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Education > School enrolment rate Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & South Africa

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  • 1st grade: Gross intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age."
  • 1st grade > Female: Gross intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age."
  • 1st grade > Male: Gross intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age."
  • 5th grade: Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
  • 5th grade > Female: Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
  • 5th grade > Male: Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
STAT Nigeria South Africa HISTORY
1st grade 107.49
Ranked 48th.
107.68
Ranked 49th. About the same as Nigeria

1st grade > Female 98.35
Ranked 89th.
103.77
Ranked 60th. 6% more than Nigeria

1st grade > Male 116.39
Ranked 29th. 4% more than South Africa
111.54
Ranked 45th.

5th grade 82.85
Ranked 45th. About the same as South Africa
82.45
Ranked 46th.

5th grade > Female 84.23
Ranked 38th. 1% more than South Africa
83.39
Ranked 40th.

5th grade > Male 81.76
Ranked 42nd. About the same as South Africa
81.58
Ranked 43th.

SOURCES: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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