Primary school enrolment (gross) in Ethiopia

Gross primary school enrolment in Ethiopia was 84.4% in 2024.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ethiopia, 2024 84.4% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2023 +0.7percentage points 2023: 83.7%
World, 2024 102.2% Official aggregate

Primary school enrolment (gross) in Ethiopia 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 EthiopiaWorld
2024 84.4% 102.2%
2023 83.7% 100.7%
2022 84.6% 100.4%
2021 101.3% 99.4%
2020 112.7% 99.6%
2019 – 99.1%
2018 – 99.1%
2017 101.2% 101.8%
2016 – 102.1%
2015 94.1% 101.0%
2014 93.1% 101.6%
2013 – 103.0%
2012 89.9% 102.9%
2011 90.6% 102.4%
2010 88.5% 102.5%
2009 90.3% 102.7%
2008 91.5% 102.9%
2007 85.5% 102.7%
2006 79.2% 101.7%
2005 74.5% 101.7%
2004 63.6% 101.6%
2003 60.7% 100.9%
2002 59.6% 99.4%
2001 57.1% 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 83.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2010, when it was 88.5%, the figure has changed by −4.1 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 Ethiopia
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