School enrollment, primary, private in Uganda
Uganda: School enrollment, primary, private was 19.6% in 2017. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, primary, private in Uganda, 1994–2017
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of total primary.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 19.6% for school enrollment, primary, private in 2017. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.9% on the previous year and up 94.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, private in Uganda peaked at 19.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 1997.
Uganda ranks 69th of 202 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
School enrollment, primary, private in Uganda, year by year
| Year | % of total primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 6.8% | — |
| 1995 | 9.5% | +38.5% |
| 1997 | 6.3% | -33.8% |
| 2002 | 10.6% | +68.7% |
| 2004 | 9.1% | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 8.5% | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 9.4% | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 11.8% | +16.6% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | +14.0% |
| 2010 | 14.4% | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 13.1% | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 16.2% | +23.4% |
| 2015 | 17.1% | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 17.8% | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 19.6% | +9.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.5% | 6.3% | 9.5% | 3 |
| 2000s | 10.4% | 8.5% | 13.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 16.4% | 13.1% | 19.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 207,238 (2017)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, primary, private in Uganda?
- School enrollment, primary, private in Uganda was 19.6% in 2017, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary, private recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 19.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, private recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 1997.
- How does Uganda rank for school enrollment, primary, private?
- Uganda ranks 69th out of 202 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school enrollment, primary, private rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.