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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
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
= 38
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
= 62
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
= 74
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
= 80
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
= 86
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
= 113
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
= 123
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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