7 2000
9 Cuba 93.7 2000
10 Finland 93.5 2000
11 Argentina 92.2 2002
12 Aruba 91.4 2000
13 Guyana 90.1 2002
14 Burma 89.9 2000
15 Denmark 86.9 2002
16 Panama 86.5 2000
17 Luxembourg 86.3 2000
18 Netherlands Antilles 86.1 2000
19 Belarus 85.7 2002
=20 Azerbaijan 85.2 2002
=20 Bangladesh 85.2 2000
=20 Barbados 85.2 2000
23 Peru 84.7 2002
=24 Samoa 84.3 2002
=24 Mexico 84.3 2000
26 Bahrain 83.1 2000
27 Jamaica 82.2 2000
28 Tunisia 81.7 2002
29 Ecuador 81.5 2000
30 Algeria 80.7 2000
31 Fiji 80.5 2002
32 Suriname 80.4 2000
33 Maldives 80.3 2000
34 Sierra Leone 80.2 2002
35 Malta 79.7 1995
36 Albania 78.9 2000
37 Saint Lucia 78.2 2000
38 Vietnam 78.1 2000
39 Belize 77.3 2000
40 Cape Verde 76.7 2002
41 Iraq 74 2002
42 Georgia 72.6 2000
=43 Russia 72.4 1997
=43 Malawi 72.4 1997
45 Mongolia 71 2000
46 Macau 70.7 2000
47 Jordan 70.6 2002
48 Paraguay 70.2 2000
49 Kazakhstan 68.4 2000
50 Cambodia 68.1 2000
51 Kuwait 67.3 2002
52 Bolivia 67.1 2000
53 Ukraine 66.6 2002
54 Cyprus 66.5 1995
55 Trinidad and Tobago 66.3 2000
56 Morocco 66.2 2000
57 Grenada 65.1 2000
58 Rwanda 64.9 2000
59 Venezuela 63.5 2002
60 Dominican Republic 62.9 2000
61 Syria 61.9 2000
=62 Costa Rica 60.7 2000
=62 Guatemala 60.7 2000
=62 United Arab Emirates 60.7 2000
65 Switzerland 59 2000
66 Colombia 58.7 2000
67 Namibia 58.4 2000
68 Liberia 57.8 2002
69 Croatia 57.7 1997
70 Armenia 57.3 2000
71 Lesotho 54.5 2000
72 Madagascar 54.3 2002
73 Thailand 54 2002
74 Oman 53.7 2000
75 Slovakia 52.6 2000
76 El Salvador 51.8 1995
77 Tonga 51.7 2002
=78 Swaziland 50 2002
=78 Czech Republic 50 2000
80 Honduras 48.5 2000
81 Philippines 47.1 2000
82 Togo 46.9 2000
83 The Gambia 44.6 2002
84 Indonesia 44.4 2000
85 Saudi Arabia 44 2000
86 Senegal 39.9 2002
87 Nicaragua 39.7 2000
88 Zimbabwe 39.6 2002
89 Zambia 38.2 2000
90 South Africa 37.5 2000
91 Chile 37.1 2000
92 Uruguay 36.6 2000
93 The Bahamas 33.9 2002
94 Guinea-Bissau 33.5 2002
95 Niger 30.6 2000
96 Kenya 30.3 2002
97 Burundi 30 2000
98 Ghana 29.3 2000
99 Sudan 28 2002
100 Mauritania 27.8 2000
101 Chad 27.6 2000
102 Cote d'Ivoire 27 2000
103 Eritrea 26.2 2000
104 Ethiopia 25.7 2000
105 Djibouti 25.4 2002
106 Mauritius 24.5 2000
107 Botswana 23.4 2000
108 Mozambique 21.3 2000
109 Burkina Faso 20.9 2000
110 Guinea 20.4 2002
111 Angola 17.5 2002
112 Comoros 15.5 2002
113 Tanzania 13.3 2002
114 Lebanon 6.1 2000

Citation

Education > Grade 1 intake rate: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Education > Grade 1 intake rate

  • All of the top 2 countries by grade 1 intake rate are East Asian and Pacific.
  • 3 of the top 4 countries by grade 1 intake rate are High income OECD.
  • 20 of the bottom 21 countries by grade 1 intake rate are Sub-Saharan African.
  • 35 of the bottom 43 countries by grade 1 intake rate are Hot countries.
  • Tajikistan ranked first for grade 1 intake rate amongst Muslim countries in 2000.
  • New Zealand ranked first for grade 1 intake rate amongst Former British colonies in 1995.
  • 2 of the top 4 countries by grade 1 intake rate are Densely populated.
  • Iraq ranked first for grade 1 intake rate amongst Failed states in 2002.
  • Saudi Arabia ranked second last for grade 1 intake rate amongst OPEC countries in 2000.
  • Papua New Guinea ranked first for grade 1 intake rate amongst Christian countries in 2002.
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