Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa: Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development was 5.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa stood at 5.7%.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and up 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa peaked at 6.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2015.
UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 126th of 161 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4.1% | — |
| 2013 | 4.1% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 6.0% | +56.9% |
| 2017 | 6.1% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 6.6% | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 6.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 6.0% | -8.6% |
| 2022 | 6.0% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 5.9% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 5.7% | -3.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +56.9% | 3.8% | 6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.1% | 3.8% | 6.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 6.0% | 5.7% | 6.6% | 5 |
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 educational development in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa was 5.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development recorded in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2015.
- How does UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa rank for net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development?
- UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa ranks 126th out of 161 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development rising or falling in UNICEF: Middle East and North Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.6%. 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 educational development programmes, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release