Education in Chad

129 indicators covering education for Chad.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 51.9% 2025 up 5.1% 209th
Population ages 0-14 46.0% 2025 down 5.3% 4th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
School enrollment, primary 88.5% 2024 down 10.0% 180th
Primary education, teachers 54,801 2024 up 26.0% 80th
School enrollment, primary, female 81.8% 2024 down 4.4% 188th
School enrollment, primary, male 94.9% 2024 down 14.3% 153rd
Labor force, total 6.75 million 2025 up 45.4% 73rd
Labor force, female 40.0% 2025 down 3.3% 137th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.8001 GPI 2021 up 7.2% 195th
School enrollment, secondary 23.5% 2024 up 2.8% 197th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 17.9 per 1,000 2024 down 8.7% 7th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 13.5 per 1,000 2024 down 22.0% 8th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 9.7 per 1,000 2024 down 14.2% 4th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 10.7 per 1,000 2024 down 30.5% 11th
Secondary education, teachers 23,874 2024 up 71.8% 118th
School enrollment, secondary, female 19.4% 2024 up 36.1% 198th
School enrollment, secondary, male 27.4% 2024 down 12.0% 193rd
School enrollment, tertiary 4.4% 2020 up 109.7% 181st
School enrollment, primary, private 23.6% 2024 up 126.9% 54th
School enrollment, preprimary 1.3% 2021 down 26.7% 195th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 6.3% 2020 up 76.4% 172nd
School enrollment, tertiary, female 2.5% 2020 up 298.6% 182nd
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.5831 GPI 2021 up 33.3% 193rd
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.3945 GPI 2020 up 126.0% 184th
Secondary education, teachers, female 2,404 2024 up 86.5% 150th
Primary completion rate, female 36.3% 2021 up 40.0% 187th
Primary completion rate, male 47.3% 2021 up 15.3% 182nd
Government expenditure on education, total 3.2% 2023 up 54.9% 140th
Secondary education, general pupils 527,321 2016 up 103.6% 92nd
Lower secondary completion rate, total 18.4% 2021 up 10.5% 185th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 1.2% 2021 down 23.9% 192nd
School enrollment, preprimary, male 1.3% 2021 down 29.2% 192nd
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 73.0% 2017 up 142.2% 137th
Government expenditure on education, total 16.5% 2023 up 32.3% 43rd
Secondary education, general pupils 31.2% 2016 up 19.6% 204th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 13.5% 2021 up 40.5% 185th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 23.2% 2021 down 1.5% 181st
Children out of school 24.8% 2024 up 3.8% 22nd
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Primary education, pupils 3.05 million 2024 up 24.8% 51st
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Secondary education, pupils 764,990 2024 up 50.4% 90th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 74.9% 2017 up 199.4% 124th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 71.5% 2017 up 111.8% 124th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 7,791 2016 up 107.7% 130th
Number of under-five deaths, male 42,807 2024 down 5.5% 12th
Number of under-five deaths, female 36,151 2024 down 6.4% 11th
Number of infant deaths, male 26,526 2024 down 1.3% 17th
Number of infant deaths, female 20,807 2024 down 2.0% 17th
Children out of school, female 30.6% 2024 down 8.9% 20th
Children out of school, male 19.2% 2024 up 32.4% 30th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 37.2% 2016 up 5.1% 132nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 109.1% 2016 up 18.9% 44th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.3% 2025 up 1.7% 178th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 0.7% 2025 up 1.2% 183rd
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.1% 2025 up 2.4% 181st
Primary education, teachers 21.3% 2024 up 17.8% 197th
Repeaters, primary, total 16.8% 2016 down 22.8% 11th