Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)
UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas): Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male was 21.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas), 1999–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) stood at 21.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 50.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) peaked at 30.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 1999.
That places UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) 176th 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, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 9.3% | — |
| 2000 | 10.3% | +11.2% |
| 2001 | 10.2% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 11.4% | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 12.7% | +11.3% |
| 2004 | 14.7% | +15.3% |
| 2005 | 14.6% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 16.2% | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 17.3% | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 16.1% | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 16.9% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 17.7% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 22.2% | +25.4% |
| 2012 | 26.4% | +19.3% |
| 2013 | 30.8% | +16.7% |
| 2014 | 14.2% | -54.1% |
| 2015 | 16.2% | +14.1% |
| 2016 | 16.6% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 17.0% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 17.0% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 17.2% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 17.6% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 14.5% | -17.7% |
| 2022 | 18.0% | +24.0% |
| 2023 | 21.1% | +17.3% |
| 2024 | 21.3% | +1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male 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 | -54.1% | 30.8% | 14.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.3% | 9.3% | 9.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 14.0% | 10.2% | 17.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.5% | 14.2% | 30.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.5% | 14.5% | 21.3% | 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) was 21.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- The highest recorded value was 30.8% in 2013.
- What is the lowest net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male recorded in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 1999.
- How does UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) rank for net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male?
- UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas) ranks 176th out of 207 groups with data for 2024.
- Is net enrolment rate, pre-primary, male rising or falling in UNICEF: Economic Community of West African States (ecowas)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.3%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release