Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
MDG: Sub-saharan Africa: Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary was 51.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa, 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Sub-saharan Africa recorded 51.8% for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in 2024. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 51.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 32.2%, in 2007.
MDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 167th of 217 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 32.2% | — |
| 2008 | 33.6% | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 35.0% | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 36.0% | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 37.4% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 40.6% | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 42.7% | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 43.1% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 44.4% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 44.4% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 44.9% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 45.1% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 47.0% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 49.1% | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 48.8% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 51.4% | +5.3% |
| 2023 | 51.8% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 51.8% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 33.6% | 32.2% | 35.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 42.6% | 36.0% | 47.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.6% | 48.8% | 51.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
More education data for MDG: Sub-saharan Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 39.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.42 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.38 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.60 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa was 51.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 51.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.2% in 2007.
- How does MDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary?
- MDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 167th out of 217 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary rising or falling in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 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