Primary school enrolment (gross) in Bhutan

Gross primary school enrolment in Bhutan was 114.9% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bhutan, 2024 114.9% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2023 +8.2percentage points 2023: 106.7%
World, 2024 102.2% Official aggregate

Primary school enrolment (gross) in Bhutan 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 BhutanWorld
2024 114.9% 102.2%
2023 106.7% 100.7%
2022 105.3% 100.4%
2021 105.5% 99.4%
2020 103.8% 99.6%
2019 98.0% 99.1%
2018 99.3% 99.1%
2017 99.7% 101.8%
2016 101.3% 102.1%
2015 103.1% 101.0%
2014 104.7% 101.6%
2013 106.8% 103.0%
2012 113.0% 102.9%
2011 113.6% 102.4%
2010 112.0% 102.5%
2009 109.0% 102.7%
2008 104.5% 102.9%
2007 101.1% 102.7%
2006 97.1% 101.7%
2005 92.4% 101.7%
2004 88.8% 101.6%
2003 84.9% 100.9%
2002 81.9% 99.4%
2001 79.7% 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +8.2 percentage points from 106.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 104.7%, the figure has changed by +10.2 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 102.2%.

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
1970 to 2024 for Bhutan
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