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 > % gross (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Sierra Leone :
155.06 % gross
2005
# 2
East Timor :
152.49 % gross
2005
# 3
Brazil :
140.96 % gross
2003
# 4
Madagascar :
138.47 % gross
2005
# 5
Cambodia :
134.11 % gross
2005
# 6
São Tomé and Príncipe :
133.79 % gross
2005
# 7
Guyana :
132.4 % gross
2004
# 8
Lesotho :
131.58 % gross
2005
# 9
Gabon :
129.55 % gross
2004
# 10
Netherlands Antilles :
125.76 % gross
2003
# 11
Syria :
124.23 % gross
2005
# 12
Belize :
124.08 % gross
2005
# 13
Russia :
122.94 % gross
2004
# 14
Malawi :
122.29 % gross
2005
# 15
Rwanda :
120.09 % gross
2005
# 16
Suriname :
119.86 % gross
2005
# 17
Saint Lucia :
119.09 % gross
2005
# 18
Vanuatu :
118.03 % gross
2005
# 19
Mongolia :
117.93 % gross
2005
# 20
China :
117.62 % gross
2004
# 21
Uganda :
117.52 % gross
2005
# 22
Indonesia :
116.96 % gross
2004
# 23
Ecuador :
116.88 % gross
2005
# 24
Cameroon :
116.7 % gross
2005
# 25
Portugal :
116.21 % gross
2004
# 26
India :
116.2 % gross
2004
# 27
Laos :
115.81 % gross
2005
# 28
Micronesia, Federated States of :
114.75 % gross
2005
# 29
Tonga :
114.72 % gross
2005
# 30
Aruba :
114.18 % gross
2005
# 31
Kenya :
114.09 % gross
2005
# 32
Equatorial Guinea :
114.07 % gross
2005
# 33
Peru :
113.88 % gross
2004
# 34
Guatemala :
113.85 % gross
2005
# 35
Nepal :
113.3 % gross
2005
# 36
Bolivia :
113.17 % gross
2004
# 37
El Salvador :
113.14 % gross
2005
# 38
Honduras :
112.96 % gross
2004
# 39
Dominican Republic :
112.79 % gross
2005
# 40
Colombia :
112.78 % gross
2005
# 41
Philippines :
112.36 % gross
2004
# 42
Kiribati :
112.21 % gross
2005
# 43
Argentina :
112.17 % gross
2003
# 44
Nicaragua :
111.8 % gross
2005
# 45
Algeria :
111.77 % gross
2005
# 46
Zambia :
111.14 % gross
2005
# 47
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
111.12 % gross
2005
# 48
Panama :
111.01 % gross
2005
# 49
Iran :
110.72 % gross
2005
# 50
Israel :
110.19 % gross
2004
# 51
Tunisia :
109.9 % gross
2004
# 52
Seychelles :
109.67 % gross
2004
# 53
Costa Rica :
109.52 % gross
2005
# 54
Mexico :
109.17 % gross
2004
# 55
Uruguay :
109.09 % gross
2003
# 56
Kazakhstan :
109.04 % gross
2005
# 57
Bangladesh :
108.86 % gross
2004
# 58
Barbados :
108.27 % gross
2005
# 59
Cape Verde :
107.96 % gross
2005
# 60
Spain :
107.7 % gross
2004
# 61
Brunei :
107.49 % gross
2005
# 62
Netherlands :
107.42 % gross
2004
# 63
Libya :
107.27 % gross
2005
# 64
Swaziland :
107.19 % gross
2004
# 65
Ukraine :
106.85 % gross
2005
# 66
United Kingdom :
106.54 % gross
2004
# 67
Romania :
106.51 % gross
2004
# 68
Ireland :
106.48 % gross
2004
# 69
Lebanon :
106.35 % gross
2005
# 70
Trinidad and Tobago :
106.31 % gross
2005
# 71
Macau :
106.28 % gross
2005
# 72
Liechtenstein :
106.14 % gross
2004
# 73
Tanzania :
106.02 % gross
2005
# 74
Qatar :
106 % gross
2005
# 75
Fiji :
105.96 % gross
2005
# 76
Austria :
105.91 % gross
2004
# 77
Paraguay :
105.87 % gross
2003
# 78
Albania :
105.73 % gross
2004
# 79
Morocco :
105.09 % gross
2005
# 80
Venezuela :
104.89 % gross
2005
# 81
Mozambique :
104.83 % gross
2005
# 82
France :
104.8 % gross
2004
# 83
Korea, South :
104.79 % gross
2005
# 84
Bulgaria :
104.77 % gross
2004
# 85
Hong Kong :
104.72 % gross
2005
# 86
Botswana :
104.55 % gross
2005
# 87
Palau :
104.47 % gross
2005
# 88
Bahrain :
104.38 % gross
2005
# 89
South Africa :
104.07 % gross
2004
# 90
Belgium :
103.95 % gross
2004
# 91
Chile :
103.67 % gross
2004
# 92
Singapore :
103.37 % gross
1991
# 93
Nigeria :
102.88 % gross
2005
# 94
Australia :
102.83 % gross
2004
# 95
Malta :
102.38 % gross
2004
# 96
Switzerland :
