Marshall Islands: Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)

Key figures

How it compares

In 2016, Marshall Islands had the 14th 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.

Closest to Marshall Islands in the 2016 ranking

• Uruguay — 10th of 13: 100.1%
• Croatia — 11th of 13: 97.49%
• Kenya — 12th of 13: 94.06%

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 10 values

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)
• Fiji — 111.47% (2016)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 113.62% (2018)
• Indonesia — 102.52% (2018)
• Kiribati — 102.18% (2017)
• Korea, Rep.

More education data for Marshall Islands

• 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) — 6 (2025)
• Compulsory education, duration (years) — 13 (2025)
• Preprimary education, duration (years) — 4 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 5,369 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 101.8% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 102.28% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross)

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Questions people ask

What is Marshall Islands's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)?

83.54% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is down 20.9 percentage points from 104.44% in 1999. The highest value was 148.83% in 2002 and the lowest 83.54% in 2016.

How does Marshall Islands rank?

14th highest of 13 economies with data for 2016.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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).

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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