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DEFINITION
Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. 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 > % net (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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Date
#1 Japan :
100 % net
2004 ...
#2 Iran :
99.9 % net
2005 ...
#3 Canada :
99.7 % net
2001 ...
#4 Aruba :
99.53 % net
2005 ...
#5 Finland :
99.23 % net
2004 ...
#6 New Zealand :
99.17 % net
2004 ...
#7 Korea, South :
99.14 % net
2005 ...
#8 Spain :
99.13 % net
2004 ...
#9 France :
99.11 % net
2004 ...
#10 Greece :
98.95 % net
2004 ...
#11 Norway :
98.86 % net
2004 ...
#12 Belgium :
98.84 % net
2004 ...
#13 United Kingdom :
98.7 % net
2004 ...
#14 Italy :
98.66 % net
2004 ...
#15 Denmark :
98.51 % net
2004 ...
#16 Sweden :
98.47 % net
2004 ...
#17 Argentina :
98.45 % net
2003 ...
#18 Sri Lanka :
98.37 % net
2003 ...
#19 Portugal :
98.23 % net
2004 ...
#20 Ecuador :
98.2 % net
2004 ...
#21 Panama :
98.12 % net
2005 ...
#22 Slovenia :
98.07 % net
2004 ...
#23 Cambodia :
98.02 % net
2005 ...
#24 Netherlands :
97.97 % net
2004 ...
#25 Israel :
97.95 % net
2004 ...
#26 Mexico :
97.8 % net
2004 ...
#27 Barbados :
97.67 % net
2005 ...
#28 Kiribati :
97.6 % net
1999 ...
#29 Tunisia :
97.57 % net
2004 ...
#30 Poland :
97.51 % net
2004 ...
#31 Peru :
97.25 % net
2004 ...
#32 Iceland :
97.22 % net
2004 ...
#33 Bahrain :
97.15 % net
2005 ...
#34 Seychelles :
96.85 % net
2004 ...
#35 Malawi :
96.71 % net
2005 ...
#36 Belize :
96.45 % net
2005 ...
#37 Ireland :
96.44 % net
2004 ...
#38 São Tomé and Príncipe :
96.28 % net
2005 ...
#39 Cuba :
96.28 % net
2005 ...
#40 Saint Kitts and Nevis :
96.23 % net
2005 ...
#41 Saint Lucia :
96.01 % net
2005 ...
#42 Australia :
95.99 % net
2004 ...
#43 Cyprus :
95.95 % net
2004 ...
#44 Serbia and Montenegro :
95.92 % net
2001 ...
#45 Suriname :
95.9 % net
2005 ...
#46 Mauritius :
95.82 % net
2005 ...
#47 Fiji :
95.78 % net
2005 ...
#48 Qatar :
95.72 % net
2005 ...
#49 Bolivia :
95.55 % net
2004 ...
#50 Tajikistan :
95.53 % net
2005 ...
#51 Algeria :
95.37 % net
2005 ...
#52 China :
95.31 % net
1991 ...
#53 Philippines :
94.97 % net
2004 ...
#54 Bulgaria :
94.76 % net
2004 ...
#55 Bangladesh :
94.58 % net
2003 ...
#56 Palau :
94.47 % net
2000 ...
#57 Trinidad and Tobago :
94.44 % net
2005 ...
#58 Estonia :
94.06 % net
2004 ...
#59 Egypt :
94.04 % net
2004 ...
#60 Albania :
93.97 % net
2004 ...
#61 Brunei :
93.85 % net
2005 ...
#62 Malta :
93.75 % net
2004 ...
#63 Paraguay :
93.75 % net
1991 ...
#64 Libya :
93.69 % net
1991 ...
#65 Switzerland :
93.65 % net
2004 ...
#66 Indonesia :
93.28 % net
2004 ...
#67 Tonga :
93.27 % net
2005 ...
#68 Malaysia :
93.1 % net
2003 ...
#69 Vanuatu :
93.01 % net
2005 ...
#70 El Salvador :
92.84 % net
2005 ...
#71 Madagascar :
92.4 % net
2005 ...
#72 Bahamas, The :
92.26 % net
2005 ...
#73 Jordan :
91.95 % net
2004 ...
#74 Syria :
91.93 % net
2002 ...
#75 Russia :
91.93 % net
2004 ...
#76 Macedonia, Republic of :
91.92 % net
2004 ...
#77 Guatemala :
91.88 % net
2005 ...
#78 Lebanon :
91.85 % net
2005 ...
#79 Venezuela :
91.66 % net
2005 ...
#80 Uruguay :
91.55 % net
1991 ...
#81 Honduras :
91.55 % net
2004 ...
#82 Romania :
91.54 % net
2004 ...
#83 Latvia :
91.5 % net
1991 ...
#84 Vietnam :
91.46 % net
2001 ...
#85 Jamaica :
91.06 % net
2004 ...
#86 Luxembourg :
91 % net
2004 ...
#87 Burma :
91 % net
2005 ...
#88 Mongolia :
90.7 % net
2005 ...
#89 Samoa :
90.64 % net
2004 ...
#90 Tanzania :
90.51 % net
2005 ...
