Primary school enrolment (gross) in Egypt

Gross primary school enrolment in Egypt was 96.7% in 2024.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Egypt, 2024 96.7% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2023 +0.8percentage points 2023: 95.9%
World, 2024 102.2% Official aggregate

Primary school enrolment (gross) in Egypt 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 EgyptWorld
2024 96.7% 102.2%
2023 95.9% 100.7%
2022 89.5% 100.4%
2021 97.0% 99.4%
2020 95.6% 99.6%
2019 94.3% 99.1%
2018 92.7% 99.1%
2017 90.7% 101.8%
2016 90.1% 102.1%
2015 – 101.0%
2014 89.2% 101.6%
2013 91.6% 103.0%
2012 91.9% 102.9%
2011 87.5% 102.4%
2010 90.9% 102.5%
2009 91.2% 102.7%
2008 – 102.9%
2007 90.5% 102.7%
2006 90.0% 101.7%
2005 89.0% 101.7%
2004 89.4% 101.6%
2003 89.3% 100.9%
2002 89.0% 99.4%
2001 88.6% 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 95.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2013, when it was 91.6%, the figure has changed by +5.1 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
1971 to 2024 for Egypt
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