Primary net enrolment in Egypt

In Egypt, 96.5% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2024.

Measure: Total net enrolment rate, primary education Unit: % of children of primary school age Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Egypt, 2024 96.5% % of children of primary school age
Change from 2023 +0.9percentage points 2023: 95.6%

Primary net enrolment in Egypt over time

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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Total net enrolment rate, primary education (% of children of primary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period Egypt
2024 96.5%
2023 95.6%
2021 96.8%
2020 95.5%
2019 93.9%
2018 91.9%
2017 89.5%
2016 88.7%
2014 86.0%
2012 86.9%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2011 84.8%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2010 86.9%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2009 86.3%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2007 86.8%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2006 83.2%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2005 86.1%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2004 86.3%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2003 85.7%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2002 85.1%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2001 84.6%uis_est (UIS estimate)

Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 95.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2011, when it was 84.8%, the figure has changed by +11.7 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
NERT.1.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2024 for Egypt
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org