United Kingdom's school enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) was 38.15% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 27.5 percentage points from 10.65% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 38.15% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 28.41% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 10.65% | 2013 |
| Highest | 38.15% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 3.97% | 1981 |
| Average since 2014 | 28.12% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 3.97% | 1981 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, United Kingdom's school enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) rose 1.3 percentage points on 2022 (from 36.84% to 38.15%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2022), the average change was +1.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.58 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 4.19 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.42 percentage points in 1999. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.79 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, United Kingdom had the 7th highest value of the 43 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to United Kingdom in the 2023 ranking
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 38 values
| Year | School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 38.15 |
| 2022 | 36.84 |
| 2021 | 35.46 |
| 2020 | 34.17 |
| 2019 | 31.88 |
| 2018 | 28.41 |
| 2017 | 24.22 |
| 2016 | 20.42 |
| 2015 | 17.8 |
| 2014 | 13.9 |
| 2013 |
School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) in nearby economies
- Albania — 12.47% (2024)
- Andorra — 6.14% (2024)
- Armenia — 3.15% (2024)
- Austria — 6.01% (2024)
- Azerbaijan — 1.56% (2024)
- Belarus — 0.1% (2024)
- Belgium — 53.94% (2023)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 2.19% (2023)
- Bulgaria — 2.22% (2024)
More education data for United Kingdom
- Primary school starting age (years) — 5 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Secondary education, pupils — 6.4 million (2023)
- School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.02 (2020)
- Primary education, pupils — 4.86 million (2023)
- Secondary education, general pupils — 4.17 million (2017)
- Secondary education, general pupils (% female) — 49.21% (2017)
- Secondary education, pupils (% female)
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Questions people ask
- What is United Kingdom's school enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)?
- 38.15% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1981?
- It is up 34.18 percentage points from 3.97% in 1981. The highest value was 38.15% in 2023 and the lowest 3.97% in 1981.
- How does United Kingdom rank?
- 7th highest of 43 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in school enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) unusual for United Kingdom?
- In 2023, United Kingdom's school enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) rose 1.3 percentage points on 2022 (from 36.84% to 38.15%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2022), the average change was +1.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.58 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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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