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Last update: Nov 2009

Primary school enrolment and attendance

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Countries and Territories Primary school enrolment rate
(2003-2008*)
Gross
Primary school enrolment rate
(2003-2008*)
Net
Primary school attendance rate
(2003-2008*)
Net
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Afghanistan12675101744661664053
Albania106105105949394929292
Algeria113106110969595979697
Andorra898788818081---
Angola201187194---585958x
Antigua and Barbuda10699103757374---
Argentina113112112999899---
Armenia9610098808482999899
Australia105105105969796---
Austria102101102979897---
Azerbaijan999798878586747273
Bahamas989898878988---
Bahrain120119120989898868786x
Bangladesh101105103879189798481
Barbados105105105969897---
Belarus989697908991939493
Belgium102102102979897---
Belize124122123969897959595
Benin1058796877380726267
Bhutan103101102797979746770
Bolivia109109109959595787778
Bosnia and Herzegovina1019498---979898
Botswana108106107838584838684x
Brazil141133137949594959595
Brunei Darussalam106105106939393---
Bulgaria101100100939292---
Burkina Faso716065524247494446
Burundi10898103767375727071
Cambodia124115119918789848685
Cameroon118101110---868184
Canada98989899100100x---
Cape Verde10598102858485979697x
Central African Republic 845871634554645459
Chad906176715060413136
Chile107102104------
China112111111100100100---
Colombia117116116878787909291
Comoros918085757173313131x
Congo110102106585255868786
Cook Islands798080737574---
Costa Rica111110110919392878988
Côte d'Ivoire816472614955665762
Croatia999999919090---
Cuba103100102989898---
Cyprus103102102999999---
Czech Republic100100100919493---
Democratic People's Republic of Korea---------
Democratic Republic of the Congo685461---635961
Denmark999999959696---
Djibouti494044423438676666
Dominica858786758077---
Dominican Republic110103107828382889089
Ecuador117117117969797---
Egypt108102105989496969495
El Salvador118118118929292---
Equatorial Guinea125119122918387616061x
Eritrea695662504347696467x
Estonia1009899959494---
Ethiopia978591746971454545
Fiji969395878687---
Finland989898979797---
France110109110989999---
Gabon153152152888888x949494x
Gambia717774596462606261
Georgia1009899959294949595
Germany103103103989898---
Ghana989798737172757575
Greece10210210210099100---
Grenada827980787476---
Guatemala117110113979395807678x
Guinea988491796974554851
Guinea-Bissau845670x533745x545354
Guyana116115115---969696
Haiti------485250
Holy See---------
Honduras117116117969796778079
Hungary989697898888---
Iceland989798989798---
India114109112908789858183
Indonesia116112114979495868485
Iran (Islamic Republic of)1061371219110094949193x
Iraq10990100878285918086
Ireland104103104959595---
Israel109111110969897---
Italy104103104999899---
Jamaica959595909090979897
Japan100100100--100---
Jordan969897899190999999
Kazakhstan109109109919090999898
Kenya107104106757676797979
Kiribati112114113969897x---
Kuwait979696848384---
Kyrgyzstan969595858485919392
Lao People's Democratic Republic123109116868184817779
Latvia969395899290---
Lebanon979495838283979797x
Lesotho115114114717472828885
Liberia887983323031413940
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya113108110------
Liechtenstein106107106878988---
Lithuania959495908989---
Luxembourg102103102969897---
Madagascar144139141989999747776
Malawi114119117849087868786
Malaysia1011001019999100---
Maldives118114116979797---
Mali927483705663464043
Malta10199100929191---
Marshall Islands105101103908990---
Mauritania100106103788380565957
Mauritius101101101959695---
Mexico114111113989798979797
Micronesia (Federated States of)109111110--92---
Monaco---------
Mongolia99101100889089969897
Montenegro------989797
Morocco113101107918689918889
Mozambique11397105797376828081
Myanmar114115114---838484
Namibia110109109848987919191
Nauru908889--60---
Nepal127126126787476868284
Netherlands108105107999798---
New Zealand102102102999999---
Nicaragua117115116909090778480x
Niger584351614654443138
Nigeria1048796685863665862
Niue107102105--90---
Norway989898989898---
Occupied Palestinian Territory808080737473919292x
Oman808180727473---
Pakistan1018392745766766771
Palau108101104989596x---
Panama114111113999898---
Papua New Guinea605055------
Paraguay113110111949594959696
Peru116117116969796949494
Philippines110109110919391888988
Poland989798969696---
Portugal118112115989898---
Qatar110109109949594---
Republic of Korea1071031051009398x---
Republic of Moldova908889848283848584
Romania105104105939393---
Russian Federation969696919191---
Rwanda146148147929594848786
Saint Kitts and Nevis9710299919693---
Saint Lucia111108109999899---
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines105100103948891---
Samoa969595868887---
San Marino---------
Sao Tome and Principe132129130989797949594
Saudi Arabia---------
Senegal848484727272585958
Serbia979797959595999898
Seychelles1261251259910099---
Sierra Leone155139147---696969
Singapore---------
Slovakia10199100929292---
Slovenia101100100969595---
Solomon Islands10298101626262---
Somalia------252123
South Africa105101103868686808381x
Spain10610410510099100---
Sri Lanka108108108989798---
Sudan716166453741x565254
Suriname120118119939594959495
Swaziland110102106787978838684
Sweden969596959595---
Switzerland989797898989---
Syrian Arab Republic129123126979295x979697
Tajikistan10298100999597999697
Thailand106106106949494989898
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia989898929292979395
Timor-Leste948891646263767475
Togo1049097827277827679
Tonga116110113989496---
Trinidad and Tobago969495858585989898
Tunisia110107108969796959394x
Turkey969294938991918789
Turkmenistan------999999
Tuvalu106105106--100---
Uganda116117117---838282
Ukraine100100100898989969897
United Arab Emirates107106107919091---
United Kingdom105106105989998---
United Republic of Tanzania112109110989797717573
United States989998919392---
Uruguay117113115100100100---
Uzbekistan979496---100100100
Vanuatu110107108888788808180
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)107105106929292919392x
Viet Nam106101104x969193x949494
Yemen1007487856575756470
Zambia121117119949494808080
Zimbabwe102101101878888919392
SUMMARY INDICATORS
AFRICA1029297797476696668
Sub-Saharan Africa [Sudan, Djibouti]1019196767073656364
Eastern and Southern Africa113107110838283697069
West and Central Africa937885685863635861
Middle East and North Africa10397100928890858183
ASIA112107110928991848183**
South Asia112105108878285837981
East Asia and Pacific111110111989798888888**
Latin America and Caribbean120116118959595929392
CEE/CIS989697929091949293
Industrialized countries101101101949595---
Developing countries109104107898688807879**
Least developed countries1039398817678676566
World108103106908788817879**

   
x Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.           
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.           
** Excludes China.             
Source: The State of the World's Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF, Tables 1 and 5.