Madagascar's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) was 43.1% in 2019, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2.8 percentage points from 40.3% in 2009.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 43.1% | 2019 |
| Five years earlier | 40.15% | 2014 |
| Ten years earlier | 40.3% | 2009 |
| Highest | 43.1% | 2019 |
| Lowest | 36% | 2011 |
| Average since 2011 | 40.33% | 2011–2019 |
| First recorded | 42.41% | 2006 |
What the numbers say
In 2019, Madagascar's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) rose 0.35 percentage points on 2018 (from 42.75% to 43.1%).
Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2018), the average change was +0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.91 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.52 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.56 percentage points in 2007. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2019 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.95 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 93% of the movement over 8 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
- Timor-Leste — 2nd of 3: 24.04%
- Mongolia — 3rd of 3: 9.47%
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 12 values
| Year | School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 43.1 |
| 2018 | 42.75 |
| 2017 | 42.42 |
| 2016 | 40.9 |
| 2015 | 41.04 |
| 2014 | 40.15 |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 36.26 |
| 2011 | 36 |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 |
School enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) in nearby economies
- Benin — 20.93% (2022)
- Burkina Faso — 41.21% (2024)
- Burundi — 11.67% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 6.75% (2022)
- Cameroon — 30.62% (2023)
- Chad — 39.32% (2024)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 63.32% (2024)
- Eritrea — 7.47% (2018)
- Eswatini — 2.03% (2016)
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, secondary, private (% of total secondary)?
- 43.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2006?
- It is up 0.69 percentage points from 42.41% in 2006. The highest value was 43.1% in 2019 and the lowest 36% in 2011.
- Is the latest change in school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) unusual for Madagascar?
- In 2019, Madagascar's school enrollment, secondary, private (% of total secondary) rose 0.35 percentage points on 2018 (from 42.75% to 43.1%). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2018), the average change was +0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.91 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.SEC.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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