Gambia, The's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) was 107.11% in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 14.49 percentage points from 92.62% in 2006.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 107.11% | 2016 |
| Five years earlier | 90.34% | 2011 |
| Ten years earlier | 92.62% | 2006 |
| Highest | 110.65% | 2015 |
| Lowest | 13.42% | 1977 |
| Average since 2007 | 99.12% | 2007–2016 |
| First recorded | 14.88% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2016, Gambia, The's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) fell 3.54 percentage points on 2015 (from 110.65% to 107.11%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1979 to 2015), the average change was +2.8 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.56 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 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 19.42 percentage points in 1981 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.73 percentage points in 1987. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.6 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 81% 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
In 2016, Gambia, The had the 5th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gambia, The | 107.11% | 2016 |
| World | 103.55% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 108.03% | 2018 |
| Low income | 119.33% | 2018 |
Closest to Gambia, The in the 2016 ranking
- Central African Republic — 2nd of 13: 115.69%
- Dominica — 3rd of 13: 113.19%
- Fiji — 4th of 13: 109.69%
- Guinea — 6th of 13: 106.52%
- Uruguay — 7th of 13: 100.56%
- St. Kitts and Nevis — 8th of 13: 99.72%
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 42 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 107.11 |
| 2015 | 110.65 |
| 2014 | 110.36 |
| 2013 | 101.64 |
| 2012 | 100.45 |
| 2011 | 90.34 |
| 2010 | 91.01 |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | 90.46 |
| 2007 | 90.06 |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Benin — 143.51% (2018)
- Burkina Faso — 108.13% (2018)
- Burundi — 127.03% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 98.33% (2018)
- Cameroon — 110.48% (2018)
- Central African Republic — 115.69% (2016)
- Chad — 97.15% (2016)
- Comoros
More education data for Gambia, The
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils — 442,901 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 100.43% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 108.23% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 92.77% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers — 13,495 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Gambia, The's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)?
- 107.11% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 92.23 percentage points from 14.88% in 1971. The highest value was 110.65% in 2015 and the lowest 13.42% in 1977.
- How does Gambia, The rank?
- 5th highest of 13 economies with data for 2016.
- Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) unusual for Gambia, The?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.FE.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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