Papua New Guinea's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) was 127.75% in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 97.39 percentage points from 30.37% in 2006.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 127.75% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 30.37% | 2006 |
| Highest | 133.43% | 2012 |
| Lowest | 30.37% | 2006 |
| Average since 2012 | 130.59% | 2012–2016 |
| First recorded | 69.83% | 1987 |
Since 1987 it is up 57.93 percentage points from 69.83% in 1987. The World Bank has no value for 10 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.66 percentage points in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.65 percentage points in 2003. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those 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, Papua New Guinea had the 3rd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 127.75% | 2016 |
| World | 105.12% | 2018 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 103.57% | 2018 |
| Lower middle income | 103.09% | 2018 |
Closest to Papua New Guinea in the 2016 ranking
- Central African Republic — 1st of 13: 128.09%
- Guinea — 3rd of 13: 115%
- Dominica — 4th of 13: 113.98%
- Fiji — 5th of 13: 111.47%
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 20 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 127.75 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 133.43 |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | no data |
| 2007 | no data |
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 Papua New Guinea
- 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 — 1.65 million (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 121.09% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 118.92% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 123.09% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.93 (2018)
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Questions people ask
- What is Papua New Guinea's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)?
- 127.75% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1987?
- It is up 57.93 percentage points from 69.83% in 1987. The highest value was 133.43% in 2012 and the lowest 30.37% in 2006.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank?
- 3rd 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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