Share of children in primary school age who are in school in Comoros
Comoros: Share of children in primary school age who are in school was 79.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children in primary school age who are in school in Comoros, 1983–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children in primary school age who are in school in Comoros stood at 79.4%.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children in primary school age who are in school in Comoros peaked at 94.9% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 54.2%, in 1999.
That places Comoros 181st out of 209 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 71.4% | 66.1% | 75.3% | 3 |
| 1990s | 58.3% | 54.2% | 62.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 67.3% | 60.8% | 73.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 92.0% | 88.1% | 94.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | 78.1% | 74.5% | 80.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More education data for Comoros
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.9% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 3,952 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.82 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children in primary school age who are in school in Comoros?
- Share of children in primary school age who are in school in Comoros was 79.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children in primary school age who are in school recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 94.9% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of children in primary school age who are in school recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.2% in 1999.
- How does Comoros rank for share of children in primary school age who are in school?
- Comoros ranks 181st out of 209 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children in primary school age who are in school rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children in primary school age who are in school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.