Number of pupils in primary schools in Algeria 2015-2020, by gender
In the 2019/2020 school year, around 4.67 million pupils attended primary school in Algeria. Primary school consists of a five-year cycle of education and precedes middle school. Children are eligible to enroll at the age of six and they are provided with elementary education. From 2015/2016 to 2019/2020, the total number of pupils in Algeria increased by approximately 587,000. In the same period, boys in primary education were more numerous than girls.
