Primary school enrolment (gross) in European Union
Gross primary school enrolment in the European Union was 102.4% in 2024.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
102.4%
Change from 2023
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World, 2024
102.2%
Primary school enrolment (gross) in European Union 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.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 102.4% | 102.2% |
| 2023 | 102.4% | 100.7% |
| 2022 | 101.4% | 100.4% |
| 2021 | 101.4% | 99.4% |
| 2020 | 100.8% | 99.6% |
| 2019 | 101.5% | 99.1% |
| 2018 | 101.4% | 99.1% |
| 2017 | 101.4% | 101.8% |
| 2016 | 101.0% | 102.1% |
| 2015 | 101.4% | 101.0% |
| 2014 | 101.6% | 101.6% |
| 2013 | 102.2% | 103.0% |
| 2012 | 101.6% | 102.9% |
| 2011 | 101.8% | 102.4% |
| 2010 | 102.0% | 102.5% |
| 2009 | 102.3% | 102.7% |
| 2008 | 102.7% | 102.9% |
| 2007 | 103.1% | 102.7% |
| 2006 | 103.4% | 101.7% |
| 2005 | 103.5% | 101.7% |
| 2004 | 103.0% | 101.6% |
| 2003 | 103.1% | 100.9% |
| 2002 | 103.2% | 99.4% |
| 2001 | 103.5% | 99.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 101.6%, the figure has changed by +0.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 102.2%.
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