Primary school enrolment (gross) in Angola

Gross primary school enrolment in Angola was 86.7% in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 1998.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 1971 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Angola, 2023 86.7% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2021 −2.5percentage points 2021: 89.2%
World, 2023 100.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 149th of 166 See the full ranking

Primary school enrolment (gross) in Angola over time

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% of the official primary school-age population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Primary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official primary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period AngolaWorld
2024 – 102.2%
2023 86.7% 100.7%
2022 – 100.4%
2021 89.2% 99.4%
2020 – 99.6%
2019 – 99.1%
2018 – 99.1%
2017 – 101.8%
2016 – 102.1%
2015 120.6% 101.0%
2014 – 101.6%
2013 – 103.0%
2012 – 102.9%
2011 128.4% 102.4%
2010 113.9% 102.5%
2009 112.3% 102.7%
2008 113.3% 102.9%
2007 106.3% 102.7%
2006 – 101.7%
2005 – 101.7%
2004 – 101.6%
2003 – 100.9%
2002 – 99.4%
2001 – 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 89.2% in 2021, a change of −2.5 percentage points.
  • Since 1991, when it was 73.9%, the figure has changed by +12.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 166 countries with data for 2023, Angola has the 149th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 100.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2023 for Angola
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics