Pacific island small states - School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary)

School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary) in Pacific island small states was 10.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 64.68 in 1971, while its lowest value was 10.87 in 2019.

Definition: 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.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 64.31
1971 64.68
1972 63.33
1973 62.48
1974 59.45
1975 57.21
1976 55.22
1977 52.65
1978 50.62
1979 48.37
1980 46.39
1981 46.46
1982 46.49
1983 46.44
1984 45.92
1985 46.26
1986 46.54
1987 46.72
1988 46.80
1989 46.78
1990 46.94
1991 46.84
1992 45.53
1993 44.56
1994 43.84
1995 42.71
1996 42.79
1997 41.49
1998 42.91
1999 43.98
2000 43.76
2001 43.41
2002 43.52
2003 43.55
2004 44.19
2005 44.12
2006 44.02
2007 43.05
2008 43.05
2009 38.65
2010 33.86
2011 29.50
2012 25.27
2013 20.72
2014 16.19
2015 11.34
2016 11.67
2017 11.52
2018 11.00
2019 10.87

Development Relevance: The share of enrollment in private institutions indicates the scale and capacity of private education within a country. A high percentage suggests strong involvement of the non-governmental sector (including religious bodies, other organizations, associations, communities, private enterprises or persons) in providing organized educational programmes. However, in countries where private institutions are substantially subsidized or aided by the government, the distinction between private and public educational institutions may be less clear-cut especially when certain students are directly financed through government scholarships.

Limitations and Exceptions: Religious or private schools, which are not registered with the government or don't follow the common national curriculum, may not be captured.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The share of students in private primary school is calculated by dividing the number of students enrolled in private educational institutions at primary level by total enrollment (public and private) at the same level of education, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation