Fiji's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) was 111.47% in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.69 percentage points from 107.78% in 2006.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 111.47% | 2016 |
| Five years earlier | 103.78% | 2011 |
| Ten years earlier | 107.78% | 2006 |
| Highest | 121.91% | 1973 |
| Lowest | 101.9% | 2009 |
| Average since 2008 | 104.72% | 2008–2016 |
| First recorded | 115.92% | 1972 |
What the numbers say
In 2016, Fiji's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) rose 9.37 percentage points on 2015 (from 102.09% to 111.47%).
Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1973 to 2015), the average change was −0.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.7 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.37 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.84 percentage points in 1974. 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 2016, Fiji had the 6th highest value of the 13 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 111.47% | 2016 |
| World | 105.12% | 2018 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 103.57% | 2018 |
| Upper middle income | 100.74% | 2018 |
Closest to Fiji in the 2016 ranking
- Papua New Guinea — 2nd of 13: 127.75%
- Guinea — 3rd of 13: 115%
- Dominica — 4th of 13: 113.98%
- Chad — 6th of 13: 109.08%
- St. Kitts and Nevis — 7th of 13: 105.1%
- Gambia, The — 8th of 13: 103.56%
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 32 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 111.47 |
| 2015 | 102.09 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | 107.7 |
| 2012 | 104.02 |
| 2011 | 103.78 |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | 101.9 |
| 2008 | 102.11 |
| 2007 | no data |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Brunei Darussalam — 100.55% (2018)
- Cambodia — 104.58% (2018)
- China — 102.56% (2018)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 113.62% (2018)
- Indonesia — 102.52% (2018)
- Kiribati — 102.18% (2017)
- Korea, Rep. — 100.94% (2017)
- Lao PDR
More education data for Fiji
- 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) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 113,938 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 110.38% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 107.18% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 113.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.96 (2021)
- Secondary education, pupils — 113,613 (2024)
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Questions people ask
- What is Fiji's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)?
- 111.47% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1972?
- It is down 4.45 percentage points from 115.92% in 1972. The highest value was 121.91% in 1973 and the lowest 101.9% in 2009.
- How does Fiji rank?
- 6th highest of 13 economies with data for 2016.
- Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) unusual for Fiji?
- In 2016, Fiji's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) rose 9.37 percentage points on 2015 (from 102.09% to 111.47%). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1973 to 2015), the average change was −0.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.7 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
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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