Primary school enrolment (gross) in North America

Gross primary school enrolment in North America was 96.8% in 2024.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 1999 to 2024 Source: World Bank
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2024 96.8% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 97.0%
World, 2024 102.2% Official aggregate

Primary school enrolment (gross) in North America 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.

Primary school enrolment (gross) (% of the official primary school-age population), 2001 to 2024
Period North AmericaWorld
2024 96.8% 102.2%
2023 97.0% 100.7%
2022 96.8% 100.4%
2021 98.0% 99.4%
2020 100.0% 99.6%
2019 100.6% 99.1%
2018 101.0% 99.1%
2017 101.5% 101.8%
2016 101.1% 102.1%
2015 100.3% 101.0%
2014 99.7% 101.6%
2013 99.4% 103.0%
2012 100.1% 102.9%
2011 100.6% 102.4%
2010 101.3% 102.5%
2009 102.0% 102.7%
2008 102.8% 102.9%
2007 102.4% 102.7%
2006 102.0% 101.7%
2005 101.6% 101.7%
2004 101.1% 101.6%
2003 100.5% 100.9%
2002 99.8% 99.4%
2001 100.2% 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 97.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 99.7%, the figure has changed by −2.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 102.2%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.PRM.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1999 to 2024 for North America
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics