Primary school enrolment (gross) in Gambia
Gross primary school enrolment in Gambia was 100.4% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.
Gambia, 2025
100.4%
Change from 2024
+1.8percentage points
World, 2024
102.2%
Primary school enrolment (gross) in Gambia 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 | Gambia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100.4% | – |
| 2024 | 98.6% | 102.2% |
| 2023 | 98.7% | 100.7% |
| 2022 | 97.3% | 100.4% |
| 2021 | 96.3% | 99.4% |
| 2020 | 96.9% | 99.6% |
| 2019 | 95.1% | 99.1% |
| 2018 | 91.5% | 99.1% |
| 2017 | 88.7% | 101.8% |
| 2016 | 85.5% | 102.1% |
| 2015 | 83.7% | 101.0% |
| 2014 | 80.7% | 101.6% |
| 2013 | 77.5% | 103.0% |
| 2012 | 75.5% | 102.9% |
| 2011 | 72.2% | 102.4% |
| 2010 | 73.5% | 102.5% |
| 2009 | 73.4% | 102.7% |
| 2008 | 73.6% | 102.9% |
| 2007 | 74.0% | 102.7% |
| 2006 | 71.5% | 101.7% |
| 2005 | 72.2% | 101.7% |
| 2004 | 73.6% | 101.6% |
| 2003 | 72.4% | 100.9% |
| 2002 | 69.3% | 99.4% |
| 2001 | 71.4% | 99.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.8 percentage points from 98.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 83.7%, the figure has changed by +16.8 percentage points.
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13.5%
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Adult literacy rate
51.6%
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ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
39.8%
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Primary completion (UIS)
62.3%
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Lower secondary completion
47.0%
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Upper secondary completion
31.2%
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