Education in Cape Verde 142 indicators covering education for Cape Verde. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 68.2% 2025 up 3.1% 47th Population ages 0-14 24.7% 2025 down 14.2% 96th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 103.0% 2022 down 5.0% 71st Primary education, teachers 3,031 2022 up 2.5% 166th School enrollment, primary, female 102.0% 2022 down 4.0% 81st School enrollment, primary, male 103.9% 2022 down 5.9% 70th Labor force, total 226,448 2025 up 4.9% 174th Labor force, female 43.6% 2025 up 0.1% 110th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9422 GPI 2019 up 1.6% 176th School enrollment, secondary 96.4% 2022 up 7.2% 76th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.6 per 1,000 2024 down 36.6% 144th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.2 per 1,000 2024 down 21.4% 134th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1 per 1,000 2024 down 23.1% 126th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 30.8% 123rd Secondary education, teachers 3,534 2022 down 4.2% 162nd School enrollment, secondary, female 103.6% 2022 up 4.0% 53rd School enrollment, secondary, male 89.8% 2022 up 11.2% 104th School enrollment, tertiary 24.3% 2018 up 108.6% 122nd School enrollment, primary, private 2.2% 2022 up 204.1% 175th School enrollment, preprimary 74.7% 2019 up 8.4% 85th School enrollment, tertiary, male 19.1% 2018 up 92.4% 124th School enrollment, tertiary, female 30.0% 2018 up 121.4% 121st School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.09 GPI 2019 down 8.7% 41st School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.36 GPI 2018 up 7.6% 43rd Secondary education, teachers, female 1,787 2022 up 15.6% 154th Primary completion rate, female 100.1% 2022 up 2.3% 43rd Primary completion rate, male 98.2% 2022 up 4.2% 54th Government expenditure on education, total 4.3% 2023 down 4.7% 87th Secondary education, general pupils 52,143 2018 down 13.5% 159th Lower secondary completion rate, total 83.0% 2022 up 5.6% 111th School enrollment, preprimary, female 75.6% 2019 up 8.1% 84th School enrollment, preprimary, male 73.8% 2019 up 8.8% 88th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 94.9% 2021 up 6.3% 71st Government expenditure on education, total 13.4% 2024 down 17.6% 84th Secondary education, general pupils 52.5% 2018 down 0.3% 17th Lower secondary completion rate, female 92.8% 2022 up 1.5% 85th Lower secondary completion rate, male 74.0% 2022 up 10.8% 121st Children out of school 41.8% 2022 up 624.6% 5th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 61,167 2022 down 9.9% 162nd Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 55,831 2022 down 9.9% 163rd Persistence to last grade of primary, female 95.2% 2021 up 6.9% 69th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 94.6% 2021 up 5.6% 66th Secondary education, vocational pupils 1,212 2018 down 24.0% 161st Number of under-five deaths, male 40 2024 down 63.3% 164th Number of under-five deaths, female 32 2024 down 63.2% 164th Number of infant deaths, male 38 2024 down 61.6% 161st Number of infant deaths, female 30 2024 down 62.0% 161st Children out of school, female 51.3% 2022 up 963.7% 4th Children out of school, male 33.0% 2022 up 393.6% 12th Secondary education, vocational pupils 39.1% 2018 down 10.2% 115th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 98.9% 2018 up 0.8% 122nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 11.9% 2025 up 0.1% 27th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 12.4% 2025 up 6.6% 22nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 11.4% 2025 down 7.7% 40th Primary education, teachers 63.5% 2022 down 6.4% 145th Repeaters, primary, total 7.7% 2018 down 33.2% 42nd Page 1 of 3 Next →