Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries: Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary was 28.5% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, 1998–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ALECSO: Least Developed Countries recorded 28.5% for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 28.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 17.9%, in 1998.
That places ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 216th out of 217 groups with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 17.9% | — |
| 1999 | 18.7% | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 19.0% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 19.4% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 19.9% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 20.1% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 20.6% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 21.1% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 21.7% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 22.3% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 22.9% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 23.5% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 24.0% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 24.4% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 24.6% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 25.0% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 25.4% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 25.9% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 26.5% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 26.9% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 27.3% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 28.0% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 28.5% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.3% | 17.9% | 18.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.0% | 19.0% | 23.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.8% | 24.0% | 28.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.5% | 28.5% | 28.5% | 1 |
More education data for ALECSO: Least Developed Countries
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 633,128 (2020)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 378,880 (2020)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 226,596 (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.63 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 13.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.75 million (2020)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 11.6 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.01 million (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries was 28.5% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The highest recorded value was 28.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.9% in 1998.
- How does ALECSO: Least Developed Countries rank for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary?
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries ranks 216th out of 217 groups with data for 2020.
- Is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary rising or falling in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ALECSO: Least Developed Countries data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entry age, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release