Ethiopia's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) was 141.52% in 2015, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6.74 percentage points from 134.78% in 2005.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 141.52% | 2015 |
| Five years earlier | 131.68% | 2010 |
| Ten years earlier | 134.78% | 2005 |
| Highest | 155.08% | 2008 |
| Lowest | 49.75% | 1994 |
| Average since 2006 | 138.9% | 2006–2015 |
| First recorded | 65.36% | 1982 |
What the numbers say
In 2015, Ethiopia's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) fell 9.49 percentage points on 2014 (from 151.01% to 141.52%).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2014), the average change was +4.38 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 14.91 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 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 37.37 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.66 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2006 to 2015 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.38 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 32% of the movement over 9 observed years.
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 141.52% | 2015 |
| World | 105.12% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 112.92% | 2018 |
| Low income | 124.33% | 2018 |
Closest to Ethiopia in the 2015 ranking
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 2nd of 3: 139.92%
- Bermuda — 3rd of 3: 70.75%
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 24 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 141.52 |
| 2014 | 151.01 |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 143.28 |
| 2011 | 149.94 |
| 2010 | 131.68 |
| 2009 | 133.41 |
| 2008 | 155.08 |
| 2007 | 129.88 |
| 2006 | 114.3 |
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)
- Comoros
More education data for Ethiopia
- Primary school starting age (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.91 (2021)
- Primary education, pupils — 15.93 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 84.42% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 81.41% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 87.32% (2024)
- Primary education, pupils (% female)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Ethiopia's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)?
- 141.52% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1982?
- It is up 76.16 percentage points from 65.36% in 1982. The highest value was 155.08% in 2008 and the lowest 49.75% in 1994.
- Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) unusual for Ethiopia?
- In 2015, Ethiopia's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) fell 9.49 percentage points on 2014 (from 151.01% to 141.52%). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2014), the average change was +4.38 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 14.91 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 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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