Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in UNICEF: Africa
UNICEF: Africa: Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary was 52.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in UNICEF: Africa, 2004–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
UNICEF: Africa recorded 52.3% for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in UNICEF: Africa peaked at 52.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 28.4%, in 2004.
That places UNICEF: Africa 161st out of 217 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in UNICEF: Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 28.4% | — |
| 2005 | 28.8% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 30.4% | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 31.7% | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 33.2% | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 35.4% | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 36.6% | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 38.0% | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 41.2% | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 43.3% | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 43.8% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 44.6% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 44.5% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 45.0% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 45.1% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 47.0% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 49.2% | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 48.4% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 51.0% | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 51.5% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 52.3% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.3% | 28.4% | 35.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 42.9% | 36.6% | 47.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.5% | 48.4% | 52.3% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 50.51 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 54.20 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 29.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 19.22 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.94 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in UNICEF: Africa?
- Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in UNICEF: Africa was 52.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in UNICEF: Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 52.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in UNICEF: Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.4% in 2004.
- How does UNICEF: Africa rank for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary?
- UNICEF: Africa ranks 161st out of 217 groups with data for 2024.
- Is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary rising or falling in UNICEF: Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: 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