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ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/WWW/16/Rev.5
22 April 2005

The World's Women reports

 
Table 4a - Primary education

Country

Year

Primary-level net enrolment ratio

Notes

 

 

Girls

Boys

 

Africa

Algeria

2001/2002

94

96

 

Benin

1999/2000

58

84

(1)

Botswana

2001/2002

83

79

 

Burkina Faso

2001/2002

29

41

(1)

Burundi

2001/2002

48

59

(1)

Cape Verde

2001/2002

99

100

 

Chad

2001/2002

47

70

(1)

Comoros

1999/2000

50

59

(1)

Cote d'Ivoire

2001/2002

53

72

 

Djibouti

2001/2002

30

38

(1)

Egypt

2001/2002

88

92

(1)

Equatorial Guinea

2001/2002

78

91

 

Eritrea

2001/2002

39

46

 

Ethiopia

2001/2002

41

52

 

Gabon

2000/2001

78

79

(1)

Gambia

2001/2002

70

76

(1)

Ghana

2001/2002

59

61

 

Guinea

2001/2002

54

69

 

Guinea-Bissau

1999/2000

38

53

 

Kenya

2001/2002

71

69

(1)

Lesotho

2001/2002

88

81

 

Liberia

1999/2000

61

79

 

Madagascar

2001/2002

69

68

 

Malawi

2001/2002

81

81

(1)

Mauritania

2001/2002

65

68

(1)

Mauritius

2001/2002

93

93

 

Morocco

2001/2002

85

92

 

Mozambique

2001/2002

56

63

 

Namibia

2001/2002

81

76

 

Niger

2001/2002

28

41

 

Rwanda

2001/2002

85

83

 

Sao Tome and Principe

2001/2002

94

100

(1)

Senegal

2001/2002

54

61

 

South Africa

2001/2002

90

89

 

Sudan

1999/2000

42

50

(1)

Swaziland

2001/2002

77

76

 

Togo

2001/2002

84

100

 

Tunisia

2001/2002

97

97

 

United Republic of Tanzania

2001/2002

54

54

 

Zambia

2001/2002

66

66

(1)

Zimbabwe

2002/2003

80

80

 

America, North

Bahamas

2001/2002

88

85

(1)

Barbados

2001/2002

100

100

 

Belize

2000/2001

96

96

(1)

Canada

2000/2001

100

100

(1)

Costa Rica

2001/2002

91

90

 

Cuba

2001/2002

95

96

 

Dominica

2000/2001

90

93

(1)

Dominican Republic

2001/2002

95

99

 

El Salvador

2001/2002

89

89

 

Grenada

2000/2001

80

89

(1)

Guatemala

2001/2002

83

87

 

Honduras

2001/2002

88

87

(1)

Jamaica

2001/2002

95

95

 

Mexico

2001/2002

100

99

 

Netherlands Antilles

2001/2002

91

86

 

Nicaragua

2001/2002

82

82

 

Panama

2001/2002

99

99

 

Saint Lucia

2001/2002

98

100

(1)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

2001/2002

92

92

(1)

Trinidad and Tobago

2001/2002

87

86

(1)

United States of America

2001/2002

93

92

 

America, South

Bolivia

2001/2002

94

94

 

Brazil

2001/2002

97

96

 

Chile

2002/2003

86

87

 

Colombia

2001/2002

86

87

(1)

Ecuador

2001/2002

100

99

 

Guyana

1999/2000

97

100

 

Paraguay

2001/2002

92

91

 

Peru

2001/2002

100

100

 

Suriname

2001/2002

98

97

 

Uruguay

2001/2002

90

89

 

Venezuela

2001/2002

93

92

 

Asia

Armenia

2001/2002

84

85

 

Azerbaijan

2001/2002

79

81

 

Bahrain

2001/2002

91

91

(1)

Bangladesh

2001/2002

88

86

 

Cambodia

2001/2002

83

89

(1)

China

2001/2002

95

94

(1)

   Hong Kong SAR

2001/2002

98

98

(1)

   Macao SAR

2001/2002

85

87

 

Cyprus

2001/2002

96

96

 

Georgia

2001/2002

91

91

 

India

2001/2002

76

89

(2)

Indonesia

2001/2002

92

93

 

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

2000/2001

78

80

(1)

Iraq

1999/2000

83

98

 

Israel

2001/2002

100

100

 

Japan

2001/2002

100

100

 

Jordan

2001/2002

92

91

 

Kazakhstan

2001/2002

89

90

 

Kuwait

2001/2002

84

85

 

Kyrgyzstan

2001/2002

88

92

 

