Primary school enrolment (gross) in South Sudan

Gross primary school enrolment in South Sudan was 98.4% in 2024.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 2011 to 2024 Source: World Bank
South Sudan, 2024 98.4% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2015 +28.1percentage points 2015: 70.3%
World, 2024 102.2% Official aggregate

Primary school enrolment (gross) in South Sudan 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 South SudanWorld
2024 98.4% 102.2%
2023 – 100.7%
2022 – 100.4%
2021 – 99.4%
2020 – 99.6%
2019 – 99.1%
2018 – 99.1%
2017 – 101.8%
2016 – 102.1%
2015 70.3% 101.0%
2014 – 101.6%
2013 – 103.0%
2012 – 102.9%
2011 90.4% 102.4%
2010 – 102.5%
2009 – 102.7%
2008 – 102.9%
2007 – 102.7%
2006 – 101.7%
2005 – 101.7%
2004 – 101.6%
2003 – 100.9%
2002 – 99.4%
2001 – 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 70.3% in 2015, a change of +28.1 percentage points.
  • Since 2011, when it was 90.4%, the figure has changed by +8.0 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
2011 to 2024 for South Sudan
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