Current enrolment, school and staff data collected near the start of the 2025 school year.
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Education in Eswatini
DATAEMIS survey: 2025
EMIS survey: 2025 路 Reporting rate: 97.2%
Eswatini's 2025 16th-day school survey provides a current administrative snapshot of primary and secondary education. The survey recorded enrolment, schools, staff and classroom ratios and achieved a 97.2% overall reporting rate. The 2025 survey counted 226,666 primary learners and 118,262 secondary learners. The Ministry's EMIS unit conducts the 16th-day survey near the start of each school year.
Eswatini education snapshot
Eswatini's snapshot comes from the 2025 16th-day survey, which captures learner enrolment soon after schools open and reports its own response coverage.
Primary learners
226,666*
Secondary learners
118,262*
Pre-primary learners
11,637*
Primary + secondary schools
986*
* Reference years and benchmark labels are shown with the figures.
How the education pathway works
Eswatini's school pathway is read alongside the 2025 EMIS survey, which separately reports pre-primary, primary and secondary enrolment.
| Stage | When | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| ECDE and pre-primary | Early years | Early-childhood provision and Grade 0 precede the main primary grades. |
| Grades 1 to 7 | Primary | The national education report maps seven primary grades before secondary education. |
| Junior and senior secondary | Secondary | Secondary education follows primary and includes junior and senior phases. |
| Post-secondary and tertiary | After secondary | TVET and tertiary study follow the school pathway. |
Key evidence
Because the survey achieved 97.2% overall reporting, the enrolment figures are presented as survey results with that coverage context retained.
| Indicator or rule | Value | Reference | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary enrolment | 226,666 | 2025 | Eswatini EMIS |
| Secondary enrolment | 118,262 | 2025 | Eswatini EMIS |
| Pre-primary enrolment | 11,637 | 2025 | Eswatini EMIS |
| Primary and secondary schools | 986 | 2025 | Eswatini EMIS |
* Reference years and benchmark labels are shown with the figures.
The survey is current, but its coverage still matters
The 2025 survey recorded 226,666 primary learners, 118,262 secondary learners and 11,637 pre-primary learners. It also lists 986 primary and secondary schools.
The report states an overall school reporting rate of 97.2%. That context is retained because these are survey results rather than a claim that every school submitted a completed questionnaire.
Frequently asked questions
How many primary learners were recorded in Eswatini's 2025 survey?
The 16th-day survey recorded 226,666 primary learners.
How many secondary learners were recorded?
The survey recorded 118,262 secondary learners.
How many primary and secondary schools are listed?
The report lists 986 schools across primary and secondary education.
Did every school respond to the survey?
No. The report states an overall reporting rate of 97.2%.
Sources and methodology
The 2025 EMIS survey is the source for current counts; the Ministry's 2024 general education report supplies the system map and policy framework.
Current system structure and policy framework for general education.
Methodology: current administrative counts are labelled by school year, benchmark values are identified as targets, and older structural sources are not presented as current enrolment data.