| # | Flag | Country | Net intake rate in grade 1, male (% of official school-age population)Net intake rate in grade 1, male (% of official school-age population) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania | 99.39% | 2017 | |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 99.37% | 2017 | |
| 3 | Norway | 99.17% | 2016 | |
| 4 | Singapore | 99.16% | 2016 | |
| 5 | Malta | 98.77% | 2013 | |
| 6 | Iceland | 98.63% | 2015 | |
| 7 | Iran | 98.42% | 2017 | |
| 8 | Malaysia | 98.28% | 2017 | |
| 9 | Cuba | 98.17% | 2017 | |
| 10 | Bolivia | 97.96% | 2017 | |
| 11 | Sweden | 96.72% | 2015 | |
| 12 | Cambodia | 96.55% | 2012 | |
| 13 | Portugal | 95.64% | 2009 | |
| 14 | Tajikistan | 95.57% | 2017 | |
| 15 | San Marino | 95.34% | 2012 | |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 94.45% | 2016 | |
| 17 | New Zealand | 94.04% | 2017 | |
| 18 | Maldives | 93.67% | 2017 | |
| 19 | Nepal | 93.16% | 2014 | |
| 20 | Mongolia | 92.99% | 2015 | |
| 21 | Tunisia | 92.65% | 2013 | |
| 22 | Spain | 92.58% | 2017 | |
| 23 | South Korea | 92.42% | 2011 | |
| 24 | Uruguay | 92.4% | 2016 | |
| 25 | Peru | 92.28% | 2018 | |
| 26 | Cyprus | 91.83% | 2014 | |
| 27 | Laos | 91.59% | 2017 | |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 91.49% | 2010 | |
| 29 | Slovenia | 91.23% | 2013 | |
| 30 | Armenia | 91.05% | 2017 | |
| 31 | Cape Verde | 90.98% | 2017 | |
| 32 | Myanmar | 90.8% | 2017 | |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 90.18% | 2017 | |
| 34 | Macao | 90.09% | 2017 | |
| 35 | Lebanon | 90.09% | 2017 | |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 89.98% | 2016 | |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 89.48% | 2015 | |
| 38 | Afghanistan | 89.11% | 2011 | |
| 39 | Greece | 89.06% | 2014 | |
| 40 | Aruba | 88.38% | 2009 | |
| 41 | Iraq | 88.28% | 2004 | |
| 42 | Egypt | 87.72% | 2016 | |
| 43 | Montenegro | 87.66% | 2017 | |
| 44 | Hong Kong | 87.24% | 2017 | |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 86.6% | 2015 | |
| 46 | Bahrain | 86.57% | 2017 | |
| 47 | Algeria | 86.54% | 2017 | |
| 48 | Luxembourg | 85.98% | 2016 | |
| 49 | Albania | 85.27% | 2017 | |
| 50 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 84.87% | 2017 | |
| 51 | Serbia | 83.58% | 2017 | |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 83.45% | 2017 | |
| 53 | Republic of Macedonia | 82.46% | 2014 | |
| 54 | Israel | 82.3% | 2015 | |
| 55 | China | 82.27% | 2017 | |
| 56 | Kiribati | 82.05% | 2017 | |
| 57 | Ethiopia | 81.93% | 2015 | |
| 58 | Malawi | 81.71% | 2017 | |
| 59 | Mauritius | 81.48% | 2017 | |
| 60 | Chile | 81.44% | 2017 | |
| 61 | Fiji | 81.06% | 2015 | |
| 62 | North Korea | 80.84% | 2015 | |
| 63 | Morocco | 80.77% | 2017 | |
| 64 | Philippines | 80.51% | 2016 | |
| 65 | Belarus | 79.3% | 2017 | |
| 66 | Georgia | 78.94% | 2017 | |
| 67 | Barbados | 77.88% | 2017 | |
| 68 | Samoa | 77.07% | 1998 | |
| 69 | Romania | 77.03% | 2017 | |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 76.47% | 2007 | |
| 71 | Moldova | 76.42% | 2017 | |
| 72 | Denmark | 75.4% | 2009 | |
| 73 | Croatia | 74.94% | 2003 | |
| 74 | Dominica | 74.51% | 2016 | |
| 75 | Mozambique | 74.39% | 2015 | |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 73.79% | 2015 | |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.24% | 2010 | |
| 78 | Estonia | 73.23% | 2016 | |
| 79 | Rwanda | 73.2% | 2017 | |
| 80 | Honduras | 72.41% | 2017 | |
| 81 | Madagascar | 72.4% | 2016 | |
