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Primary school enrollment — Uruguay

Primary school enrollment in Uruguay in 2017 — 99.4%. Ranked 9 in the world out of 137. Since 1983, the indicator has risen by 12.8 pp.

2017 99.4% −0.2 pp vs 2016
World rank 9of 137
Period maximum 99.7%2006
Period minimum 86.6%1983

Trend over time

1983–2017 · % of children of the relevant age

Primary school enrollment — Uruguay, 1983–201785909510019831987199119951999200320072011201520171983: 86.6%1984: 86.8%1985: 88.3%1986: 88.8%1987: 87.9%1991: 92%1992: 93.9%1993: 94.6%1994: 93%1995: 92.5%1996: 92%1997: 92.2%2005: 97.3%2006: 99.7%2007: 98.3%2008: 99.4%2009: 99.4%2010: 99.5%2011: 99.4%2012: 99.2%2013: 99.5%2014: 96.6%2015: 99.5%2016: 99.6%2017: 99.4%
Change over the period: +12.8 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2017

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

Uruguay 99.4%
World 89.3%
Latin America & Caribbean 93.7%
South America computed 95.1%
Primary school enrollment — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 99.4 −0.2 pp
2016 99.6 +0.1 pp
2015 99.5 +2.8 pp
2014 96.6 −2.9 pp
2013 99.5 +0.2 pp
2012 99.2 −0.2 pp
2011 99.4 −0.1 pp
2010 99.5 +0.2 pp
2009 99.4 −0 pp
2008 99.4 +1.2 pp
2007 98.3 −1.5 pp
2006 99.7 +2.4 pp
2005 97.3 —
1997 92.2 +0.2 pp
1996 92 −0.5 pp
1995 92.5 −0.5 pp
1994 93 −1.6 pp
1993 94.6 +0.7 pp
1992 93.9 +1.9 pp
1991 92 —
1987 87.9 −0.8 pp
1986 88.8 +0.4 pp
1985 88.3 +1.5 pp
1984 86.8 +0.3 pp
1983 86.6 —

South America, 2017

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

UY Uruguay 99.4 AR Argentina 99.2 BR Brazil 96.3 PE Peru 94.9 CL Chile 94.7 CO Colombia 93.1 EC Ecuador 91.6 BO Bolivia 90.9 VE Venezuela 87.4 SR Suriname 86.1
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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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