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Ethiopia: School enrollment, primary (% gross)

84.42percent · 2024-4.6% since 2010

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. 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 Ethiopia from 1971 to 2024.

19812024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202484.416
202383.732
202284.632
2021101.339
2020112.67
2017101.224
201594.086
201493.115
201289.925
201190.628
201088.511
200990.342
200891.453
200785.47
200679.233
200574.51
200463.566
200360.702
200259.604
200157.131
200052.239
199948.196
199849.689
199741.017
199636.345
199530.682
199426.908
199322.707
199226.061
199132.25
199035.663
198939.284
198841.029
198740.382
198637.385
198538.003
198440.632
198342.06
198240.991
198138.455
198032.682
197925.037
197821.265
197722.216
197621.126
197519.302
197417.888
197316.422
197215.978
197115.209

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, primary (% gross). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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