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.
Education Statistics > School enrollment, primary, female > % gross (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
East Timor :
146.7 % gross
2005
# 2
Sierra Leone :
139.11 % gross
2005
# 3
Brazil :
136.9 % gross
2003
# 4
Madagascar :
135.53 % gross
2005
# 5
São Tomé and Príncipe :
132.35 % gross
2005
# 6
Lesotho :
131.45 % gross
2005
# 7
Guyana :
131.17 % gross
2004
# 8
Gabon :
129.2 % gross
2004
# 9
Cambodia :
128.74 % gross
2005
# 10
Netherlands Antilles :
124.43 % gross
2003
# 11
Malawi :
123.73 % gross
2005
# 12
Russia :
122.65 % gross
2004
# 13
Belize :
122.55 % gross
2005
# 14
Iran :
122.11 % gross
2005
# 15
Syria :
121.25 % gross
2005
# 16
Rwanda :
121.07 % gross
2005
# 17
Suriname :
120.11 % gross
2005
# 18
Mongolia :
119.34 % gross
2005
# 19
China :
117.4 % gross
2004
# 20
Uganda :
117.33 % gross
2005
# 21
Ecuador :
116.75 % gross
2005
# 22
Vanuatu :
116.26 % gross
2005
# 23
Indonesia :
115.92 % gross
2004
# 24
Saint Lucia :
114.17 % gross
2005
# 25
Peru :
113.57 % gross
2004
# 26
Portugal :
113.51 % gross
2004
# 27
Micronesia, Federated States of :
113.22 % gross
2005
# 28
Kiribati :
113.19 % gross
2005
# 29
Bolivia :
113.03 % gross
2004
# 30
Honduras :
112.84 % gross
2004
# 31
India :
112.14 % gross
2004
# 32
Aruba :
112.13 % gross
2005
# 33
Kenya :
111.78 % gross
2005
# 34
Argentina :
111.77 % gross
2003
# 35
Colombia :
111.73 % gross
2005
# 36
Tonga :
111.71 % gross
2005
# 37
Philippines :
111.49 % gross
2004
# 38
Equatorial Guinea :
111.24 % gross
2005
# 39
El Salvador :
111.05 % gross
2005
# 40
Bangladesh :
110.63 % gross
2004
# 41
Israel :
110.52 % gross
2004
# 42
Nicaragua :
110.17 % gross
2005
# 43
Dominican Republic :
109.98 % gross
2005
# 44
Seychelles :
109.94 % gross
2004
# 45
Panama :
109.33 % gross
2005
# 46
Guatemala :
109.28 % gross
2005
# 47
Costa Rica :
108.83 % gross
2005
# 48
Laos :
108.42 % gross
2005
# 49
Kazakhstan :
108.37 % gross
2005
# 50
Barbados :
108.18 % gross
2005
# 51
Mexico :
108.11 % gross
2004
# 52
Zambia :
108.01 % gross
2005
# 53
Tunisia :
107.98 % gross
2004
# 54
Nepal :
107.92 % gross
2005
# 55
Uruguay :
107.82 % gross
2003
# 56
Algeria :
107.39 % gross
2005
# 57
Cameroon :
107.28 % gross
2005
# 58
Brunei :
107.24 % gross
2005
# 59
Ukraine :
106.87 % gross
2005
# 60
Spain :
106.73 % gross
2004
# 61
Liechtenstein :
106.61 % gross
2004
# 62
United Kingdom :
106.5 % gross
2004
# 63
Libya :
106.35 % gross
2005
# 64
Netherlands :
105.99 % gross
2004
# 65
Austria :
105.92 % gross
2004
# 66
Ireland :
105.83 % gross
2004
# 67
Romania :
105.62 % gross
2004
# 68
Qatar :
105.52 % gross
2005
# 69
Albania :
105.21 % gross
2004
# 70
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
105.09 % gross
2005
# 71
Cape Verde :
105 % gross
2005
# 72
Trinidad and Tobago :
104.66 % gross
2005
# 73
Fiji :
104.65 % gross
2005
# 74
Lebanon :
104.52 % gross
2005
# 75
Korea, South :
104.47 % gross
2005
# 76
France :
104.37 % gross
2004
# 77
Paraguay :
104.08 % gross
2003
# 78
Tanzania :
104.07 % gross
2005
# 79
Bahrain :
103.93 % gross
2005
# 80
Bulgaria :
103.81 % gross
2004
# 81
Venezuela :
103.8 % gross
2005
# 82
Botswana :
103.78 % gross
2005
# 83
Belgium :
103.6 % gross
2004
# 84
Swaziland :
103.5 % gross
2004
# 85
Bermuda :
103.27 % gross
2005
# 86
Australia :
102.6 % gross
2004
# 87
Mauritius :
102.29 % gross
2005
# 88
South Africa :
102.18 % gross
2004
# 89
Switzerland :
101.99 % gross
2004
# 90
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
101.84 % gross
2005
# 91
Malta :
101.82 % gross
2004
# 92
Singapore :
101.81 % gross
1991
# 93
Macau :
101.72 % gross
