Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female was 22.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 2007–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) recorded 22.9% for net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 34.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 22.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.1%, in 2007.
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 140th of 183 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 12.1% | — |
| 2008 | 12.9% | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 13.9% | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 14.5% | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 15.3% | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 16.8% | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 18.7% | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 17.0% | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 19.7% | +15.3% |
| 2016 | 19.7% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 20.1% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 19.3% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 20.8% | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 22.0% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 21.0% | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 22.5% | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 22.8% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 22.9% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.0% | 12.1% | 13.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 18.2% | 14.5% | 20.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.2% | 21.0% | 22.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.89 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 38.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.34 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 2.59 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 22.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 22.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.1% in 2007.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 140th out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release