Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Eritrea
Eritrea: Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 was 0.9242 GPIA in 2022. ▼ Falling
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Eritrea, 1999–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Eritrea is 0.9242 GPIA, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Eritrea peaked at 0.9242 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7216 GPIA, in 2012.
Eritrea ranks 47th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.9241 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9123 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.898 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8751 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8738 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.8468 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8147 GPIA | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.7588 GPIA | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 0.7866 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7713 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.7588 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 0.7627 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.7369 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7216 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8273 GPIA | +14.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8174 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8192 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8192 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.844 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9242 GPIA | +9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9241 GPIA | 0.9241 GPIA | 0.9241 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8296 GPIA | 0.7588 GPIA | 0.9123 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7935 GPIA | 0.7216 GPIA | 0.844 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9242 GPIA | 0.9242 GPIA | 0.9242 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 44 Saudi Arabia 0.935 GPIA compare
- 45 Malawi 0.9293 GPIA compare
- 46 Serbia 0.9292 GPIA compare
- 48 Comoros 0.9224 GPIA compare
- 49 Central African Republic 0.922 GPIA compare
- 50 Solomon Islands 0.921 GPIA compare
More education data for Eritrea
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 28,835 (2022)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26,792 (2022)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 398,090 (2022)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23,881 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.69 % change on previous year (2016)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7908 % change on previous year (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Eritrea?
- Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 in Eritrea was 0.9242 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9242 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7216 GPIA in 2012.
- How does Eritrea rank for proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2?
- Eritrea ranks 47th out of 183 countries with data for 2022.
- Is proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 years over-age for their current grade, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release