| # | Flag | Country | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madagascar | 172.73% | 2016 | |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 171.33% | 2017 | |
| 3 | Guinea-Bissau | 160.77% | 2010 | |
| 4 | Haiti | 159.8% | 1997 | |
| 5 | Angola | 155.24% | 2011 | |
| 6 | Mozambique | 152.82% | 2017 | |
| 7 | Benin | 149.92% | 2017 | |
| 8 | Nicaragua | 148.44% | 2010 | |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 144.12% | 2015 | |
| 10 | Nepal | 142.34% | 2017 | |
| 11 | Togo | 142.25% | 2017 | |
| 12 | Malawi | 141.31% | 2017 | |
| 13 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 140.01% | 2015 | |
| 14 | Myanmar | 136.55% | 2017 | |
| 15 | Uganda | 133.67% | 2017 | |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 132.59% | 2016 | |
| 17 | Poland | 131.75% | 2016 | |
| 18 | Papua New Guinea | 131.46% | 2016 | |
| 19 | Cameroon | 129.01% | 2017 | |
| 20 | Burundi | 127.81% | 2017 | |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 127.68% | 2016 | |
| 22 | Samoa | 124.72% | 2017 | |
| 23 | Brazil | 123.59% | 2005 | |
| 24 | Solomon Islands | 122.49% | 2017 | |
| 25 | Pakistan | 117.76% | 2017 | |
| 26 | French Polynesia | 114.57% | 1983 | |
| 27 | Guinea | 114.56% | 2016 | |
| 28 | Vietnam | 114.42% | 2016 | |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 113.87% | 2013 | |
| 30 | Fiji | 113.66% | 2016 | |
| 31 | Liberia | 112.86% | 2016 | |
| 32 | Palau | 112.44% | 2014 | |
| 33 | Albania | 112.42% | 2017 | |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 112.37% | 2016 | |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 111.35% | 2017 | |
| 36 | Namibia | 111.27% | 2017 | |
| 37 | Aruba | 110.99% | 2014 | |
| 38 | Chad | 110.9% | 2016 | |
| 39 | Tanzania | 110.3% | 2017 | |
| 40 | Iraq | 109.65% | 2007 | |
| 41 | Morocco | 109.44% | 2017 | |
| 42 | Colombia | 109.03% | 2017 | |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 108.95% | 2017 | |
| 44 | Zambia | 108.94% | 2017 | |
| 45 | Libya | 108.45% | 1983 | |
| 46 | Qatar | 108.45% | 2017 | |
| 47 | Rwanda | 108.38% | 2017 | |
| 48 | Russia | 107.97% | 2016 | |
| 49 | Nauru | 107.21% | 2016 | |
| 50 | Hong Kong | 107.13% | 2017 | |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 106.81% | 2017 | |
| 52 | Gambia | 105.96% | 2016 | |
| 53 | Tonga | 105.93% | 2013 | |
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 105.8% | 2017 | |
| 55 | Cambodia | 105.71% | 2017 | |
| 56 | Argentina | 105.63% | 2016 | |
| 57 | Lebanon | 105.28% | 2017 | |
| 58 | Egypt | 104.91% | 2017 | |
| 59 | Tunisia | 104.78% | 2016 | |
| 60 | Dominica | 104.7% | 2016 | |
| 61 | Guatemala | 104.6% | 2017 | |
| 62 | Malta | 104.56% | 2016 | |
| 63 | Tajikistan | 104.51% | 2017 | |
| 64 | Portugal | 104.51% | 2009 | |
| 65 | Israel | 104.47% | 2015 | |
| 66 | Liechtenstein | 104.46% | 2016 | |
| 67 | China | 104.43% | 2017 | |
| 68 | Laos | 104.23% | 2017 | |
| 69 | Afghanistan | 104.15% | 2017 | |
| 70 | Philippines | 103.78% | 2016 | |
| 71 | Mauritania | 103.44% | 2017 | |
| 72 | Lithuania | 103.41% | 2017 | |
| 73 | Germany | 103.25% | 2016 | |
| 74 | Oman | 103.18% | 2017 | |
| 75 | Seychelles | 102.88% | 2017 | |
| 76 | United States | 102.81% | 2015 | |
| 77 | Luxembourg | 102.7% | 2016 | |
| 78 | Mexico | 102.61% | 2017 | |
| 79 | Cuba | 102.59% | 2017 | |
| 80 | Singapore | 102.56% | 2016 | |
| 81 | Chile | 102.55% | 2017 | |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 102.31% | 2007 | |
| 83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 102.21% | 2017 | |
| 84 | Mauritius | 102.15% | 2017 | |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 102.08% | 2017 | |
| 86 | Costa Rica | 102.08% | 2016 | |
| 87 | Malaysia | 101.9% | 2017 | |
| 88 | Brunei | 101.79% | 2017 | |
| 89 | Ivory Coast | 101.75% | 2017 | |
| 90 | Iceland | 101.74% | 2016 | |
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 101.69% | 2017 | |
| 92 | Yemen | 101.68% | 2016 | |
| 93 | Algeria | 101.66% | 2017 | |
