Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female was 23.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 23.6% for net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 27.9% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 15.9%, in 1999.
That places ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 161st out of 207 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 15.9% | — |
| 2000 | 18.4% | +15.1% |
| 2001 | 19.7% | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 21.2% | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 22.9% | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 24.5% | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 26.2% | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 27.8% | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 22.7% | -18.6% |
| 2008 | 21.4% | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 21.3% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 21.1% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 21.8% | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 21.5% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 21.1% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 21.1% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 21.2% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 22.6% | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 27.9% | +23.5% |
| 2018 | 27.7% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 26.4% | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 24.8% | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 20.0% | -19.3% |
| 2022 | 23.1% | +15.7% |
| 2023 | 23.4% | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 23.6% | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.9% | 15.9% | 15.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 22.6% | 18.4% | 27.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.2% | 21.1% | 27.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.0% | 20.0% | 24.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 0.4167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 973,742 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.1548 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 1.27 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 329,590 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 545,537 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.5261 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.9717 % change on previous year (2024)
- Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 23.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 27.9% in 2017.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.9% in 1999.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 161st out of 207 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release