Total net enrolment rate, primary, male in Namibia
Namibia: Total net enrolment rate, primary, male was 97.3% in 2012. β² Rising
Total net enrolment rate, primary, male in Namibia, 1989β2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 97.3% for total net enrolment rate, primary, male in 2012. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, primary, male in Namibia peaked at 97.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 82.8%, in 1989.
Namibia ranks 56th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 82.8% | 82.8% | 82.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 87.6% | 83.3% | 89.7% | 4 |
| 2000s | 89.7% | 87.7% | 93.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.7% | 94.3% | 97.3% | 3 |
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More education data for Namibia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 21,240 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 120.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.007 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate, primary, male in Namibia?
- Total net enrolment rate, primary, male in Namibia was 97.3% in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, primary, male recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 97.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, primary, male recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.8% in 1989.
- How does Namibia rank for total net enrolment rate, primary, male?
- Namibia ranks 56th out of 178 countries with data for 2012.
- Is total net enrolment rate, primary, male rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Total net enrolment rate, primary, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release