Completion rate, primary education, female in Gambia
Gambia: Completion rate, primary education, female was 69.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
69.4%
Change on year
up 4.2%
World rank
75th
of 90 countries
All-time high
69.4%
in 2023
All-time low
43.4%
in 2000
Years of data
7
2000–2023
Completion rate, primary education, female in Gambia, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 69.4% for completion rate, primary education, female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, female in Gambia peaked at 69.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 43.4%, in 2000.
Gambia ranks 75th of 90 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.4% | 43.4% | 57.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 63.5% | 60.2% | 69.3% | 3 |
| 2020s | 68.0% | 66.6% | 69.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 72 Cameroon 73.2% compare
- 73 Sierra Leone 70.6% compare
- 74 Democratic Republic of the Congo 70.2% compare
- 76 Rwanda 69.3% compare
- 77 Côte d'Ivoire 64.1% compare
- 78 Haiti 57.8% compare
More education data for Gambia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 13,495 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 39.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.4% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0048 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, female in Gambia?
- Completion rate, primary education, female in Gambia was 69.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, female recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 69.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, female recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.4% in 2000.
- How does Gambia rank for completion rate, primary education, female?
- Gambia ranks 75th out of 90 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, primary education, female rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, primary education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release