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Papua New Guinea: School enrollment, primary (% gross)

121.09percent · 2023+117.9% since 2006

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 Papua New Guinea from 1970 to 2023.

19742023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2023121.09
2022111.086
2021101.941
2020102.054
2019105.318
2018110.134
2016104.505
2014101.784
2012100.861
200859.443
200655.561
200557.029
200456.024
200356.185
200259.668
200161.991
200068.385
199874.749
199771.445
199672.146
199573.447
199474.34
199372.834
199269.969
199168.815
199069.47
198971.292
198869.023
198767.931
198667.204
198465.181
198260.603
198159.073
198059.54
197955.731
197853.307
197752.036
197652.14
197550.484
197449.816
197348.758
197247.214
197146.638
197046.914

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 (% gross). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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