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 29.5% 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
In 2020, adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries stood at 29.5%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in ALECSO: Least Developed Countries peaked at 29.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 17.7%, 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 | 17.7% | — |
| 1999 | 18.5% | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 18.8% | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 19.2% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 19.9% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 20.1% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 20.6% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 21.1% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 21.7% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 22.3% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 22.9% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 23.5% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 24.0% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 24.4% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 24.7% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 25.1% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 25.4% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 26.0% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 26.6% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 27.0% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 27.4% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 29.1% | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 29.5% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.1% | 17.7% | 18.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.0% | 18.8% | 23.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.0% | 24.0% | 29.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.5% | 29.5% | 29.5% | 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 29.5% 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 29.5% 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 17.7% 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 23.0%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release