Gross primary enrollment (% of school-age population)
Definition
Primary enrollment of any age as a share of the population of the official primary age group. In Brazil this matches the early grades of the ensino fundamental. UIS estimate, republished by the World Bank.
- Formula
- Total enrollment / population of the official age group × 100.
- Unit
- %
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
Gross primary enrollment (% of school-age population)
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Chile
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Latin America & Caribbean
- World
- Gross primary enrollment (% of school-age population)
- Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators · Source version: 2026-10-08 · Collected on: 2026-11-01 · License: CC-BY-4.0
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| Year | Brazil | Argentina | Chile | Colombia | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | – | 106.6 | – | – | – | – | 86.7 |
| 1976 | – | 106.3 | – | – | – | – | 88.3 |
| 1977 | – | 107.2 | – | – | – | – | 89.1 |
| 1978 | – | 106.6 | – | – | – | – | 88.6 |
| 1979 | – | 106.8 | – | – | – | – | 89.0 |
| 1980 | – | 106.6 | – | – | – | – | 90.9 |
| 1981 | – | 107.1 | – | – | – | – | 91.9 |
| 1982 | – | 107.6 | – | – | – | – | 93.4 |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 94.3 |
| 1984 | – | 106.8 | – | – | – | – | 95.3 |
| 1985 | – | 107.5 | – | – | – | – | 96.2 |
| 1986 | – | 109.2 | – | – | – | – | 96.5 |
| 1987 | – | 109.8 | – | – | – | – | 96.8 |
| 1988 | – | 110.1 | – | – | – | – | 97.9 |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 97.5 |
| 1990 | – | 107.3 | – | – | – | – | 96.4 |
| 1991 | – | 108.6 | – | – | – | – | 96.1 |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 96.3 |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | – | 110.1 | 96.5 |
| 1994 | – | 111.2 | – | – | – | 111.3 | 97.0 |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | – | 105.4 | 96.5 |
| 1996 | – | 111.6 | – | – | – | 106.1 | 96.5 |
| 1997 | – | 108.7 | – | – | – | 113.5 | 97.8 |
| 1998 | – | 113.2 | – | – | – | 107.7 | 97.2 |
| 1999 | – | 115.9 | – | – | – | 116.4 | 98.5 |
| 2000 | – | 116.6 | 101.4 | 124.3 | 109.1 | 115.7 | 99.1 |
| 2001 | – | 116.7 | – | 121.1 | 109.0 | 114.9 | 99.2 |
| 2002 | – | 116.9 | 101.3 | 121.8 | 109.2 | 114.8 | 99.4 |
| 2003 | – | 114.4 | 101.1 | – | 109.3 | 113.8 | 100.9 |
| 2004 | – | 115.4 | 105.6 | 122.8 | 108.8 | 114.1 | 101.6 |
| 2005 | – | 114.6 | 105.4 | 124.0 | 108.5 | 113.4 | 101.7 |
| 2006 | – | 116.2 | 105.7 | 124.6 | 108.1 | 109.4 | 101.7 |
| 2007 | – | 117.2 | 106.5 | 125.5 | 108.7 | 113.0 | 102.7 |
| 2008 | – | 118.3 | 106.9 | 126.5 | 109.4 | 112.5 | 102.9 |
| 2009 | – | 118.3 | 105.8 | 128.2 | 110.7 | 112.5 | 102.7 |
| 2010 | – | 118.1 | 103.2 | 124.4 | 111.0 | 111.4 | 102.5 |
| 2011 | – | 117.4 | 103.2 | 121.8 | 111.1 | 110.5 | 102.4 |
| 2012 | 104.1 | 116.4 | 103.4 | 118.6 | 111.1 | 109.4 | 102.9 |
| 2013 | 109.3 | 114.4 | 102.1 | 119.1 | 110.1 | 110.2 | 103.0 |
| 2014 | 109.8 | 113.9 | 101.9 | 116.1 | 108.6 | 109.4 | 101.6 |
| 2015 | 108.7 | 112.9 | 101.7 | 115.5 | 107.0 | 108.3 | 101.0 |
| 2016 | 108.6 | 111.7 | 101.6 | 115.4 | 106.4 | 107.6 | 102.1 |
| 2017 | 109.8 | 109.9 | 101.4 | 113.3 | 105.8 | 107.1 | 101.8 |
| 2018 | 108.7 | 109.3 | 101.5 | 111.7 | 105.2 | 106.7 | 99.1 |
| 2019 | 107.7 | 109.3 | 101.2 | 109.4 | 105.1 | 106.6 | 99.1 |
| 2020 | 105.9 | 108.5 | 99.7 | 107.1 | 104.5 | 105.9 | 99.6 |
| 2021 | 103.9 | 108.1 | 99.4 | 106.5 | 103.4 | 105.1 | 99.4 |
| 2022 | 104.7 | 106.8 | 100.2 | 104.8 | 102.0 | 105.0 | 100.4 |
| 2023 | – | 102.5 | 100.3 | – | 101.4 | 104.6 | 100.7 |
| 2024 | 104.3 | – | 99.5 | – | 102.3 | 104.6 | 102.2 |
Criticisms of the metric
- Gross rate: repeaters and over-age students raise it and it can exceed one hundred percent. It measures access, not learning.
References
- World Bank. World Development Indicators — metadata for SE.PRM.ENRR. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.ENRR
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Education and science data: methodology. https://uis.unesco.org/