Uganda's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) was 139.6% in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 15.7 percentage points from 155.31% in 2007.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 139.6% | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | 145.33% | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | 155.31% | 2007 |
| Highest | 203.6% | 1998 |
| Lowest | 74.28% | 1982 |
| Average since 2008 | 148.79% | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | 74.28% | 1982 |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Uganda's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) rose 0.53 percentage points on 2016 (from 139.07% to 139.6%).
Across the 16 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2016), the average change was −2.45 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.76 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 9.15 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.36 percentage points in 2004. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is downward, about 2.68 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 78% of the movement over 10 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 2017, Uganda had the 2nd highest value of the 53 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 139.6% | 2017 |
| World | 103.55% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 108.03% | 2018 |
| Low income | 119.33% | 2018 |
Closest to Uganda in the 2017 ranking
- British Virgin Islands — 1st of 53: 150%
- Myanmar — 3rd of 53: 130.58%
- Lesotho — 4th of 53: 113.81%
- Zambia — 5th of 53: 110.01%
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 21 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 139.6 |
| 2016 | 139.07 |
| 2015 | 140.59 |
| 2014 | 151.5 |
| 2013 | 142.35 |
| 2012 | 145.33 |
| 2011 | 146.74 |
| 2010 | 159.15 |
| 2009 | 160.99 |
| 2008 | 162.57 |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Benin — 143.51% (2018)
- Burkina Faso — 108.13% (2018)
- Burundi — 127.03% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 98.33% (2018)
- Cameroon — 110.48% (2018)
- Central African Republic — 115.69% (2016)
- Chad — 97.15% (2016)
- Comoros
More education data for Uganda
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 13 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, teachers — 207,238 (2017)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.03 (2017)
- Primary education, pupils — 8.84 million (2017)
- Pupil-teacher ratio, primary — 42.66 (2017)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 106.17% (2017)
- Primary education, pupils (% female) — 50.28% (2017)
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Questions people ask
- What is Uganda's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)?
- 139.6% in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1982?
- It is up 65.32 percentage points from 74.28% in 1982. The highest value was 203.6% in 1998 and the lowest 74.28% in 1982.
- How does Uganda rank?
- 2nd highest of 53 economies with data for 2017.
- Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) unusual for Uganda?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.FE.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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