| 94 | Montenegro | 101.51% | 2017 | |
| 95 | Maldives | 101.5% | 2017 | |
| 96 | Tuvalu | 101.44% | 2016 | |
| 97 | Norway | 101.4% | 2016 | |
| 98 | Iran | 101.31% | 2017 | |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 101.28% | 2010 | |
| 100 | Bolivia | 101.2% | 2017 | |
| 101 | Indonesia | 101.18% | 2017 | |
| 102 | Netherlands | 101.11% | 1985 | |
| 103 | Belize | 101% | 2017 | |
| 104 | Paraguay | 100.92% | 2012 | |
| 105 | Kiribati | 100.77% | 2017 | |
| 106 | Lesotho | 100.75% | 2017 | |
| 107 | Sweden | 100.5% | 2016 | |
| 108 | Czech Republic | 100.39% | 2016 | |
| 109 | Virgin Islands (British) | 100% | 2016 | |
| 110 | Canada | 99.92% | 2011 | |
| 111 | Mongolia | 99.86% | 2017 | |
| 112 | Panama | 99.82% | 2015 | |
| 113 | India | 99.79% | 2017 | |
| 114 | Federated States of Micronesia | 99.74% | 2015 | |
| 115 | Slovenia | 99.69% | 2016 | |
| 116 | Ukraine | 99.65% | 2014 | |
| 117 | Gabon | 99.59% | 2003 | |
| 118 | Latvia | 99.58% | 2017 | |
| 119 | Suriname | 99.56% | 2017 | |
| 120 | Serbia | 99.17% | 2017 | |
| 121 | Austria | 99.04% | 2016 | |
| 122 | Italy | 98.96% | 2016 | |
| 123 | Ecuador | 98.88% | 2016 | |
| 124 | Botswana | 98.65% | 2014 | |
| 125 | Finland | 98.62% | 2016 | |
| 126 | Ghana | 98.61% | 2018 | |
| 127 | Estonia | 98.6% | 2016 | |
| 128 | Switzerland | 98.57% | 2016 | |
| 129 | New Zealand | 98.43% | 2017 | |
| 130 | Japan | 98.27% | 2016 | |
| 131 | Belarus | 98.13% | 2017 | |
| 132 | Kazakhstan | 98.06% | 2018 | |
| 133 | Republic of Macedonia | 98.03% | 2015 | |
| 134 | El Salvador | 97.96% | 2017 | |
| 135 | Belgium | 97.82% | 2016 | |
| 136 | Republic of Ireland | 97.74% | 2016 | |
| 137 | Peru | 97.71% | 2018 | |
| 138 | Bangladesh | 97.53% | 2017 | |
| 139 | United Kingdom | 97.49% | 2016 | |
| 140 | San Marino | 97.15% | 2012 | |
| 141 | Senegal | 97.14% | 2017 | |
| 142 | Armenia | 96.93% | 2017 | |
| 143 | Spain | 96.91% | 2017 | |
| 144 | Macao | 96.8% | 2017 | |
| 145 | Denmark | 96.78% | 2016 | |
| 146 | Bahrain | 96.74% | 2017 | |
| 147 | South Korea | 96.53% | 2016 | |
| 148 | Cyprus | 96.5% | 2015 | |
| 149 | France | 96.48% | 2000 | |
| 150 | Slovakia | 96.27% | 2016 | |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 96.24% | 2013 | |
| 152 | Uruguay | 95.71% | 2016 | |
| 153 | Thailand | 95.67% | 2017 | |
| 154 | Kenya | 95.64% | 2016 | |
| 155 | South Africa | 95.48% | 2016 | |
| 156 | Hungary | 95.2% | 2017 | |
| 157 | Croatia | 95.1% | 2016 | |
| 158 | Greece | 94.93% | 2016 | |
| 159 | Grenada | 94.87% | 2017 | |
| 160 | Bulgaria | 94.84% | 2016 | |
| 161 | Honduras | 94.54% | 2017 | |
| 162 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 94.25% | 2017 | |
| 163 | Jordan | 93.98% | 2004 | |
| 164 | Kuwait | 92.67% | 2017 | |
| 165 | Georgia | 92.58% | 2016 | |
| 166 | Moldova | 92.35% | 2017 | |
| 167 | Cape Verde | 91.8% | 2017 | |
| 168 | Venezuela | 91.6% | 2017 | |
| 169 | Jamaica | 91.52% | 2004 | |
| 170 | Romania | 91.41% | 2017 | |
| 171 | Republic of the Congo | 91.01% | 2012 | |
| 172 | South Sudan | 90.86% | 2015 | |
| 173 | Turkey | 90.65% | 2016 | |
| 174 | North Korea | 90.32% | 2018 | |
| 175 | Guyana | 90.29% | 2012 | |
| 176 | Bhutan | 89.03% | 2017 | |
| 177 | The Bahamas | 88.62% | 2016 | |
| 178 | Comoros | 88.46% | 2017 | |
| 179 | Niger | 88.06% | 2017 | |
| 180 | Puerto Rico | 87.29% | 2015 | |
| 181 | Sudan | 86.74% | 2017 | |
| 182 | Marshall Islands | 86.34% | 2016 | |
| 183 | Barbados | 86.09% | 2017 | |
| 184 | Nigeria | 85.6% | 2010 | |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 83.55% | 2017 | |
| 186 | East Timor | 82.19% | 2016 | |
| 187 | Swaziland | 81.65% | 2016 | |
| 188 | Mali | 80.02% | 2017 | |
| 189 | Syria | 79.68% | 2013 | |
| 190 | Virgin Islands (US) | 76.82% | 1993 | |
| 191 | Djibouti | 63.61% | 2018 | |
| 192 | Bermuda | 63.37% | 2015 | |
| 193 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.15% | 2015 | |
| 194 | Eritrea | 47.11% | 2017 |