Solomon Islands: School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 1.02 percentage points from 25.91% in 2014. Since 1970 it is down 65.38 percentage points from 90.27% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 28 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2019, Solomon Islands' school enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) rose 0.18 percentage points on 2018 (from 24.71% to 24.89%).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2018), the average change was −1.99 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.53 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 0.93 percentage points in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.64 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 Solomon Islands in the 2019 ranking

• Gabon — 1st of 7: 49.12%
• Madagascar — 3rd of 7: 20.94%
• Timor-Leste — 4th of 7: 12.85%
• Sudan — 5th of 7: 10.6%

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 22 values

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

• Australia — 31.75% (2024)
• Brunei Darussalam — 41.19% (2020)
• Cambodia — 5.68% (2019)
• China — 6.37% (2024)
• Fiji — 0% (2020)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 20.6% (2024)
• Indonesia — 22.85% (2018)
• Japan — 1.28% (2023)
• Korea, Rep. — 1.74% (2024)

More education data for Solomon Islands

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 98,955 (2024)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 81.84% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 80.63% (2024)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 82.99% (2024)
• Secondary education, general pupils — 52,566 (2018)
• Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

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Questions people ask

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

24.89% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is down 65.38 percentage points from 90.27% in 1970. The highest value was 98.68% in 1973 and the lowest 7.38% in 1986.

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

In 2019, Solomon Islands' school enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) rose 0.18 percentage points on 2018 (from 24.71% to 24.89%). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (1971 to 2018), the average change was −1.99 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.53 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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.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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