Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes in Bhutan
Bhutan: Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes was 89.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes in Bhutan, 1978–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes in Bhutan is 89.5%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes in Bhutan peaked at 94.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 22.0%, in 1978.
Bhutan ranks 151st of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 22.0% | — |
| 1979 | 24.7% | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 55.8% | +126.1% |
| 1999 | 56.7% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 58.9% | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 61.2% | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 71.3% | +16.6% |
| 2006 | 76.3% | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 83.2% | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 88.3% | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 90.6% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 91.1% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 92.4% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 90.9% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 89.2% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 88.5% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 88.3% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 90.6% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 94.5% | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 83.9% | -11.3% |
| 2022 | 90.0% | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 88.2% | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 89.5% | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23.3% | 22.0% | 24.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 56.2% | 55.8% | 56.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 73.2% | 58.9% | 88.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 90.2% | 88.3% | 92.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 89.2% | 83.9% | 94.5% | 5 |
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More education data for Bhutan
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1,544 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1,828 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 5,781 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 8.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5,509 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes in Bhutan?
- Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes in Bhutan was 89.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 94.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.0% in 1978.
- How does Bhutan rank for total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes?
- Bhutan ranks 151st out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release