Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Western Asia
MDG: Western Asia: Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary was 50.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Western Asia, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
MDG: Western Asia recorded 50.6% for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in 2023. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Western Asia peaked at 50.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 26.0%, in 1999.
MDG: Western Asia ranks 165th of 208 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Western Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 26.1% | — |
| 1999 | 26.0% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 26.5% | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 26.5% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 26.5% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 26.3% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 27.1% | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 30.1% | +11.2% |
| 2006 | 34.7% | +15.1% |
| 2007 | 36.4% | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 38.0% | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 35.9% | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 37.7% | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 40.9% | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 41.2% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 40.0% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 40.8% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 42.0% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 41.3% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 42.8% | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 44.0% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 43.9% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 45.2% | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 39.6% | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 50.5% | +27.7% |
| 2023 | 50.6% | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Western Asia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +27.7% | 39.6% | 50.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.1% | 26.0% | 26.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 30.8% | 26.3% | 38.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.4% | 37.7% | 44.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.5% | 39.6% | 50.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near MDG: Western Asia
- 162 Burkina Faso 16.1% compare
- 163 Côte d'Ivoire 16.0% compare
- 164 Tajikistan 12.5% compare
- 165 Myanmar 11.8% compare
- 166 Yemen 3.6% compare
More education data for MDG: Western Asia
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.03 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.11 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6.88 million (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.4264 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.72 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 12.22 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 517,916 (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.70 million (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Western Asia?
- Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in MDG: Western Asia was 50.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in MDG: Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 50.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in MDG: Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.0% in 1999.
- How does MDG: Western Asia rank for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary?
- MDG: Western Asia ranks 165th out of 208 groups with data for 2023.
- Is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary rising or falling in MDG: Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this MDG: Western Asia 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release