Primary net enrolment in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, 77.5% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2024.
Ethiopia, 2024
77.5%
Change from 2023
+1.4percentage points
Primary net enrolment in Ethiopia 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.
| Period | Ethiopia |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 77.5% |
| 2023 | 76.2% |
| 2022 | 75.4% |
| 2021 | 74.3%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2015 | 79.8% |
| 2014 | 80.9% |
| 2012 | 76.1%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2011 | 75.2%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2010 | 71.8%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2009 | 73.8%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2008 | 74.1%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2007 | 68.2%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2006 | 62.6% |
| 2005 | 57.7% |
| 2004 | 47.1% |
| 2003 | 44.3% |
| 2002 | 43.7%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2001 | 42.0%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.4 percentage points from 76.2% in 2023.
- Since 2008, when it was 74.1%, the figure has changed by +3.5 percentage points.
More for Ethiopia
All statistics for Ethiopia
Out-of-school children
22.5%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school enrolment (gross)
84.4%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
17.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
54.4%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
30.4%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
17.6%
2022 · UNESCO UIS