Primary school enrolment (gross) in North Macedonia

Gross primary school enrolment in North Macedonia was 96.3% in 2023.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 1993 to 2023 Source: World Bank
North Macedonia, 2023 96.3% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2022 −1.2percentage points 2022: 97.5%
World, 2023 100.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 117th of 166 See the full ranking

Primary school enrolment (gross) in North Macedonia 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 MacedoniaWorld
2024 – 102.2%
2023 96.3% 100.7%
2022 97.5% 100.4%
2021 93.3% 99.4%
2020 93.4% 99.6%
2019 93.7% 99.1%
2018 95.6% 99.1%
2017 95.2% 101.8%
2016 – 102.1%
2015 96.9% 101.0%
2014 95.9% 101.6%
2013 97.0% 103.0%
2012 93.0% 102.9%
2011 – 102.4%
2010 92.3% 102.5%
2009 91.9% 102.7%
2008 91.8% 102.9%
2007 97.7% 102.7%
2006 97.5% 101.7%
2005 98.1% 101.7%
2004 97.4% 101.6%
2003 97.4% 100.9%
2002 99.6% 99.4%
2001 101.2% 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.2 percentage points from 97.5% in 2022.
  • Since 2012, when it was 93.0%, the figure has changed by +3.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 166 countries with data for 2023, North Macedonia has the 117th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 100.7%.

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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
1993 to 2023 for North Macedonia
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