Primary intake ratio (2025)

With 109.44% in 2025, Nepal leads the world in gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, followed by Thailand (107.07%) and Algeria (98.24%). The top 5 is rounded off by Kazakhstan (98.09%) and Niue (96.3%). Further down, Kyrgyzstan (95.31%) and Dominica (91.05%) hold the next two spots. Nauru (86.41%), Laos (85.25%), and the Gambia (84.17%) round out the top ten. Five of the top ten are in Asia. Among these countries, Niue saw the largest year-over-year change at -17.9%.