Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female was 24.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, 1998–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa stood at 24.3%.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa peaked at 24.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 13.1%, in 1999.
That places UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 127th out of 183 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 13.2% | — |
| 1999 | 13.1% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 13.6% | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 14.2% | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 14.5% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 15.0% | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 15.5% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 16.2% | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 17.5% | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 17.6% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 18.5% | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 19.5% | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 20.1% | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 19.9% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 19.7% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 19.7% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 21.0% | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 21.3% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 22.1% | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 22.7% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 23.0% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 23.9% | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 24.5% | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 22.8% | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 22.8% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 24.2% | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 24.3% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.2% | 13.1% | 13.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 16.2% | 13.6% | 19.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.3% | 19.7% | 23.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.7% | 22.8% | 24.5% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 6.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.21 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.49 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.5257 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 17.53 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 8.61 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 6.11 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa was 24.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 24.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.1% in 1999.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank for net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 127th out of 183 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net enrolment rate, early childhood education, female rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 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