Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Eritrea
Eritrea: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 89.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Eritrea, 1989–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Eritrea stood at 89.7%.
That represents a change of up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Eritrea peaked at 107.5% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 33.6%, in 1991.
That places Eritrea 188th out of 217 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 40.9% | 40.9% | 40.9% | 1 |
| 1990s | 71.0% | 33.6% | 87.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 95.2% | 77.9% | 107.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.4% | 73.6% | 92.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 89.7% | 89.7% | 89.7% | 1 |
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More education data for Eritrea
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.7% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 12,025 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.68 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 82.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Eritrea?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Eritrea was 89.7% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 107.5% in 2003.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.6% in 1991.
- How does Eritrea rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Eritrea ranks 188th out of 217 countries with data for 2022.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.