102.35 % gross
2004
# 97
Mauritius :
102.19 % gross
2005
# 98
Marshall Islands :
102.15 % gross
2004
# 99
Czech Republic :
101.87 % gross
2004
# 100
Cuba :
101.84 % gross
2005
# 101
New Zealand :
101.7 % gross
2004
# 102
Bermuda :
101.6 % gross
2005
# 103
Greece :
101.56 % gross
2004
# 104
Belarus :
101.44 % gross
2005
# 105
Italy :
101.37 % gross
2004
# 106
Tajikistan :
101.22 % gross
2005
# 107
Bahamas, The :
101.18 % gross
2005
# 108
Denmark :
100.97 % gross
2004
# 109
Egypt :
100.7 % gross
2004
# 110
Finland :
100.55 % gross
2004
# 111
Japan :
100.41 % gross
2004
= 112
Canada :
100.19 % gross
2002
= 112
Togo :
100.19 % gross
2005
# 114
Germany :
100.18 % gross
2004
# 115
Estonia :
99.91 % gross
2004
= 116
Uzbekistan :
99.77 % gross
2004
= 116
Samoa :
99.77 % gross
2005
# 118
Burma :
99.64 % gross
2005
# 119
Iceland :
99.43 % gross
2004
# 120
Slovenia :
99.42 % gross
2004
# 121
Luxembourg :
99.41 % gross
2004
# 122
Liberia :
99.16 % gross
2000
# 123
Sweden :
99.07 % gross
2004
= 124
Slovakia :
99.06 % gross
2004
= 124
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
99.06 % gross
2005
# 126
Namibia :
99 % gross
2005
# 127
United States :
98.98 % gross
2004
# 128
Norway :
98.9 % gross
2004
# 129
Poland :
98.88 % gross
2004
# 130
Iraq :
98.48 % gross
2005
# 131
Serbia and Montenegro :
98.3 % gross
2001
# 132
Jordan :
98.2 % gross
2004
# 133
Hungary :
97.92 % gross
2004
# 134
Kuwait :
97.87 % gross
2005
# 135
Kyrgyzstan :
97.85 % gross
2005
# 136
Cyprus :
97.75 % gross
2004
= 137
Sri Lanka :
97.69 % gross
2004
= 137
Macedonia, Republic of :
97.69 % gross
2004
# 139
Lithuania :
97.23 % gross
2004
# 140
Thailand :
97.13 % gross
2005
# 141
Solomon Islands :
96.5 % gross
2005
# 142
Azerbaijan :
96.28 % gross
2005
# 143
Benin :
96.21 % gross
2005
# 144
Zimbabwe :
96.02 % gross
2003
# 145
Croatia :
95.6 % gross
2004
# 146
Jamaica :
95.33 % gross
2004
# 147
Vietnam :
94.51 % gross
2005
# 148
Maldives :
93.7 % gross
2005
# 149
Armenia :
93.69 % gross
2005
# 150
Georgia :
93.62 % gross
2005
# 151
Malaysia :
93.48 % gross
2003
# 152
Ethiopia :
93.37 % gross
2005
# 153
Turkey :
93.31 % gross
2004
# 154
Mauritania :
93.28 % gross
2005
# 155
Latvia :
92.86 % gross
2004
# 156
Grenada :
92.5 % gross
2005
# 157
Moldova :
92.42 % gross
2005
# 158
Dominica :
92.11 % gross
2005
# 159
Saudi Arabia :
90.74 % gross
2005
# 160
Cayman Islands :
89.7 % gross
2005
# 161
Ghana :
88.37 % gross
2005
# 162
Congo, Republic of the :
87.68 % gross
2005
# 163
Senegal :
87.55 % gross
2005
# 164
Yemen :
87.49 % gross
2005
# 165
Pakistan :
87.32 % gross
2005
# 166
Andorra :
87.04 % gross
2005
# 167
Afghanistan :
86.51 % gross
2005
# 168
Comoros :
85.46 % gross
2005
# 169
Burundi :
84.93 % gross
2005
# 170
Oman :
84.46 % gross
2005
# 171
United Arab Emirates :
83.31 % gross
2005
# 172
Gambia, The :
81.41 % gross
2004
# 173
Guinea :
81.35 % gross
2005
# 174
Chad :
77 % gross
2005
# 175
Papua New Guinea :
75.42 % gross
2003
# 176
Côte d'Ivoire :
71.76 % gross
2003
# 177
Guinea-Bissau :
69.71 % gross
2001
# 178
Mali :
66.44 % gross
2005
# 179
Angola :
64.29 % gross
1999
# 180
Eritrea :
64.11 % gross
2005
# 181
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
61.67 % gross
2003
# 182
Sudan :
60.43 % gross
2005
# 183
Burkina Faso :
57.67 % gross
2005
# 184
Central African Republic :
55.56 % gross
2005
# 185
Haiti :
47.79 % gross
1991
# 186
Niger :
46.66 % gross
2005
# 187
Djibouti :
40.14 % gross
2005
# 188
Somalia :
16.9 % gross
2002
Weighted average:
101.7 % 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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