Primary school enrollment — all countries

Primary school enrollment — Philippines

Primary school enrollment in the Philippines in 2017 — 93.8%. Ranked 74 in the world out of 137. Since 1976, the indicator has fallen by 3 pp.

2017 93.8% −0.6 pp vs 2016
World rank 74of 137
Period maximum 97.6%1989
Period minimum 86.8%2006

Trend over time

1976–2017 · % of children of the relevant age

Primary school enrollment — Philippines, 1976–20178590951001976198119861991199620012006201120161976: 96.8%1979: 96.2%1981: 93.2%1982: 93.2%1983: 91.6%1984: 90.9%1985: 94.4%1986: 93.8%1987: 94.1%1988: 96.1%1989: 97.6%1992: 95.6%1993: 94.7%1994: 93%1996: 95.8%1998: 91.9%1999: 89%2001: 89.5%2002: 89.6%2003: 89.9%2004: 89.4%2005: 88.6%2006: 86.8%2007: 87.1%2008: 88.1%2009: 89.9%2014: 95.4%2015: 95.1%2016: 94.4%2017: 93.8%
Change over the period: −3 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2017

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Philippines

Philippines 93.8%
World 89.3%
South-Eastern Asia computed 94.7%
Primary school enrollment — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 93.8 −0.6 pp
2016 94.4 −0.7 pp
2015 95.1 −0.3 pp
2014 95.4
2009 89.9 +1.8 pp
2008 88.1 +1 pp
2007 87.1 +0.3 pp
2006 86.8 −1.8 pp
2005 88.6 −0.8 pp
2004 89.4 −0.6 pp
2003 89.9 +0.3 pp
2002 89.6 +0.1 pp
2001 89.5
1999 89 −2.9 pp
1998 91.9
1996 95.8
1994 93 −1.6 pp
1993 94.7 −1 pp
1992 95.6
1989 97.6 +1.5 pp
1988 96.1 +2 pp
1987 94.1 +0.3 pp
1986 93.8 −0.6 pp
1985 94.4 +3.5 pp
1984 90.9 −0.7 pp
1983 91.6 −1.6 pp
1982 93.2 +0 pp
1981 93.2
1979 96.2
1976 96.8

South-Eastern Asia, 2017

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The net primary enrollment rate — the share of children of official school age enrolled in primary school out of all children of that age. Unlike the gross ratio it cannot exceed 100%, because it leaves out pupils older or younger than the official age.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.