Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024: Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male was 97.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
97.9%
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
156th
of 221 groups
All-time high
99.4%
in 2020
All-time low
58.7%
in 1971
Years of data
55
1970–2024
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, gross enrolment ratio, primary, male in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 stood at 97.9%.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary, male in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 peaked at 99.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 58.7%, in 1971.
That places GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 156th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 60.7% | — |
| 1971 | 58.7% | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 59.8% | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 61.1% | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 63.3% | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 65.0% | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 66.8% | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 70.7% | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 75.2% | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 80.4% | +6.9% |
| 1980 | 83.6% | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 86.0% | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 88.8% | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 88.7% | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 87.4% | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 84.3% | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 80.8% | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 78.3% | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 78.0% | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 75.6% | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 75.1% | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 75.9% | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 75.5% | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 77.1% | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 77.2% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 78.2% | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 75.8% | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 80.0% | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 81.8% | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 82.0% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 84.9% | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 86.7% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 89.1% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 91.5% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 93.4% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 95.6% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 96.9% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 97.2% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 98.2% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 98.2% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 97.7% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 99.2% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 99.3% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 98.3% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 96.2% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 96.7% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 97.3% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 98.1% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 98.8% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 99.4% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 98.3% | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 96.9% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 97.7% | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 97.9% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 66.2% | 58.7% | 80.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 83.1% | 75.6% | 88.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 77.9% | 75.1% | 82.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 93.2% | 84.9% | 98.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.1% | 96.2% | 99.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.1% | 96.9% | 99.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
- 153 Saint Lucia 96.4% compare
- 154 Bahrain 96.4% compare
- 155 North Macedonia 96.2% compare
- 156 Ecuador 96.0% compare
- 157 Philippines 95.9% compare
- 158 Turkmenistan 95.7% compare
- 159 Ireland 95.5% compare
More education data for GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 12.55 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 35.82 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.8454 % change on previous year (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 13.87 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 12.72 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 95.91 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 →
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary, male in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 was 97.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary, male recorded in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary, male recorded in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.7% in 1971.
- How does GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary, male?
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 ranks 156th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary, male rising or falling in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release