Uruguay's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) was 99.67% in 2016, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5.82 percentage points from 105.49% in 2006.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 99.67% | 2016 |
| Five years earlier | 100.91% | 2011 |
| Ten years earlier | 105.49% | 2006 |
| Highest | 111.61% | 2002 |
| Lowest | 57.04% | 1997 |
| Average since 2007 | 101.16% | 2007–2016 |
| First recorded | 72.83% | 1974 |
What the numbers say
In 2016, Uruguay's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) fell 0.38 percentage points on 2015 (from 100.05% to 99.67%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1986 to 2015), the average change was +0.15 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.35 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below 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 41.76 percentage points in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 40.94 percentage points in 1997. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2007 to 2016 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.82 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 50% 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 2016, Uruguay had the 10th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 99.67% | 2016 |
| World | 106.6% | 2018 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 100.75% | 2018 |
| High income | 98.65% | 2018 |
Closest to Uruguay in the 2016 ranking
- St. Kitts and Nevis — 7th of 13: 110.54%
- Yemen, Rep. — 8th of 13: 107.38%
- Gambia, The — 9th of 13: 100.07%
- Croatia — 11th of 13: 97.02%
- Kenya — 12th of 13: 95.8%
- Marshall Islands — 13th of 13: 81.35%
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 38 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 99.67 |
| 2015 | 100.05 |
| 2014 | 98.22 |
| 2013 | 99.39 |
| 2012 | 96.57 |
| 2011 | 100.91 |
| 2010 | 99.11 |
| 2009 | 106.95 |
| 2008 | 105.64 |
| 2007 | 105.1 |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 97.5% (2018)
- Argentina — 106.36% (2017)
- Bahamas, The — 82.75% (2018)
- Barbados — 97.58% (2018)
- Belize — 99.28% (2018)
- Bolivia — 99.41% (2018)
- British Virgin Islands — 150.3% (2017)
- Chile
More education data for Uruguay
- 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 — 287,527 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 104.53% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 103.96% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 105.08% (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils — 337,808 (2023)
- School enrollment, secondary (% gross) — 119.11% (2023)
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Questions people ask
- What is Uruguay's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group)?
- 99.67% in 2016, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1974?
- It is up 26.84 percentage points from 72.83% in 1974. The highest value was 111.61% in 2002 and the lowest 57.04% in 1997.
- How does Uruguay rank?
- 10th highest of 13 economies with data for 2016.
- Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male (% of relevant age group) unusual for Uruguay?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.MA.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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