Primary net enrolment in Gambia
In Gambia, 83.1% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.
Gambia, 2025
83.1%
Change from 2024
+1.9percentage points
Primary net enrolment in Gambia 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 | Gambia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 83.1% |
| 2024 | 81.2% |
| 2023 | 81.2% |
| 2022 | 81.2% |
| 2021 | 81.0% |
| 2020 | 81.6% |
| 2019 | 79.7% |
| 2018 | 76.4% |
| 2017 | 74.6% |
| 2016 | 72.1% |
| 2015 | 70.5%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2014 | 67.5% |
| 2013 | 65.4% |
| 2012 | 64.9% |
| 2011 | 62.0% |
| 2010 | 63.2% |
| 2008 | 61.1% |
| 2007 | 64.4%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2006 | 62.3% |
| 2005 | 57.9% |
| 2004 | 59.4% |
| 2003 | 58.7% |
| 2002 | 55.5% |
| 2001 | 57.2% |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.9 percentage points from 81.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 70.5%, the figure has changed by +12.5 percentage points.
More for Gambia
All statistics for Gambia
Out-of-school children
16.9%
2025 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school enrolment (gross)
100.4%
2025 · 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