School enrollment, primary, female in Seychelles
Seychelles: School enrollment, primary, female was 93.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, primary, female in Seychelles, 1970–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
In 2024, school enrollment, primary, female in Seychelles stood at 93.5%. That is the lowest value across all 54 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, primary, female in Seychelles peaked at 135.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 93.5%, in 2024.
That places Seychelles 157th out of 203 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 103.5% | 99.7% | 105.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 103.2% | 100.2% | 105.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 107.4% | 104.9% | 109.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 116.8% | 105.1% | 130.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 119.4% | 111.6% | 135.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 103.9% | 93.5% | 117.9% | 5 |
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More education data for Seychelles
- Population ages 15-64 71.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.8% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 93.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 671 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 93.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI (2021)
- School enrollment, secondary 70.8% (2024)
- Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1 per 1,000 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, primary, female in Seychelles?
- School enrollment, primary, female in Seychelles was 93.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 135.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, primary, female recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.5% in 2024.
- How does Seychelles rank for school enrollment, primary, female?
- Seychelles ranks 157th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school enrollment, primary, female rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, primary, female (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.