Education in Central African Republic 757 indicators covering education for Central African Republic. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Population ages 15-64 49.1% 2025 up 0.2% 215th Population ages 0-14 48.7% 2025 down 0.7% 1st Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 96.8% 2016 up 70.7% 141st Primary education, teachers 9,756 2016 up 109.7% 139th Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 5.95 live births per woman 2024 down 2.4% 4th School enrollment, primary, female 85.2% 2016 up 81.8% 182nd School enrollment, primary, male 108.3% 2016 up 63.0% 47th Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 6.01 live births per woman 2023 down 1.0% 5th Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 6.01 live births per woman 2023 down 1.0% 5th Labor force, total 2.08 million 2025 up 19.8% 126th Labor force, female 48.3% 2025 up 3.6% 34th Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 96.8% 2016 up 70.7% 150th Share of children who have completed primary school 30.8% 2025 up 11.2% 160th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.7657 GPI 2017 up 7.7% 196th School enrollment, secondary 15.8% 2017 up 31.8% 202nd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 22.4 per 1,000 2024 down 73.3% 5th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 10.1 per 1,000 2024 down 76.0% 13th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 10.3 per 1,000 2024 down 57.4% 3rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 11.2 per 1,000 2024 down 70.6% 9th Secondary education, teachers 4,357 2017 up 273.7% 160th School enrollment, secondary, female 12.8% 2017 up 46.6% 200th School enrollment, secondary, male 18.8% 2017 up 23.3% 201st School enrollment, tertiary 2.8% 2012 up 42.8% 186th School enrollment, primary, private 16.7% 2016 up 71.4% 81st Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2020 unchanged 12th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 70,547 number 2020 up 7.8% 93rd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 69,699 number 2020 up 7.5% 93rd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 140,246 number 2020 up 7.7% 93rd School age population, tertiary education, male 208,001 number 2014 up 12.6% 110th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 416,333 number 2014 up 12.5% 110th School age population, tertiary education, female 208,332 number 2014 up 12.5% 109th School age population, upper secondary education, male 174,686 number 2020 up 24.3% 98th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 348,982 number 2020 up 23.9% 97th School age population, upper secondary education, female 174,296 number 2020 up 23.4% 95th School age population, secondary education, male 431,221 number 2020 up 23.2% 91st School age population, secondary education, both sexes 860,739 number 2020 up 22.9% 91st School age population, secondary education, female 429,518 number 2020 up 22.5% 90th School age population, lower secondary education, male 256,535 number 2020 up 22.6% 88th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 511,757 number 2020 up 22.2% 88th School age population, lower secondary education, female 255,222 number 2020 up 21.9% 88th School age population, primary education, male 413,986 number 2020 up 13.1% 92nd School age population, primary education, both sexes 823,789 number 2020 up 13.0% 90th School age population, primary education, female 409,803 number 2020 up 12.8% 90th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 134,079 number 2020 up 18.5% 94th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 66,766 number 2020 up 18.3% 92nd School age population, pre-primary education, male 215,475 number 2019 up 4.8% 92nd School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 427,985 number 2019 up 4.7% 92nd School age population, pre-primary education, female 212,510 number 2019 up 4.6% 92nd Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 16.7% 2016 up 71.4% 84th Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 7.44 years 2023 up 17.7% 189th School enrollment, preprimary 2.9% 2017 down 7.1% 193rd School enrollment, tertiary, male 4.2% 2012 up 29.3% 179th School enrollment, tertiary, female 1.5% 2012 up 128.1% 184th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.348 GPI 2012 up 76.5% 187th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.6727 GPI 2017 up 19.1% 189th Secondary education, teachers, female 2,040 2017 up 1,357.1% 152nd Page 1 of 13 Next →