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Gambia: School enrollment, primary (% net)

76.82percent · 2018+15.2% since 2007

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 Gambia from 1971 to 2018.

19712018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201876.816
201776.099
201673.647
201571.901
201468.701
201365.842
201267.576
201165.362
201063.275
200864.008
200766.683
200667.292
200562.774
200464.765
200364.046
200261.157
200163.355
200063.557
199967.097
199858.893
199658.232
199351.049
199247.822
199049.018
198660.645
198560.935
198458.145
198356.378
198252.952
198148.899
198040.404
197935.704
197831.741
197729.182
197625.224
197523.698
197422.548
197322.071
197220.819
197120.925

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, primary (% net). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary-nenr (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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