Egypt, Arab Rep.: Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 0.95 percentage points from 102.13% in 2013. Since 1986 it is up 7.27 percentage points from 93.91% in 1986. The World Bank has no value for 13 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2018, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) fell 3.79 percentage points on 2017 (from 104.97% to 101.18%).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2000 to 2017), the average change was +1.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.74 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.09 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.79 percentage points in 2018. 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 25% of the movement over 9 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

In 2018, Egypt, Arab Rep. had the 48th highest value of the 79 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 Egypt, Arab Rep. in the 2018 ranking

• Bangladesh — 44th of 79: 101.95%
• Georgia — 45th of 79: 101.47%
• India — 46th of 79: 101.22%
• Brunei Darussalam — 48th of 79: 100.09%
• Cabo Verde — 49th of 79: 99.45%
• Bolivia — 50th of 79: 99.41%

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 20 values

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

• Afghanistan — 130.19% (2018)
• Algeria — 102.24% (2018)
• Bahrain — 88.82% (2018)
• Djibouti — 79.01% (2019)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 105.38% (2017)
• Israel — 102.83% (2017)
• Jordan — 82.23% (2018)
• Kuwait

More education data for Egypt, Arab Rep.

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 15.4 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 96.71% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 96.7% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 96.71% (2024)
• Secondary education, pupils — 11.56 million (2024)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross)

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Questions people ask

What is Egypt, Arab Rep.'s gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group)?

101.18% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1986?

It is up 7.27 percentage points from 93.91% in 1986. The highest value was 104.97% in 2017 and the lowest 87.1% in 1999.

How does Egypt, Arab Rep. rank?

48th highest of 79 economies with data for 2018.

Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) unusual for Egypt, Arab Rep.?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.MA.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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