Viet Nam: Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 8.81 percentage points from 108.16% in 2013. Since 1999 it is up 9.91 percentage points from 107.06% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 9 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 8.5 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.72 percentage points in 2001. 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, Viet Nam had the 10th highest value of the 79 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 Viet Nam in the 2018 ranking

• Burundi — 6th of 79: 127.03%
• Rwanda — 7th of 79: 123.61%
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 8th of 79: 117.23%
• San Marino — 10th of 79: 116%
• Samoa — 11th of 79: 115.98%
• Namibia — 12th of 79: 113.92%

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 11 values

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies

• Brunei Darussalam — 101.05% (2018)
• Cambodia — 102.31% (2018)
• China — 103.26% (2018)
• Fiji — 109.69% (2016)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 117.23% (2018)
• Indonesia — 100.52% (2018)
• Kiribati — 102.46% (2017)
• Korea, Rep.

More education data for Viet Nam

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 8.88 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 106.33% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 380,535 (2024)
• School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) — 92.45% (2021)
• Pupil-teacher ratio, primary — 20.28 (2018)
• Secondary education, general pupils — 7.88 million (2018)

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Questions people ask

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

116.97% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1999?

It is up 9.91 percentage points from 107.06% in 1999. The highest value was 117.4% in 2016 and the lowest 98.44% in 2002.

How does Viet Nam rank?

10th highest of 79 economies with data for 2018.

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.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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