Gabon: School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)

Key figures

Since 1971 it is down 0.26 percentage points from 49.38% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 25 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.83 percentage points in 2002 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.51 percentage points in 1974. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Gabon in the 2019 ranking

• Solomon Islands — 2nd of 7: 24.89%
• Madagascar — 3rd of 7: 20.94%
• Timor-Leste — 4th of 7: 12.85%

What this measures

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.

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

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 24 values

School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) in nearby economies

• Angola — 18.15% (2023)
• Benin — 25.78% (2022)
• Botswana — 6.94% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 28.18% (2024)
• Burundi — 3.07% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 2.17% (2022)
• Cameroon — 25.34% (2024)
• Central African Republic — 16.73% (2016)
• Chad — 23.62% (2024)

More education data for Gabon

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 0.97 (2019)
• Primary education, pupils — 269,687 (2019)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 100.17% (2019)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 97.96% (2019)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 102.37% (2019)
• Primary education, teachers — 10,935 (2019)

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Questions people ask

What is Gabon's school enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)?

49.12% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is down 0.26 percentage points from 49.38% in 1971. The highest value was 49.38% in 1971 and the lowest 17.16% in 1999.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRIV.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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