Education in Democratic Republic of the Congo 14 indicators covering education for Democratic Republic of the Congo. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 38 - Projected education 14.04 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over 2040 down 31.6% 24th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0.0003 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% 43rd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 19.3 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 36.4% 6th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 80.7 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 17.2% 42nd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 4.76 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 50.1% 27th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 54.34 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 5.7% 2nd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 40.9 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 24.4% 37th Proportion of total government spending on essential services 13.1% 2017 up 37.3% 92nd Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth 0.9638 ratio 2023 up 15.3% 87th Completion rate, by sex, location, wealth quintile and education level 60.3% 2023 up 12.7% 55th Adjusted location parity index for completion rate, by sex, wealth 0.5642 ratio 2023 up 12.4% 72nd Youth/adult literacy rate 77.9% 2023 down 6.8% 61st Adjusted gender parity index for youth/adult literacy rate 0.78 ratio 2023 down 7.1% 66th Adjusted wealth parity index for completion rate, by sex, location 0.4278 ratio 2023 up 32.4% 33rd