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Egypt: School enrollment, primary (% net)

97.03percent · 2018+8.9% since 2005

Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music. Annual figures for Egypt from 1971 to 2018.

19712018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201897.033
201797.025
201697.456
201498.027
201298.537
201193.514
201095.947
200993.558
200792.409
200688.246
200589.132
200490.665
200389.504
200288.295
200187.375
200086.65
199987.034
199789.252
199487.388
197866.927
197365.247
197265.417
197165.011

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, primary (% net). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary-nenr (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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