Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female was 82.0% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Ethiopia, 1987–2015
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of primary school age children.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 82.0% for adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in 2015.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 41.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Ethiopia peaked at 82.8% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 15.6%, in 1994.
That places Ethiopia 136th out of 165 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | % of primary school age children | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 24.3% | — |
| 1988 | 24.6% | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 24.1% | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 15.6% | -35.5% |
| 1995 | 17.3% | +10.9% |
| 1996 | 20.3% | +17.6% |
| 1998 | 26.7% | +31.7% |
| 1999 | 29.7% | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 34.3% | +15.2% |
| 2001 | 39.0% | +13.7% |
| 2002 | 41.5% | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 42.6% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 46.4% | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 57.9% | +24.6% |
| 2006 | 63.2% | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 68.5% | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 74.2% | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 74.4% | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 72.3% | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 75.9% | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 77.1% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 82.8% | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 82.0% | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.4% | 24.1% | 24.6% | 3 |
| 1990s | 21.9% | 15.6% | 29.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 54.2% | 34.3% | 74.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.0% | 72.3% | 82.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More education data for Ethiopia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 272,545 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 900,151 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.32 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.16 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.03 million (2015)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 15.93 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1206 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Ethiopia?
- Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female in Ethiopia was 82.0% in 2015, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 82.8% in 2014.
- What is the lowest adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.6% in 1994.
- How does Ethiopia rank for adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female?
- Ethiopia ranks 136th out of 165 countries with data for 2015.
- Is adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female (% of primary school age children). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Adjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.