#91 United States :
90.49 % net
2004 ...
#92 Kazakhstan :
90.44 % net
2005 ...
#93 Hong Kong :
89.97 % net
2005 ...
#94 Cape Verde :
89.38 % net
2005 ...
#95 Liechtenstein :
89.36 % net
2004 ...
#96 Marshall Islands :
89.3 % net
2003 ...
#97 Lesotho :
89.22 % net
2005 ...
#98 Lithuania :
89.18 % net
2004 ...
#99 Zambia :
89.13 % net
2005 ...
#100 Macau :
89.06 % net
2005 ...
#101 Guyana :
88.84 % net
1991 ...
#102 Austria :
88.48 % net
1991 ...
#103 Hungary :
88.4 % net
2004 ...
#104 Chile :
88.38 % net
1991 ...
#105 Dominican Republic :
88.32 % net
2005 ...
#106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
88.24 % net
2005 ...
#107 Costa Rica :
88.13 % net
1991 ...
#108 Belarus :
87.71 % net
2005 ...
#109 Georgia :
87.22 % net
2005 ...
#110 South Africa :
87.2 % net
2004 ...
#111 India :
86.96 % net
2004 ...
#112 Colombia :
86.88 % net
2005 ...
#113 Croatia :
86.83 % net
2003 ...
#114 Czech Republic :
86.83 % net
1991 ...
#115 Turkey :
86.82 % net
2004 ...
#116 Kyrgyzstan :
86.43 % net
2005 ...
#117 Nicaragua :
86.35 % net
2005 ...
#118 Kuwait :
86.09 % net
2005 ...
#119 Germany :
85.62 % net
1991 ...
#120 Moldova :
85.6 % net
2005 ...
#121 Dominica :
84.66 % net
2005 ...
#122 Azerbaijan :
83.78 % net
2005 ...
#123 Botswana :
83.37 % net
2005 ...
#124 Ukraine :
83.37 % net
2005 ...
#125 Morocco :
83.33 % net
2005 ...
#126 Grenada :
82.93 % net
2005 ...
#127 Zimbabwe :
82.44 % net
2003 ...
#128 Laos :
81.21 % net
2005 ...
#129 Iraq :
80.98 % net
2005 ...
#130 Armenia :
80.88 % net
2005 ...
#131 Nigeria :
80.7 % net
2004 ...
#132 Swaziland :
80.47 % net
2004 ...
#133 Kenya :
80.23 % net
2005 ...
#134 Maldives :
79.39 % net
2005 ...
#135 Saudi Arabia :
79.16 % net
2005 ...
#136 Andorra :
79.08 % net
2005 ...
#137 Uzbekistan :
77.73 % net
1991 ...
#138 Equatorial Guinea :
77.04 % net
2003 ...
#139 Cayman Islands :
76.78 % net
2005 ...
#140 Gabon :
76.51 % net
2001 ...
#141 Oman :
76.38 % net
2005 ...
#142 Rwanda :
75.3 % net
2005 ...
#143 Mozambique :
74.98 % net
2005 ...
#144 Senegal :
74.88 % net
2005 ...
#145 Namibia :
74.84 % net
2005 ...
#146 Thailand :
74.74 % net
1991 ...
#147 Nepal :
72.68 % net
2003 ...
#148 Mauritania :
72.32 % net
2005 ...
#149 Togo :
72.18 % net
2005 ...
#150 Benin :
69.84 % net
2005 ...
#151 Gambia, The :
69.66 % net
2001 ...
#152 United Arab Emirates :
69.63 % net
2005 ...
#153 Cameroon :
68.59 % net
1991 ...
#154 Ghana :
64.74 % net
2005 ...
#155 Yemen :
63.19 % net
2004 ...
#156 Solomon Islands :
62 % net
2003 ...
#157 Guinea :
60.66 % net
2005 ...
#158 Ethiopia :
58.76 % net
2005 ...
#159 Pakistan :
58.62 % net
2005 ...
#160 Burundi :
57.57 % net
2005 ...
#161 Liberia :
57.52 % net
2000 ...
#162 Comoros :
50.49 % net
2000 ...
#163 Chad :
49.82 % net
2003 ...
#164 Côte d'Ivoire :
49.8 % net
2003 ...
#165 Angola :
48.97 % net
1998 ...
#166 Congo, Republic of the :
47.55 % net
2005 ...
#167 Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
47.5 % net
1991 ...
#168 Mali :
45.34 % net
2005 ...
#169 Eritrea :
43.33 % net
2005 ...
#170 Central African Republic :
41.43 % net
1991 ...
#171 Burkina Faso :
39.98 % net
2005 ...
#172 Sudan :
39.08 % net
2000 ...
#173 Guinea-Bissau :
37.45 % net
2001 ...
#174 Sierra Leone :
36.57 % net
1991 ...
#175 Niger :
33.42 % net
2005 ...
#176 Djibouti :
29.82 % net
2005 ...
#177 Haiti :
22.62 % net
1991 ...
#178 Somalia :
6.4 % net
1991 ...
Weighted average:
84.0 % net
DEFINITION: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. 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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