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Afghanistan: Primary education, pupils

38.96percent · 2018+3.1% since 2008

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 1970 to 2018.

19722018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201838.955
201739.266
201639.354
201539.39
201439.958
201340.111
201240.716
201140.476
201039.341
200938.571
200837.783
200736.895
200637.23
200535.687
200429.126
200334.765
200230.179
20010
20000
19997.322
199532.028
199431.673
199324.528
199133.842
199034.002
198933.262
198832.141
198633.86
198531.398
198430.979
198232.383
198118.471
198018.066
197816.459
197716.046
197615.43
197515.024
197414.447
197314.547
197214.005
197113.743
197014.083

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Primary education, pupils. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-education-pupils (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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