Education in Comoros

109 indicators covering education for Comoros.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 down 8.3% 144th
Population ages 0-14 36.9% 2025 down 7.3% 43rd
Population ages 15-64 58.7% 2025 up 4.9% 176th
School enrollment, primary 97.0% 2024 down 14.6% 136th
Primary education, teachers 3,952 2024 down 4.9% 162nd
School enrollment, primary, female 96.3% 2024 down 12.4% 143rd
School enrollment, primary, male 97.7% 2024 down 16.6% 129th
Labor force, female 42.7% 2025 up 12.0% 117th
Labor force, total 310,841 2025 up 54.2% 166th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9983 GPI 2018 up 8.3% 71st
School enrollment, secondary 54.8% 2022 down 7.1% 165th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 3.8 per 1,000 2024 down 20.8% 44th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.5 per 1,000 2024 down 10.7% 61st
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.3 per 1,000 2024 down 8.5% 70th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 4.4 per 1,000 2024 down 12.0% 105th
Secondary education, teachers 7,728 2022 unchanged 147th
School enrollment, secondary, female 56.4% 2022 down 6.1% 163rd
School enrollment, secondary, male 53.3% 2022 down 8.0% 169th
School enrollment, tertiary 18.8% 2017 up 328.3% 135th
School enrollment, primary, private 18.6% 2018 up 25.8% 73rd
School enrollment, preprimary 21.8% 2018 down 11.5% 167th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 18.3% 2017 up 274.0% 140th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 19.4% 2017 up 154.8% 121st
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.07 GPI 2018 up 39.9% 53rd
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.9443 GPI 2017 up 46.8% 150th
Secondary education, teachers, female 830 2022 unchanged 162nd
Primary completion rate, female 73.5% 2024 down 13.9% 155th
Primary completion rate, male 71.9% 2024 down 6.1% 155th
Government expenditure on education, total 2.3% 2023 down 1.7% 168th
Secondary education, general pupils 73,695 2018 up 40.1% 155th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 44.1% 2024 down 8.3% 162nd
School enrollment, preprimary, female 22.2% 2018 down 8.4% 165th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 21.5% 2018 down 14.4% 165th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 70.9% 2013 up 28.0% 140th
Government expenditure on education, total 11.5% 2025 down 13.7% 123rd
Secondary education, general pupils 50.8% 2018 up 2.2% 65th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 50.1% 2024 up 1.8% 156th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 38.4% 2024 down 18.4% 166th
Children out of school 20.6% 2024 up 228.7% 29th
Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 down 16.7% 154th
Primary education, pupils 102,152 2024 down 15.1% 154th
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Secondary education, pupils 67,764 2022 unchanged 158th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 0 2018 down 100.0% 185th
Number of infant deaths, female 381 2024 down 17.4% 112th
Number of infant deaths, male 469 2024 down 16.4% 113th
Number of under-five deaths, female 424 2024 down 20.0% 113th
Number of under-five deaths, male 521 2024 down 18.6% 113th
Children out of school, female 20.5% 2024 up 182.2% 29th
Children out of school, male 20.8% 2024 up 289.6% 28th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 8.3% 2017 up 26.7% 187th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 98.5% 2018 up 12.1% 128th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.4% 2025 down 4.2% 114th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.4% 2025 down 8.1% 129th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.8% 2025 down 5.3% 121st
Primary education, teachers 43.2% 2024 up 3.3% 182nd
Repeaters, primary, total 16.0% 2018 down 34.7% 13th
Persistence to grade 5, total 74.6% 2013 up 21.4% 129th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 81 2024 down 8.0% 118th