2005
# 94
New Zealand :
101.57 % gross
2004
# 95
Hong Kong :
101.5 % gross
2005
# 96
Chile :
101.17 % gross
2004
# 97
Italy :
101.12 % gross
2004
# 98
Sri Lanka :
101.11 % gross
2003
# 99
Czech Republic :
101.09 % gross
2004
# 100
Denmark :
101.01 % gross
2004
# 101
Bahamas, The :
100.99 % gross
2005
# 102
Greece :
100.97 % gross
2004
# 103
Palau :
100.88 % gross
2005
# 104
Burma :
100.62 % gross
2005
# 105
Japan :
100.5 % gross
2004
# 106
Finland :
100.14 % gross
2004
# 107
Germany :
100.07 % gross
2004
# 108
Canada :
99.97 % gross
2002
= 109
Marshall Islands :
99.77 % gross
2004
= 109
Namibia :
99.77 % gross
2005
# 111
Belarus :
99.62 % gross
2005
# 112
Samoa :
99.55 % gross
2005
# 113
Cuba :
99.37 % gross
2005
# 114
Uzbekistan :
99.35 % gross
2004
= 115
Luxembourg :
99.18 % gross
2004
= 115
Tajikistan :
99.18 % gross
2005
# 117
Slovenia :
99.16 % gross
2004
# 118
Morocco :
99.09 % gross
2005
# 119
Sweden :
98.96 % gross
2004
# 120
Norway :
98.86 % gross
2004
# 121
Poland :
98.61 % gross
2004
# 122
Jordan :
98.55 % gross
2004
# 123
Egypt :
98.46 % gross
2004
# 124
Estonia :
98.37 % gross
2004
# 125
Slovakia :
98.34 % gross
2004
# 126
Serbia and Montenegro :
98.33 % gross
2001
# 127
Iceland :
98.03 % gross
2004
# 128
Macedonia, Republic of :
97.77 % gross
2004
# 129
United States :
97.55 % gross
2004
# 130
Cyprus :
97.5 % gross
2004
# 131
Kyrgyzstan :
97.25 % gross
2005
# 132
Hungary :
97.21 % gross
2004
# 133
Kuwait :
96.96 % gross
2005
# 134
Lithuania :
96.86 % gross
2004
# 135
Mozambique :
96.06 % gross
2005
# 136
Armenia :
95.76 % gross
2005
= 137
Azerbaijan :
95.46 % gross
2005
= 137
Jamaica :
95.46 % gross
2004
# 139
Zimbabwe :
95.17 % gross
2003
# 140
Nigeria :
94.69 % gross
2005
# 141
Thailand :
94.64 % gross
2005
# 142
Georgia :
94.17 % gross
2005
# 143
Solomon Islands :
94.13 % gross
2005
# 144
Croatia :
94.06 % gross
2003
# 145
Mauritania :
93.55 % gross
2005
# 146
Malaysia :
93.3 % gross
2003
# 147
Maldives :
92.53 % gross
2005
# 148
Togo :
91.92 % gross
2005
# 149
Moldova :
91.81 % gross
2005
# 150
Dominica :
91.57 % gross
2005
# 151
Latvia :
91.39 % gross
2004
# 152
Vietnam :
91.34 % gross
2005
# 153
Saudi Arabia :
90.9 % gross
2005
# 154
Grenada :
90.54 % gross
2005
# 155
Turkey :
90.41 % gross
2004
# 156
Iraq :
88.89 % gross
2005
# 157
Ghana :
86.63 % gross
2005
# 158
Ethiopia :
86.14 % gross
2005
# 159
Senegal :
86.04 % gross
2005
# 160
Benin :
85.27 % gross
2005
# 161
Andorra :
84.84 % gross
2005
# 162
Oman :
84.6 % gross
2005
# 163
Cayman Islands :
84.48 % gross
2005
# 164
Congo, Republic of the :
84.16 % gross
2005
# 165
Gambia, The :
83.68 % gross
2004
# 166
Liberia :
83.43 % gross
2000
# 167
United Arab Emirates :
82.05 % gross
2005
# 168
Comoros :
79.98 % gross
2005
# 169
Burundi :
78.44 % gross
2005
# 170
Pakistan :
75.15 % gross
2005
# 171
Guinea :
74.05 % gross
2005
# 172
Yemen :
72.25 % gross
2005
# 173
Papua New Guinea :
70.37 % gross
2003
# 174
Afghanistan :
63.86 % gross
2005
# 175
Côte d'Ivoire :
63.44 % gross
2003
# 176
Chad :
61.75 % gross
2005
# 177
Angola :
59.43 % gross
1999
# 178
Mali :
58.82 % gross
2005
# 179
Eritrea :
57.18 % gross
2005
# 180
Sudan :
56.18 % gross
2005
# 181
Guinea-Bissau :
55.93 % gross
2001
# 182
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
54.14 % gross
2003
# 183
Burkina Faso :
51.19 % gross
2005
# 184
Haiti :
46.4 % gross
1991
# 185
Central African Republic :
44.33 % gross
2005
# 186
Niger :
39.21 % gross
2005
# 187
Djibouti :
36.07 % gross
2005
Weighted average:
99.8 % gross
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.
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