Global Education Digest 2012 - International Reading Association

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PRIMARY EDUCATION / ISCED 1 / Compulsory education, new entrants and measures of
enrolment / 2010
REGION Compulsory education New entrants Gross intake ratio Net intake rate (adjusted)
Country or territory
Starting
MF
age Duration (000) % F MF M F GPI MF M
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Botswana 6 10 47 ** , -1 48 ** , -1 111 ** , -1 114 ** , -1 108 ** , -1 0.95 ** , -1 47 -1 46 -1
Burkina Faso 6 10 445 +1 48 +1 89 +1 91 +1 86 +1 0.94 +1 29 +1 29 +1
Burundi 7 6 324 49 161 164 158 0.96 ... ...
Cameroon 6 6 706 46 134 144 123 0.86 92 -1 ...
Cape Verde 6 6 10 50 96 96 96 1.00 92 92
Central African Republic 6 6 116 +1 44 +1 96 +1 108 +1 85 +1 0.79 +1 52 +1 57 +1
Chad 6 10 423 44 124 140 109 0.78 ... ...
Comoros 6 8 16 -2 48 -2 80 -2 82 -2 77 -2 0.94 -2 ... ...
Congo 6 10 119 49 109 109 108 0.99 79 * 78 *
Côte d’Ivoire 6 10 458 +1 47 +1 83 +1 88 +1 78 +1 0.88 +1 45 -1 47 -1
Democratic Republic of the Congo 6 6 2,268 47 111 117 105 0.90 ... ...
Equatorial Guinea 7 6 16 49 92 93 90 0.97 45 42
Eritrea 7 8 59 47 42 44 40 0.91 32 34
Ethiopia . . 3,171 47 137 145 129 0.89 82 86
Gabon 6 10 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Gambia 7 6 44 ** 50 ** 88 ** 88 ** 88 ** 1.00 ** 57 57
Ghana 4 11 703 +1 49 +1 110 +1 109 +1 111 +1 1.02 +1 46 -1 45 -1
Guinea 7 10 287 45 104 112 96 0.86 71 75
Guinea-Bissau 6 6 67 49 166 169 164 0.97 57 58
Kenya 6 8 ... ... ... ... ... ... 40 ** , -1 39 ** , -1
Lesotho . . 53 48 99 103 94 0.92 64 65
Liberia … … 119 -2 47 -2 116 -2 120 -2 112 -2 0.93 -2 ... ...
Madagascar 6 5 1,095 50 184 184 184 1.00 ... ...
Malawi 6 8 699 51 154 150 159 1.06 92 -1 93 -1
Mali 7 9 374 +1 47 +1 79 +1 82 +1 76 +1 0.92 +1 67 +1 70 +1
Mauritius 5 12 18 50 97 95 99 1.04 82 80
Mozambique 6 7 1,193 +1 48 +1 161 +1 165 +1 157 +1 0.95 +1 68 +1 68 +1
Namibia 7 10 52 -1 50 -1 94 -1 93 -1 95 -1 1.02 -1 72 -1 71 -1
Niger 7 6 470 +1 46 +1 95 +1 100 +1 90 +1 0.89 +1 81 +1 86 +1
Nigeria 6 9 3,974 46 88 93 83 0.89 58 ** 60 **
Rwanda 7 9 583 +1 49 +1 195 +1 200 +1 191 +1 0.95 +1 ... ...
Sao Tome and Principe 6 11 5 +1 47 +1 112 +1 117 +1 107 +1 0.92 +1 97 +1 100 +1
Senegal 7 10 359 51 103 100 106 1.06 83 80
Seychelles 6 10 1 50 105 107 103 0.97 ... ...
Sierra Leone 6 6 218 +1 48 +1 127 +1 133 +1 121 +1 0.91 +1 ... ...
Somalia … … ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
South Africa 7 9 926 -1 48 -1 91 -1 94 -1 88 -1 0.94 -1 86 ** , -1 85 ** , -1
Swaziland 6 7 35 48 118 123 113 0.92 84 85
Togo 6 10 247 49 154 157 150 0.96 87 -2 89 -2
Uganda 6 7 1,718 50 155 153 157 1.02 73 71
United Republic of Tanzania 7 7 1,265 50 96 96 97 1.01 85 -2 85 -2
Zambia 7 7 453 50 115 114 117 1.03 61 59
Zimbabwe 6 7 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
REGIONAL AVERAGES
WORLD 134,682 ** 48 ** 110 ** 112 ** 109 ** 0.98 ** 85 ** 86 **
Arab States 7,760 48 ** 101 102 ** 99 ** 0.97 ** 76 ** 78 **
Central and Eastern Europe 4,262 ** 49 ** 99 ** 100 ** 99 ** 0.99 ** 86 ** 85 **
Central Asia 1,349 48 100 101 98 0.97 90 91
East Asia and the Pacific 32,295 47 106 105 107 1.02 93 ** 92 **
Latin America and the Caribbean 13,208 ** 48 ** 119 ** 121 ** 117 ** 0.97 ** 86 ** 86 **
North America and Western Europe 8,861 48 100 100 99 0.98 89 89
South and West Asia 40,666 ** 47 ** 115 ** 117 ** 113 ** 0.97 ** 93 ** 95 **
Sub-Saharan Africa 26,281 48 115 119 111 0.93 65 ** 66 **
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