Primary school completion rate in Gambia
The primary completion rate in Gambia was 84.2% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.
Gambia, 2025
84.2%
Change from 2024
+2.2percentage points
World, 2024
88.0%
Primary school completion rate in Gambia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of the relevant age group. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Gambia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84.2% | – |
| 2024 | 82.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023 | 80.2% | 87.3% |
| 2022 | 80.3% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 79.5% | 88.7% |
| 2020 | 76.3% | 88.0% |
| 2019 | 73.7% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 69.3% | 88.1% |
| 2017 | – | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 64.4% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 62.8% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 62.2% | 88.1% |
| 2013 | 61.7% | 88.3% |
| 2012 | 60.3% | 88.1% |
| 2011 | 58.4% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | 61.2% | 88.5% |
| 2009 | – | 89.0% |
| 2008 | 65.2% | 88.2% |
| 2007 | 59.7% | 86.5% |
| 2006 | 53.9% | 85.3% |
| 2005 | 55.2% | 85.0% |
| 2004 | 57.4% | 84.2% |
| 2003 | 58.4% | 83.5% |
| 2002 | 56.2% | 83.3% |
| 2001 | 58.3% | 82.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.2 percentage points from 82.0% in 2024.
- Since 2014, when it was 62.2%, the figure has changed by +21.9 percentage points.
More for Gambia
All statistics for Gambia
Primary school enrolment (gross)
100.4%
2025 · World Bank
Secondary school enrolment (gross)
107.0%
2021 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
39.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
62.3%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
47.0%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
31.2%
2023 · UNESCO UIS