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

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 Iran 99.98 2017
2 Malaysia 99.76 2017
3 Singapore 98.52 2017
4 Sri Lanka 97.08 2017
5 Tajikistan 94.70 2017
6 Cambodia 94.35 2012
7 Mongolia 93.62 2018
8 Korea 93.52 2011
9 Bangladesh 93.10 2010
10 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 92.10 2009
11 Pakistan 90.39 2017
12 Lao PDR 90.18 2018
13 Macao SAR, China 89.68 2018
14 Uzbekistan 88.68 2017
15 Armenia 85.78 2018
16 Iraq 85.67 2004
17 Israel 84.93 2017
18 Hong Kong SAR, China 84.75 2017
19 Bahrain 83.77 2018
20 China 82.38 2018
21 Russia 81.30 2017
22 Jordan 78.93 2018
23 Azerbaijan 74.04 2018
24 Saudi Arabia 73.71 2018
25 Afghanistan 69.87 2015
26 Georgia 69.21 2018
27 Brunei 68.61 2018
28 Yemen 66.97 2016
29 Philippines 65.06 2017
30 Bhutan 63.82 2018
31 Thailand 63.03 2015
32 Qatar 60.37 2018
33 India 59.23 2015
34 Kyrgyz Republic 57.85 2017
35 Kuwait 56.24 2017
36 Oman 55.33 2018
37 Timor-Leste 52.50 2018
38 Syrian Arab Republic 51.24 2008
39 United Arab Emirates 47.25 2017
40 Kazakhstan 46.81 2019
41 Indonesia 40.55 2018

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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