Share of children in primary school age who are in school
What you should know about this indicator
Net enrollment rate for primary school is calculated by dividing the number of students of official school age enrolled in primary education by the population of the age group which officially corresponds to primary education, and multiplying by 100.
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Notes on our processing step for this indicator
Historical data up to the year 1985 has been sourced from 'Human Capital in the Long Run' by Lee and Lee (2016). This historical data was then combined with recent estimates provided by the World Bank.
For the period before 1985, regional aggregates were computed by Our World in Data through yearly population-weighted averages, where annual values are proportionally adjusted to emphasize the influence of larger populations.
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“Data Page: Share of children in primary school age who are in school”, part of the following publication: Hannah Ritchie, Veronika Samborska, Natasha Ahuja, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina and Max Roser (2023) - “Global Education”. Data adapted from UNESCO (via World Bank), Lee and Lee. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/primary-enrollment-selected-countries [online resource]
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Multiple sources compiled by World Bank (2024); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data
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Multiple sources compiled by World Bank (2024); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Share of children in primary school age who are in school” [dataset]. UNESCO (via World Bank), “World Development Indicators”; Lee and Lee, “Human Capital in the Long Run” [original data]. Retrieved November 3, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/primary-enrollment-selected-countries