Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 22.9% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) stood at 22.9%. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 32.3% in 1999 and was at its lowest, 22.9%, in 2019.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 6th of 40 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 32.2% | — |
| 1999 | 32.3% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 31.5% | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 31.5% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 30.9% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 30.5% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 30.4% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 29.6% | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 28.6% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 28.3% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 28.1% | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 28.0% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 27.4% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 26.3% | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 26.3% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 25.2% | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 24.8% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 24.1% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 23.9% | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 23.5% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 23.2% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 22.9% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.3% | 32.2% | 32.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 29.8% | 28.0% | 31.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.8% | 22.9% | 27.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 3 Madagascar 43.7% compare
- 4 Eswatini 41.4% compare
- 5 Mauritania 39.4% compare
- 6 Equatorial Guinea 38.7% compare
- 7 Mozambique 38.2% compare
- 8 Central African Republic 38.2% compare
- 9 Nicaragua 38.0% compare
More reference data data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- 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 age population, one year before than official primary entry 15.80 million number (2019)
- School age population, one year before than official primary entry 32.02 million number (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, male 6.33 years (2019)
- School life expectancy, primary, female 6.02 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 percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 22.9% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 32.3% in 1999.
- What is the lowest percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.9% in 2019.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 6th out of 40 groups with data for 2019.
- Is percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of pupils in primary education who are at least 2 years above the intended age for their grade. The intended age for a given grade is the age at which pupils would enter the grade if they had started school at the official primary entrance age, had studied full-time and had progressed without repeating or skipping a grade. A low value of this indicator will show that the majority of students start school on time and progress with minimum levels of grade repetition. Late school entry and significant grade repetition exacerbate over-age progression and should be discouraged as both are associated with lower levels of student learning achievement. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/