Lao People's Democratic Republic

2001/2002

79

86

 

Lebanon

2001/2002

89

90

(1)

Malaysia

2001/2002

95

95

 

Maldives

2001/2002

96

96

 

Mongolia

2001/2002

88

85

 

Myanmar

2001/2002

82

82

 

Nepal

2000/2001

66

75

(1)

Occupied Palestinian Territory

2001/2002

95

95

 

Oman

2001/2002

75

74

 

Pakistan

2000/2001

50

68

(1)

Philippines

2001/2002

94

92

 

Qatar

2001/2002

94

95

 

Republic of Korea

2002/2003

100

100

 

Saudi Arabia

2001/2002

57

61

 

Syrian Arab Republic

2001/2002

95

100

 

Thailand

2001/2002

85

87

(1)

Turkey

2001/2002

85

91

(1)

United Arab Emirates

2001/2002

80

82

 

Viet Nam

2000/2001

92

98

(1)

Yemen

1999/2000

47

71

(1)

Europe

Albania

2000/2001

97

97

 

Austria

2001/2002

91

89

 

Belgium

2001/2002

100

100

 

Bulgaria

2001/2002

90

91

 

Croatia

2001/2002

88

89

 

Czech Republic

2001/2002

88

88

 

Denmark

2001/2002

100

100

 

Estonia

2001/2002

95

96

 

Finland

2001/2002

100

100

 

France

2001/2002

100

100

 

Germany

1999/2000

87

85

 

Greece

2001/2002

97

97

 

Hungary

2001/2002

90

91

 

Iceland

2001/2002

100

100

 

Ireland

2001/2002

96

95

 

Italy

2001/2002

99

99

 

Latvia

2001/2002

88

87

 

Lithuania

2001/2002

94

95

 

Luxembourg

2001/2002

96

96

 

Malta

2001/2002

97

97

 

Netherlands

2001/2002

99

100

 

Norway

2001/2002

100

100

 

Poland

2001/2002

98

98

 

Portugal

2001/2002

100

100

 

Republic of Moldova

2001/2002

78

79

 

Romania

2001/2002

88

89

 

Serbia and Montenegro

2000/2001

75

75

 

Slovakia

2001/2002

88

86

 

Slovenia

2001/2002

93

93

 

Spain

2001/2002

99

100

 

Sweden

2001/2002

100

100

 

Switzerland

2001/2002

98

99

 

The FYR of Macedonia

2001/2002

93

92

 

Ukraine

2001/2002

87

88

(1)

United Kingdom

2001/2002

100

100

 

Oceania

Australia

2002/2003

97

96

 

Fiji

2001/2002

100

100

(1)

Marshall Islands

1999/2000

91

100

(1)

New Zealand

2001/2002

98

99

 

Palau

2000/2001

93

100

(1)

Papua New Guinea

2001/2002

69

77

(1)

Samoa

2001/2002

94

96

 

Tonga

2001/2002

99

100

 

Vanuatu

2001/2002

94

92

 

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Sources
 

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics website (http://www.uis.unesco.org), table Gross and Net Enrolment Ratios, primary, accessed on 9 November 2004.

 
Footnotes
 

(1)

UIS estimation.

(2)

Projected at the National level on the basis of age-wise data collected for ISCED level 1 in 193 districts under the District Information System on Education (DISE).

 
Technical notes
 

Statistics on enrolment are compiled by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics (UIS) from data provided by national Governments in response to UIS questionnaires.

The 1997 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) defines primary education as programmes that are normally designed on a unit or project basis to give students a sound basic education in reading, writing and mathematics along with an elementary understanding of other subjects such as history, geography, natural science, social science, art and music. The customary or legal age of entrance to this level of education ranges between ages 5 to 7 years, and is the start of compulsory education where it exists. This level covers in principle six years of full-time schooling.

The primary-level net enrolment ratio (NER) is the number of boys and girls of primary-school age that are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group. It shows the extent of participation in primary education of children belonging to the official age group corresponding to primary education in the given country. A high primary NER denotes a high degree of participation of primary school-age children in primary education. The theoretical maximum value is 100%. If the primary NER is below 100%, then the complement, i.e. the difference with 100%, provides a measure of the proportion of children not enrolled at the specified level of education. However, since some of these children could be enrolled at levels of education other than primary level, this difference should in no way be considered as indicating the percentage of primary school-age children not enrolled.

While enrolment data offer an easy way of comparing the number of boys and girls enrolled in schools, these statistics do not reflect differences between boys and girls in rates of absenteeism, repetition and dropping out.

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United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics