High income - School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)

School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) in High income was 13.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 13.44 in 2019, while its lowest value was 10.01 in 1991.

Definition: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 12.93
1971 12.97
1972 12.70
1973 12.41
1974 12.66
1975 12.76
1976 12.84
1977 12.54
1978 12.24
1979 11.93
1980 11.70
1981 11.42
1982 11.15
1983 10.87
1984 10.59
1985 10.40
1986 10.20
1987 10.14
1988 10.21
1989 10.36
1990 10.48
1991 10.01
1992 10.02
1993 10.11
1994 10.09
1995 10.79
1996 10.95
1997 10.96
1998 10.98
1999 10.97
2000 10.95
2001 10.76
2002 10.60
2003 10.59
2004 10.67
2005 10.69
2006 10.70
2007 10.78
2008 10.82
2009 10.99
2010 11.06
2011 11.02
2012 11.19
2013 11.40
2014 11.66
2015 12.09
2016 12.59
2017 12.89
2018 13.12
2019 13.44

Development Relevance: The share of enrollment in private institutions indicates the scale and capacity of private education within a country. A high percentage suggests strong involvement of the non-governmental sector (including religious bodies, other organizations, associations, communities, private enterprises or persons) in providing organized educational programmes. However, in countries where private institutions are substantially subsidized or aided by the government, the distinction between private and public educational institutions may be less clear-cut especially when certain students are directly financed through government scholarships.

Limitations and Exceptions: Religious or private schools, which are not registered with the government or don't follow the common national curriculum, may not be captured.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The share of students in private primary school is calculated by dividing the number of students enrolled in private educational institutions at primary level by total enrollment (public and private) at the same level of education, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation