School enrollment, primary (% gross)
Use escrito dataset worldbank.wdi.SE.PRM.ENRR
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
Cite as: World Bank, World Development Indicators, School enrollment, primary (% gross) (SE.PRM.ENRR). Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Detailed documentation is available at: https://api.uis.unesco.org/api/public/documentation/, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), type: Bulk file (csv), date accessed: 2026-03-19, date published: 2026-02
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Tier
- OfficialVerified
- Covers
- 1960–now
- Places
- Economies, regions and income groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- not stated
- Units
- % gross
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.ENRR
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| country_code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, or the World Bank's code for an aggregate |
| country_name | text | |
| aggregate | boolean | true for a region or income group, false for an economy |
| year | integer | |
| value | number | School enrollment, primary (% gross) |
| obs_status | text | the World Bank's status flag; empty for most observations |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| country | |
| year |