Caribbean small states's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) was 89.94% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 4.5 percentage points from 94.44% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 89.94% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 94.3% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 94.44% | 2008 |
| Highest | 104.46% | 1977 |
| Lowest | 89.15% | 2009 |
| Average since 2009 | 93.2% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 100.39% | 1975 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Caribbean small states' gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) fell 0.76 percentage points on 2017 (from 90.7% to 89.94%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2017), the average change was −0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.35 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.82 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.58 percentage points in 1980. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 4% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Caribbean small states | 89.94% | 2018 |
| World | 105.12% | 2018 |
What this measures
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.
Limitations: 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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 44 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 89.94 |
| 2017 | 90.7 |
| 2016 | 94.02 |
| 2015 | 94.41 |
| 2014 | 94.75 |
| 2013 | 94.3 |
| 2012 | 96.31 |
| 2011 | 93.49 |
| 2010 | 94.97 |
| 2009 | 89.15 |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 110.78% (2018)
- Algeria — 101.88% (2018)
- Bahrain — 89.16% (2018)
- Djibouti — 77.45% (2019)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 101.78% (2018)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 105.02% (2017)
- Israel — 103.83% (2017)
- Jordan
More education data for Caribbean small states
- Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 623,110 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 94.04% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 93.46% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 94.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers — 41,622 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers (% female) — 87.33% (2024)
- Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) — 83.68% (2024)
- Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)
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Questions people ask
- What is Caribbean small states's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)?
- 89.94% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is down 10.45 percentage points from 100.39% in 1975. The highest value was 104.46% in 1977 and the lowest 89.15% in 2009.
- Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) unusual for Caribbean small states?
- In 2018, Caribbean small states' gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) fell 0.76 percentage points on 2017 (from 90.7% to 89.94%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2017), the average change was −0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.35 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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