Primary net enrolment in Uganda

In Uganda, 95.9% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2013. The value for 2013 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1979.

Measure: Total net enrolment rate, primary education Unit: % of children of primary school age Data: 1979 to 2013 Source: UNESCO UIS
The latest value for Uganda is for 2013. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Uganda, 2013 95.9% % of children of primary school age
Change from 2011 +1.5percentage points 2011: 94.4%

Primary net enrolment in Uganda 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), 2009 to 2013
Period Uganda
2013 95.9%
2011 94.4%
2010 91.1%
2009 94.6%uis_est (UIS estimate)

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

In short

  • The previous available figure was 94.4% in 2011, a change of +1.5 percentage points.
  • Since 1979, when it was 34.7%, the figure has changed by +61.2 percentage points.

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
1979 to 2013 for Uganda
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