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

Key figures

Since 1975 it is down 4.48 percentage points from 101.4% in 1975. The World Bank has no value for 30 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2018, Thailand's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) rose 1.19 percentage points on 2017 (from 95.73% to 96.93%).

Across the 8 yearly changes before that (1976 to 2017), the average change was −1.66 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.63 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.54 percentage points in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.5 percentage points in 1999. 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 2018, Thailand had the 62nd highest value of the 80 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 Thailand in the 2018 ranking

• Comoros — 59th of 80: 98.49%
• Belize — 60th of 80: 98.49%
• Barbados — 61st of 80: 98.33%
• El Salvador — 63rd of 80: 96.58%
• Azerbaijan — 64th of 80: 94.85%
• Senegal — 65th of 80: 94.75%

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 14 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 Thailand

• 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)
• Primary education, pupils — 4.45 million (2025)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 100.73% (2025)
• Secondary education, pupils — 4.26 million (2025)
• School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 92.09% (2025)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 49.08% (2025)
• Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

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

96.93% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1975?

It is down 4.48 percentage points from 101.4% in 1975. The highest value was 107.3% in 1998 and the lowest 95.58% in 1981.

How does Thailand rank?

62nd highest of 80 economies with data for 2018.

Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) unusual for Thailand?

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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