Net intake rate in grade 1, female (% of official school-age population) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding age.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Cabo Verde 96.62 2018
2 Tunisia 93.89 2018
3 Egypt 90.17 2018
4 Algeria 86.03 2018
5 São Tomé and Principe 84.73 2017
6 Malawi 83.06 2018
7 Mauritius 82.29 2017
8 Morocco 82.10 2018
9 Ethiopia 76.15 2015
10 Mozambique 74.73 2015
11 Rwanda 72.26 2018
12 Madagascar 71.96 2018
13 Sierra Leone 71.41 2015
14 Côte d'Ivoire 70.16 2018
15 Lesotho 69.39 2016
16 Seychelles 69.17 2018
17 Dem. Rep. Congo 65.91 2014
18 Djibouti 64.31 2019
19 Uganda 59.99 2017
20 Namibia 59.14 2010
21 Burundi 57.69 2018
22 Togo 57.00 2017
23 Cameroon 55.75 2018
24 Guinea 54.21 2016
25 Zambia 52.14 2013
26 Tanzania 51.56 2017
27 Benin 49.27 2018
28 Chad 48.43 2011
29 Congo 47.85 2010
30 Angola 47.30 2010
31 Niger 46.88 2018
32 The Gambia 46.69 2016
33 Senegal 44.82 2017
34 Burkina Faso 43.06 2018
35 Botswana 42.82 2014
36 Comoros 41.83 2014
37 Zimbabwe 41.35 2013
38 Eswatini 39.54 2016
39 Guinea-Bissau 39.21 2010
40 South Africa 37.80 2017
41 Ghana 37.68 2009
42 Mauritania 37.09 2018
43 Central African Republic 34.73 2010
44 Kenya 27.82 1999
45 Eritrea 27.08 2018
46 Mali 20.68 2017
47 Equatorial Guinea 19.75 2015
48 Liberia 6.51 2011

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Development Relevance: The net intake rate in the first grade of primary education indicates the level of access to primary education and the education system's capacity to provide access to primary education. A high net intake rate indicates a high degree of access to primary education for the official primary school entrance age children.

Limitations and Exceptions: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Net intake rate in the first grade of primary education is calculated by dividing the number of children of official primary school entrance age who enter grade 1 of primary education for the first time by the population of the same age, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual