IDA blend - School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)

School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) in IDA blend was 23.14 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 35.36 in 1971, while its lowest value was 18.88 in 2006.

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 33.68
1971 35.36
1972 30.67
1973 30.26
1974 28.80
1975 28.32
1976 28.08
1977 27.59
1978 26.56
1979 25.32
1980 25.60
1981 26.39
1982 25.95
1983 25.67
1984 25.31
1985 25.25
1986 25.22
1987 24.93
1988 24.59
1989 24.08
1990 23.32
1991 23.21
1992 22.79
1993 22.48
1994 22.26
1995 22.26
1996 22.29
1997 21.80
1998 21.36
1999 20.88
2000 20.23
2001 20.34
2002 19.96
2003 19.48
2004 19.55
2005 19.52
2006 18.88
2007 19.15
2008 19.59
2009 19.85
2010 20.38
2011 23.36
2012 23.43
2013 22.59
2014 22.17
2015 21.52
2016 21.13
2017 21.75
2018 23.25
2019 23.14

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