Primary net enrolment in France

In France, 99.8% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2015.

Measure: Total net enrolment rate, primary education Unit: % of children of primary school age Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value carries the source flag “National estimate”.
France, 2024 99.8%nat_est (National estimate) % of children of primary school age
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 99.9%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 99.0% Middle value of 16 countries

Primary net enrolment in France 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.

Flags: nat_est National estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 99.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 98.6%, the figure has changed by +1.2 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
2001 to 2024 for France
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