Germany's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) was 105.04% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.69 percentage points from 103.35% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 105.04% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 102.61% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 103.35% | 2007 |
| Highest | 106.95% | 2004 |
| Lowest | 99.46% | 2002 |
| Average since 2008 | 102.13% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 99.71% | 1993 |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Germany's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) rose 0.88 percentage points on 2016 (from 104.16% to 105.04%).
Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2016), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.02 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 4.61 percentage points in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.24 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.42 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 51% of the movement over 10 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 2017, Germany had the 13th highest value of the 53 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 105.04% | 2017 |
| World | 106.6% | 2018 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 96.56% | 2018 |
| High income | 98.65% | 2018 |
Closest to Germany in the 2017 ranking
- Malta — 9th of 53: 105.6%
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 10th of 53: 105.38%
- North Macedonia — 11th of 53: 105.23%
- Zambia — 13th of 53: 104.88%
- Malaysia — 14th of 53: 104.36%
- Mexico — 15th of 53: 104.04%
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, male (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 105.04 |
| 2016 | 104.16 |
| 2015 | 103.85 |
| 2014 | 100.59 |
| 2013 | 100.1 |
| 2012 | 102.61 |
| 2011 | 101.51 |
| 2010 | 102.25 |
| 2009 | 101.06 |
| 2008 | 100.11 |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
More education data for Germany
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 10 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 9 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 3.31 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 6.97 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers — 283,851 (2024)
- Secondary education, teachers — 618,670 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) — 5.13% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers (% female) — 87.33% (2024)
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Questions people ask
- What is Germany's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group)?
- 105.04% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1993?
- It is up 5.33 percentage points from 99.71% in 1993. The highest value was 106.95% in 2004 and the lowest 99.46% in 2002.
- How does Germany rank?
- 13th highest of 53 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) unusual for Germany?
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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