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

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2019, Madagascar's school enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) rose 1.25 percentage points on 2018 (from 19.68% to 20.94%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1982 to 2018), the average change was +0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 4 percentage points in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.11 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.

From 2010 to 2019 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.29 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 79% of the movement over 9 observed years.

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

Closest to Madagascar in the 2019 ranking

• Gabon — 1st of 7: 49.12%
• Solomon Islands — 2nd of 7: 24.89%
• Timor-Leste — 4th of 7: 12.85%
• Sudan — 5th of 7: 10.6%
• Mongolia — 6th of 7: 6.37%

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 40 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 Madagascar

• 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)
• Primary education, pupils — 5.29 million (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 132.74% (2024)
• Primary education, teachers — 138,648 (2024)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 6.15% (2023)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 135.63% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross)

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Questions people ask

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

20.94% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is down 3.49 percentage points from 24.42% in 1971. The highest value was 25.96% in 1972 and the lowest 10.79% in 1983.

Is the latest change in school enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) unusual for Madagascar?

In 2019, Madagascar's school enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) rose 1.25 percentage points on 2018 (from 19.68% to 20.94%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1982 to 2018), the average change was +0.07 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

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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