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

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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.
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1st grade 107.68
Ranked 49th. 14% more than Switzerland 		94.44
Ranked 103th.
1st grade > Female 103.77
Ranked 60th. 9% more than Switzerland 		95.64
Ranked 96th.
1st grade > Male 111.54
Ranked 45th. 20% more than Switzerland 		93.3
Ranked 108th.
5th grade 82.45
Ranked 46th. 		88.3
Ranked 11th. 7% more than South Africa
5th grade > Female 83.39
Ranked 40th. 		88.12
Ranked 12th. 6% more than South Africa
5th grade > Male 81.58
Ranked 43th. 		88.47
Ranked 8th. 8% more than South Africa

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

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  • Over the years, Africa has had some of the worst literacy rates on Earth; up to 50% of the population is illiterate in some countries.

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