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Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) in Korea was 100.50 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 113.08 in 1979, while its lowest value was 93.62 in 2012.

Definition: Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.

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

Year	Value
1971	111.86
1972	108.46
1973	104.20
1974	106.98
1975	105.26
1976	110.63
1977	106.55
1978	107.55
1979	113.08
1980	109.15
1981	106.20
1982	104.72
1983	100.00
1984	94.50
1985	100.87
1986	100.36
1987	111.92
1988	110.62
1989	112.02
1990	108.66
1991	101.74
1992	94.22
1993	100.27
1994	103.43
1995	106.86
1996	106.53
1997	104.55
1998	109.14
1999	103.68
2000	97.68
2001	96.16
2002	98.85
2003	99.32
2004	103.37
2005	101.73
2006	102.70
2007	108.56
2008	101.64
2009	93.76
2010	100.51
2011	99.97
2012	93.62
2013	97.00
2014	106.18
2015	100.38
2016	95.73
2017	100.50

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group)

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) in Korea was 101.37 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 114.03 in 1971, while its lowest value was 92.82 in 1992.

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

Year	Value
1971	114.03
1972	109.24
1973	106.20
1974	107.80
1975	104.63
1976	110.94
1977	105.98
1978	107.38
1979	112.71
1980	108.56
1981	104.96
1982	104.17
1983	99.28
1984	94.87
1985	99.57
1986	99.87
1987	111.28
1988	110.39
1989	110.93
1990	107.85
1991	100.49
1992	92.82
1993	97.84
1994	99.18
1995	101.37
1996	102.36
1997	102.27
1998	105.93
1999	102.92
2000	99.15
2001	98.08
2002	99.61
2003	99.91
2004	102.04
2005	102.65
2006	103.75
2007	109.96
2008	101.54
2009	93.93
2010	99.32
2011	98.91
2012	93.01
2013	96.76
2014	105.76
2015	100.42
2016	96.08
2017	101.37

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) in Korea was 100.94 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 112.98 in 1971, while its lowest value was 93.30 in 2012.

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

Year	Value
1971	112.98
1972	108.86
1973	105.23
1974	107.41
1975	104.93
1976	110.79
1977	106.26
1978	107.46
1979	112.89
1980	108.85
1981	105.56
1982	104.44
1983	99.63
1984	94.69
1985	100.20
1986	100.11
1987	111.59
1988	110.50
1989	111.46
1990	108.24
1991	101.09
1992	93.49
1993	98.99
1994	101.17
1995	103.92
1996	104.29
1997	103.33
1998	107.42
1999	103.28
2000	98.46
2001	97.18
2002	99.25
2003	99.63
2004	102.67
2005	102.20
2006	103.24
2007	109.29
2008	101.58
2009	93.85
2010	99.89
2011	99.41
2012	93.30
2013	96.87
2014	105.96
2015	100.40
2016	95.91
2017	100.94

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