Education for All Global Monitoring Report

Primary Education
    Brunei Darussalam Cambodia25 Indonesia Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Myanmar Philippines25 Singapore Thailand Viet Nam25     World23 Developing countries East Asia and the Pacific
Compulsory education (age group)  2002 
5 to 16
...
7 to 15
6 to 10
...
5 to 9
6 to 12
6 to 16
6 to 14
...
...
...
...
Legal guarantee of free education28  2002 
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
...
...
...
New entrants (000), Primary  2002/2003 
7
521
4985
193
525
1289
2637
...
...
1649  **
...
...
...
GIR in primary education (%), Total  2002/2003 
98.6
132.3
115.5
124.2
92.4
120.1
134.8
...
...
99.2  **
101.1
104.3
110.8
GIR in primary education (%), Male  2002/2003 
98.7
138.2
115.3
130.7
92.5
119.4
139.7
...
...
102.2  **
100.2
105.8
115.0
GIR in primary education (%), Female  2002/2003 
98.4
126.3
115.7
117.4
92.2
120.8
129.6
...
...
96.2  **
102.1
102.1
108.0
GIR in primary education (%), GPI (F/M)  2002/2003 
1.00
0.91
1.00
0.90
1.00
1.01
0.93
...
...
0.94  **
1.02
0.96
0.94
NIR in primary education (%), Total  2002/2003 
...
76.5
39.1
60.9
...
94.2
47.6
...
...
82.9  ** z
69.6
65.2
...
NIR in primary education (%), Male  2002/2003 
...
78.3
39.4  **
61.7
...
93.7
45.5
...
...
...
...
64.2
69.8
NIR in primary education (%), Female  2002/2003 
...
74.5
38.8  **
60.1
...
94.7
49.9
...
...
...
...
64.6
64.5
NIR in primary education (%), GPI (F/M)  2002/2003 
...
0.95
0.99  **
0.97
...
1.01
1.10
...
...
...
...
1.01
0.92
School life Expectancy (expected # of years of formal schooling), Total  2002/2003 
13.4  **
9.1  **
11.1
9.1  **
12.3
7.4  ** z
12.0  **
...
12.5  ** y
10.6  **
10.5
9.9
11.5
School life Expectancy (expected # of years of formal schooling), Male  2002/2003 
13.1  **
9.9  **
11.3
10.1  **
11.8
...
11.7  **
...
12.7  ** y
11.0  **
10.8
10.3
11.6
School life Expectancy (expected # of years of formal schooling), Female  2002/2003 
13.8  **
8.3  **
11.0
8.1  **
12.8
...
12.3  **
...
12.3  ** y
10.1  **
10.2
9.4
11.4
Age group, primary  2002/2003 
6 to 11
6 to 11
7 to 12
6 to 10
6 to 11
5 to 9
6 to 11
6 to 11
6 to 11
6 to 10
...
...
...
School-age population primary (000)  2002 
42
2239
26011
752
3232
5321
11533
389
6342
8749
648064
567139
186616
Enrolment in primary education, Total (000)  2002/2003 
45
2772
29051
875
3009
4889
12971
...
6113  44
8841
671359
589291
207054
Enrolment in primary education, % Female  2002/2003 
48
47
49
46
49
50
49
...
48  44
47
47
47
48
GER in primary education (%), Total  2002/2003 
106.1
123.8
111.7
116.4
93.1
91.9
112.5
...
96.8  44
101.0
103.6
103.9