Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Gambia
Gambia: Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development was 1.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Gambia, 2013–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Gambia is 1.1%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and up 103.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Gambia peaked at 1.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2013.
Gambia ranks 61st of 66 countries 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 Gambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.5% | — |
| 2014 | 0.6% | +28.7% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +13.8% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +17.5% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | +66.7% |
| 2020 | 1.3% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -21.8% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | +12.6% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | -9.8% |
| 2024 | 1.1% | +4.2% |
| 2025 | 1.1% | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More education data for Gambia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Gambia?
- Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development in Gambia was 1.1% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2013.
- How does Gambia rank for net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development?
- Gambia ranks 61st out of 66 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.9%. 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 Net enrolment rate, early childhood educational development programmes, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release