Net intake rate in grade 1, male (% 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 97.48 2018
2 Tunisia 93.53 2018
3 Egypt 89.14 2018
4 Algeria 87.46 2018
5 São Tomé and Principe 82.17 2017
6 Ethiopia 81.93 2015
7 Mauritius 81.46 2017
8 Malawi 80.73 2018
9 Morocco 80.09 2018
10 Mozambique 77.01 2015
11 Côte d'Ivoire 76.45 2018
12 Rwanda 74.88 2018
13 Lesotho 71.82 2016
14 Sierra Leone 71.30 2015
15 Dem. Rep. Congo 71.13 2014
16 Seychelles 70.44 2018
17 Madagascar 69.56 2018
18 Djibouti 67.11 2019
19 Guinea 63.04 2016
20 Cameroon 60.83 2018
21 Chad 59.91 2011
22 Angola 59.68 2010
23 Togo 58.28 2017
24 Uganda 57.58 2017
25 Burundi 57.56 2018
26 Namibia 55.58 2010
27 Niger 53.02 2018
28 Benin 52.30 2018
29 Tanzania 49.25 2017
30 Zambia 48.76 2013
31 Congo 48.15 2010
32 Burkina Faso 45.15 2018
33 South Africa 42.98 2017
34 Comoros 42.81 2014
35 The Gambia 42.74 2016
36 Botswana 41.85 2014
37 Guinea-Bissau 41.00 2010
38 Central African Republic 40.59 2010
39 Senegal 40.05 2017
40 Zimbabwe 39.38 2013
41 Eswatini 37.29 2016
42 Ghana 36.55 2009
43 Mauritania 36.23 2018
44 Eritrea 28.92 2018
45 Kenya 25.89 1999
46 Mali 23.38 2017
47 Equatorial Guinea 20.30 2015
48 Liberia 6.82 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