Education in Congo

1,491 indicators covering education for Congo.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 63.5% 2025 up 41.2% 111th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 51.7% 2025 up 30.0% 131st
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.6872 modelled data 2025 down 13.3% 155th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 75.2% 2025 up 49.9% 93rd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 32.0% 2025 up 36.6% 124th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 29.3% 2025 up 46.1% 124th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.8448 modelled data 2025 up 12.9% 146th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 34.7% 2025 up 29.5% 113th
Teachers in secondary education, male 33,561 2023 up 103.5% 65th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 21.1% 2025 down 0.9% 14th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 18.7% 2025 down 0.4% 8th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 19.9% 2025 down 0.7% 7th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 8.3% 2023 up 13.3% 160th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 12.4% 2023 up 27.0% 147th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.6691 GPIA 2023 down 10.9% 170th
Primary education, teachers 61.6% 2023 up 15.1% 148th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 2,101 number 2012 up 110.7% 131st
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 6.36 % change on previous year 2012 down 42.0% 39th
Repeaters, primary, total 22.8% 2012 down 7.9% 4th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.4465 years 2023 up 10.9% 160th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.6749 years 2023 up 18.9% 151st
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 0.6616 GPIA 2023 down 6.7% 173rd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 10.7% 2012 down 77.8% 45th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 10.47 years 2012 up 19.1% 153rd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 71.1% 2023 down 2.0% 166th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 4,493 number 2017 up 284.0% 114th
Persistence to grade 5, total 76.9% 2007 up 39.8% 125th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 70.3% 2007 up 86.2% 142nd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 502 2024 down 18.2% 68th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 466 2024 up 10.7% 73rd
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 530 2024 up 0.8% 89th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 1,071 2024 up 8.5% 79th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 98.2% 2012 up 28.6% 132nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 89.2% 2012 up 8.9% 168th
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 96.0% 2023 up 22.6% 2nd
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 0.1586 years 2023 down 58.0% 199th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.1414 years 2023 down 63.0% 199th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 12.4% 9th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 100.0% 2023 up 1.3% 2nd
Teachers in pre-primary education, male 0 2023 down 100.0% 170th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 1,913 2023 down 7.8% 134th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.9724 GPI 2012 up 13.4% 138th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 596 2017 up 910.2% 125th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 13.3% 2017 up 163.1% 159th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 3,897 2017 up 250.8% 111th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 1.0% 2100 down 12.6% 53rd
Number of adults with no formal education by region 126,700 people 2100 down 12.4% 61st
Population by level of education 2.64 million people 2100 up 16.8% 119th
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.818 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 5.3% 181st
Repeaters, primary, female 20.9% 2012 down 14.2% 6th
Repeaters, primary, male 24.8% 2012 down 1.3% 4th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 10.33 years 2012 up 27.2% 147th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 10.61 years 2012 up 12.2% 149th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9738 GPIA 2012 up 13.4% 143rd
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 98.7% 2012 down 1.0% 64th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 71.2% 2023 up 4.3% 161st
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 71.0% 2023 down 7.7% 166th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9969 GPIA 2023 down 10.3% 122nd
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 2,074 number 2012 up 108.7% 126th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 0.998 GPIA 2007 down 35.7% 125th