| 82 | Nauru | 72.13% | 2016 | |
| 83 | Ivory Coast | 71.67% | 2017 | |
| 84 | Panama | 71.33% | 2015 | |
| 85 | Seychelles | 71.22% | 2016 | |
| 86 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 71.17% | 2014 | |
| 87 | Mexico | 71.08% | 2017 | |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 70.84% | 2015 | |
| 89 | United States | 70.01% | 2015 | |
| 90 | Federated States of Micronesia | 69.33% | 2015 | |
| 91 | Paraguay | 69.22% | 2012 | |
| 92 | Grenada | 68.66% | 2017 | |
| 93 | Brunei | 68.56% | 2017 | |
| 94 | Yemen | 68.44% | 2016 | |
| 95 | Bermuda | 67.92% | 2012 | |
| 96 | Venezuela | 67.92% | 2017 | |
| 97 | Cameroon | 67.72% | 2017 | |
| 98 | Republic of Ireland | 66.92% | 2016 | |
| 99 | Ukraine | 66.55% | 2014 | |
| 100 | Guatemala | 66.53% | 2017 | |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 66.51% | 2010 | |
| 102 | Belize | 64.94% | 2017 | |
| 103 | Colombia | 64.87% | 2017 | |
| 104 | Niger | 64.42% | 2017 | |
| 105 | Guyana | 63.91% | 2012 | |
| 106 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 63.81% | 2014 | |
| 107 | Hungary | 63.2% | 2017 | |
| 108 | Guinea | 62.79% | 2016 | |
| 109 | Thailand | 62.71% | 2015 | |
| 110 | The Bahamas | 62.38% | 2016 | |
| 111 | Suriname | 62.23% | 2017 | |
| 112 | Qatar | 62.09% | 2017 | |
| 113 | Jordan | 61.96% | 2004 | |
| 114 | Lesotho | 60.94% | 2016 | |
| 115 | Benin | 60.87% | 2011 | |
| 116 | Chad | 60.14% | 2011 | |
| 117 | Angola | 59.29% | 2010 | |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 59.2% | 2017 | |
| 119 | Burundi | 58.84% | 2017 | |
| 120 | Bhutan | 58.65% | 2014 | |
| 121 | Marshall Islands | 58.33% | 2016 | |
| 122 | Tonga | 58.2% | 2013 | |
| 123 | Kuwait | 58.01% | 2017 | |
| 124 | India | 57.86% | 2015 | |
| 125 | Djibouti | 57.77% | 2018 | |
| 126 | Togo | 57.56% | 2017 | |
| 127 | Ecuador | 57.1% | 2016 | |
| 128 | Uganda | 55.23% | 2017 | |
| 129 | El Salvador | 55.02% | 2017 | |
| 130 | Switzerland | 54.95% | 2003 | |
| 131 | Antigua and Barbuda | 54.92% | 2017 | |
| 132 | Puerto Rico | 53.94% | 2016 | |
| 133 | South Africa | 52.93% | 2005 | |
| 134 | Oman | 52.89% | 2017 | |
| 135 | Syria | 51.57% | 2008 | |
| 136 | Liechtenstein | 50.49% | 2015 | |
| 137 | Namibia | 50.44% | 2010 | |
| 138 | Mauritania | 49.62% | 2015 | |
| 139 | Zambia | 49.1% | 2013 | |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 47.7% | 2018 | |
| 141 | Burkina Faso | 47.14% | 2017 | |
| 142 | Republic of the Congo | 46.98% | 2010 | |
| 143 | Tanzania | 46.84% | 2017 | |
| 144 | United Arab Emirates | 46.38% | 2015 | |
| 145 | Indonesia | 45.84% | 2017 | |
| 146 | Gambia | 43.73% | 2016 | |
| 147 | Czech Republic | 43.44% | 2013 | |
| 148 | Comoros | 42.81% | 2014 | |
| 149 | Botswana | 42.35% | 2014 | |
| 150 | Central African Republic | 42.07% | 2010 | |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 41.21% | 2010 | |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.15% | 2010 | |
| 153 | Senegal | 39.36% | 2017 | |
| 154 | Ghana | 37.11% | 2009 | |
| 155 | Zimbabwe | 35.21% | 2013 | |
| 156 | Swaziland | 32.83% | 2016 | |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 31.15% | 2016 | |
| 158 | East Timor | 29.36% | 2016 | |
| 159 | Kenya | 26.35% | 1999 | |
| 160 | Mali | 23.35% | 2017 | |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | 20.27% | 2015 | |
| 162 | Eritrea | 19.32% | 2017 | |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 9.33% | 2017 | |
| 164 | Liberia | 6.82% | 2011 |