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

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.04 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 15.84 percentage points in 1993. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2018, Comoros had the 59th highest value of the 80 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Comoros in the 2018 ranking

• Cabo Verde — 56th of 80: 98.9%
• Grenada — 57th of 80: 98.87%
• Antigua and Barbuda — 58th of 80: 98.52%
• Belize — 60th of 80: 98.49%
• Barbados — 61st of 80: 98.33%
• Thailand — 62nd of 80: 96.93%

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 17 values

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

• Benin — 146.92% (2018)
• Burkina Faso — 111.1% (2018)
• Burundi — 128.06% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 98.9% (2018)
• Cameroon — 116.77% (2018)
• Central African Republic — 128.09% (2016)
• Chad — 109.08% (2016)
• Congo, Dem. Rep.

More education data for Comoros

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 102,152 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 97% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 96.33% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 97.66% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 3,952 (2024)
• Compulsory education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Comoros's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)?

98.49% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1981?

It is down 15.43 percentage points from 113.93% in 1981. The highest value was 133.63% in 2011 and the lowest 78.75% in 1993.

How does Comoros rank?

59th highest of 80 economies with data for 2018.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).

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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