Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD)'s net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) was 75.1% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.46 percentage points from 73.64% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 75.1% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 72.23% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 73.64% | 2008 |
| Highest | 76.34% | 2007 |
| Lowest | 72.23% | 2013 |
| Average since 2009 | 73.83% | 2009–2018 |
| First recorded | 72.71% | 1998 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD)'s net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) rose 0.27 percentage points on 2017 (from 74.83% to 75.1%).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2017), the average change was +0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.01 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 2.08 percentage points in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.69 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 2009 to 2018 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 28% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD) | 75.1% | 2018 |
| World | 69.91% | 2018 |
What this measures
Net intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education who are of official primary school entrance age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the corresponding 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 21 values
| Year | Net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 75.1 |
| 2017 | 74.83 |
| 2016 | 75.41 |
| 2015 | 74.26 |
| 2014 | 72.97 |
| 2013 | 72.23 |
| 2012 | 72.42 |
| 2011 | 73.07 |
| 2010 | 73.46 |
| 2009 | 74.5 |
| 2008 |
Net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) in nearby economies
More education data for Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 60.53 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers — 3.22 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers (% female) — 77.6% (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils — 62.34 million (2024)
- Secondary education, teachers — 4.25 million (2024)
- Secondary education, teachers, female — 2.56 million (2024)
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Questions people ask
- What is Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD)'s net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population)?
- 75.1% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1998?
- It is up 2.4 percentage points from 72.71% in 1998. The highest value was 76.34% in 2007 and the lowest 72.23% in 2013.
- Is the latest change in net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) unusual for Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD)?
- In 2018, Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD)'s net intake rate in grade 1 (% of official school-age population) rose 0.27 percentage points on 2017 (from 74.83% to 75.1%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2017), the average change was +0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.01 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.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.NINT.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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