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Primary school enrollment — Sweden

Primary school enrollment in Sweden in 2017 — 99.2%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 137. Since 1976, the indicator has fallen by 0.3 pp.

2017 99.2% −0.2 pp vs 2016
World rank 11of 137
Period maximum 99.9%1994
Period minimum 95.1%2006

Trend over time

1976–2017 · % of children of the relevant age

Primary school enrollment — Sweden, 1976–20179496981001976198119861991199620012006201120161976: 99.4%1982: 96.2%1987: 98.2%1988: 98.4%1989: 98.8%1990: 99.5%1991: 99.7%1992: 99.8%1993: 99.6%1994: 99.9%1995: 98.8%1996: 99.8%1997: 99.8%1999: 99.8%2000: 99.4%2001: 99.7%2002: 99.5%2003: 99.1%2004: 96.9%2005: 95.4%2006: 95.1%2007: 96.3%2008: 98.4%2009: 99.3%2010: 99.4%2011: 99.5%2012: 99.6%2013: 99.4%2014: 99.5%2015: 99.4%2016: 99.3%2017: 99.2%
Change over the period: −0.3 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2017

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

Sweden 99.2%
World 89.3%
Europe & Central Asia 95%
Northern Europe computed 99%
Primary school enrollment — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 99.2 −0.2 pp
2016 99.3 −0 pp
2015 99.4 −0.1 pp
2014 99.5 +0.1 pp
2013 99.4 −0.2 pp
2012 99.6 +0.1 pp
2011 99.5 +0.1 pp
2010 99.4 +0 pp
2009 99.3 +0.9 pp
2008 98.4 +2.2 pp
2007 96.3 +1.2 pp
2006 95.1 −0.3 pp
2005 95.4 −1.5 pp
2004 96.9 −2.2 pp
2003 99.1 −0.4 pp
2002 99.5 −0.2 pp
2001 99.7 +0.3 pp
2000 99.4 −0.3 pp
1999 99.8 —
1997 99.8 +0 pp
1996 99.8 +1 pp
1995 98.8 −1.1 pp
1994 99.9 +0.3 pp
1993 99.6 −0.2 pp
1992 99.8 +0.1 pp
1991 99.7 +0.2 pp
1990 99.5 +0.7 pp
1989 98.8 +0.4 pp
1988 98.4 +0.3 pp
1987 98.2 —
1982 96.2 —
1976 99.4 —

Northern Europe, 2017

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

NO Norway 99.9 IS Iceland 99.8 GB United Kingdom 99.5 SE Sweden 99.2 FI Finland 98.6 DK Denmark 98.5 LT Lithuania 98.2 LV Latvia 96.3 IE Ireland 95.8 EE Estonia 93.7
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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.

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