India's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) was 101.22% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 23.11 percentage points from 124.33% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 101.22% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 103.53% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 124.33% | 2008 |
| Highest | 130.03% | 2006 |
| Lowest | 98.82% | 2014 |
| Average since 2009 | 104.55% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 117.51% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, India's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) rose 1.27 percentage points on 2017 (from 99.95% to 101.22%).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2017), the average change was −1.3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.43 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 4.81 percentage points in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.5 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 2009 to 2018 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.48 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 68% 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 2018, India had the 46th 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| India | 101.22% | 2018 |
| World | 106.6% | 2018 |
| South Asia | 106.5% | 2018 |
| Lower middle income | 104.91% | 2018 |
Closest to India in the 2018 ranking
- China — 43rd of 79: 101.97%
- Bangladesh — 44th of 79: 101.95%
- Georgia — 45th of 79: 101.47%
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 47th of 79: 101.18%
- Brunei Darussalam — 48th of 79: 100.09%
- Cabo Verde — 49th of 79: 99.45%
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 25 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 101.22 |
| 2017 | 99.95 |
| 2016 | 102.9 |
| 2015 | 100.47 |
| 2014 | 98.82 |
| 2013 | 103.53 |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | 107.59 |
| 2010 | 115.65 |
| 2009 | 110.83 |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — 101.95% (2018)
- Bhutan — 105.68% (2018)
- Maldives — 95.95% (2017)
- Nepal — 145.7% (2019)
- Sri Lanka — 99.09% (2017)
More education data for India
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 126.12 million (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 111.03% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 110.61% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 111.42% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.02 (2021)
- Secondary education, pupils — 133.16 million (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is India's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group)?
- 101.22% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is down 16.29 percentage points from 117.51% in 1971. The highest value was 130.03% in 2006 and the lowest 98.82% in 2014.
- How does India rank?
- 46th 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 India?
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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