Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary was 43.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 2008–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) recorded 43.5% for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in 2019. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 43.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 33.5%, in 2008.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st of 42 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 33.5% | — |
| 2009 | 35.1% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 35.9% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 37.0% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 40.3% | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 41.9% | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 42.3% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 43.1% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 42.9% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 43.1% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 43.1% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 43.5% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.3% | 33.5% | 35.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 41.3% | 35.9% | 43.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 38 Finland 96.8% compare
- 39 Belarus 96.5% compare
- 40 Cayman Islands 96.5% compare
- 41 Antigua and Barbuda 95.8% compare
- 42 Costa Rica 95.7% compare
- 43 Greece 95.4% compare
- 44 Republic of Moldova 95.3% compare
More reference data data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 32.02 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.80 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.17 years (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 16.21 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.02 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.33 years (2019)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.2% (2018)
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.7795 years (2019)
- Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7648 GPIA (2018)
- Teachers in primary education, male 2.57 million number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 43.5% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 43.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.5% in 2008.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 41st out of 42 groups with data for 2019.
- Is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entry age, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The number of female children of the age one year before the official entry age to primary education who participate in an organized learning programme expressed as a percentage of the total population of the same age. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/