Primary net enrolment in Iran

In Iran, 99.9% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.

Measure: Total net enrolment rate, primary education Unit: % of children of primary school age Data: 1971 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Iran, 2023 99.9% % of children of primary school age
Change from 2022 +0.2percentage points 2022: 99.7%
Position in 2023 7th of 157 See the full ranking

Primary net enrolment in Iran 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.

Total net enrolment rate, primary education (% of children of primary school age), 2002 to 2023
Period Iran
2023 99.9%
2022 99.7%
2020 98.2%
2019 98.4%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2017 97.4%
2016 96.5%
2015 96.2%
2014 96.0%
2013 97.8%
2012 95.8%nat_est (National estimate)
2011 95.2%
2010 94.5%
2009 95.3%
2007 94.6%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2006 98.9%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2005 99.1%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2004 98.3%uis_est (UIS estimate)
2003 97.6%
2002 97.2%

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

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 99.7% in 2022.
  • Since 2011, when it was 95.2%, the figure has changed by +4.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 157 countries with data for 2023, Iran has the 7th highest value.

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
1971 to 2023 for Iran
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