Primary school enrolment (gross) in Uruguay

Gross primary school enrolment in Uruguay was 104.5% in 2023.

Measure: Primary school enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the official primary school-age population Data: 1970 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Uruguay, 2023 104.5% % of the official primary school-age population
Change from 2022 −4.3percentage points 2022: 108.8%
World, 2023 100.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2023 43rd of 166 See the full ranking

Primary school enrolment (gross) in Uruguay 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 UruguayWorld
2024 – 102.2%
2023 104.5% 100.7%
2022 108.8% 100.4%
2021 108.0% 99.4%
2020 105.2% 99.6%
2019 104.4% 99.1%
2018 105.1% 99.1%
2017 107.1% 101.8%
2016 108.1% 102.1%
2015 108.2% 101.0%
2014 108.4% 101.6%
2013 108.7% 103.0%
2012 108.7% 102.9%
2011 109.5% 102.4%
2010 110.0% 102.5%
2009 110.8% 102.7%
2008 110.9% 102.9%
2007 111.2% 102.7%
2006 111.7% 101.7%
2005 111.0% 101.7%
2004 111.1% 101.6%
2003 111.1% 100.9%
2002 111.1% 99.4%
2001 109.7% 99.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −4.3 percentage points from 108.8% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 108.7%, the figure has changed by −4.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 166 countries with data for 2023, Uruguay has the 43rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 100.7%.

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
1970 to 2023 for Uruguay
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