Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas): Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female was 22.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) is 22.6%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 53.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) peaked at 32.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 9.6%, in 1999.
That places UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 171st 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 UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 9.6% | — |
| 2000 | 10.6% | +10.4% |
| 2001 | 10.5% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 11.8% | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 13.2% | +11.7% |
| 2004 | 15.3% | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 15.3% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 17.1% | +11.7% |
| 2007 | 18.2% | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 16.9% | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 17.7% | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 18.5% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 23.4% | +26.2% |
| 2012 | 28.0% | +19.8% |
| 2013 | 32.8% | +17.1% |
| 2014 | 14.7% | -55.1% |
| 2015 | 16.9% | +14.6% |
| 2016 | 17.4% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 17.8% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 17.9% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 18.1% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 18.5% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 15.2% | -18.0% |
| 2022 | 19.0% | +24.8% |
| 2023 | 22.3% | +17.4% |
| 2024 | 22.6% | +1.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -55.1% | 32.8% | 14.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.6% | 9.6% | 9.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 14.7% | 10.5% | 18.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.5% | 14.7% | 32.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.5% | 15.2% | 22.6% | 5 |
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More education data for UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.60 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31.31 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 947,845 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 873,576 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 5.35 % change on previous year (2020)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.80 million (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 0.8591 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 15.44 million (2024)
All data for UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) was 22.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- The highest recorded value was 32.8% in 2013.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.6% in 1999.
- How does UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) rank for net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female?
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) ranks 171st out of 207 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net enrolment rate, pre-primary, female rising or falling in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 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