Education in Ethiopia 1,800 indicators covering education for Ethiopia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 17.6% 2015 down 58.3% 29th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 11.3% 2015 down 68.3% 42nd Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes 51.1% 2022 up 31.5% 78th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 21.4% 2023 down 13.0% 187th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 37.2% 2022 up 58.4% 78th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male 65.3% 2022 up 18.7% 78th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index 0.57 GPIA 2022 up 33.5% 77th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female 8.1% 2022 up 91.1% 83rd Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 60.5% 2022 up 25.0% 78th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 50.0% 2022 up 36.5% 78th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 71.0% 2022 up 17.5% 77th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 84.7% 2022 up 54.5% 77th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.7 GPIA 2022 up 15.6% 76th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 88.4% 2022 up 35.9% 73rd Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 0.92 GPIA 2022 up 37.2% 81st Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 54.5% 2012 up 60.9% 167th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 4,179 2023 up 27.6% 68th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 7,921 2023 up 77.1% 81st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 207 2023 up 69.7% 60th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 405 2023 up 101.5% 60th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 1,615 2023 up 1,078.8% 55th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 332 2023 up 35.5% 40th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 777 2023 up 214.6% 13th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 3 2023 — 95th Trained teachers in primary education 95.0% 2014 up 5.9% 68th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 4 years 2020 unchanged 18th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 2 years 2020 unchanged 156th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 2,841 number 2014 up 524.4% 89th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 48.4% 158th Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 4.4% 2021 down 17.3% 163rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 131.4% 58th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female 80.9% 2022 up 85.4% 85th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 0.4% 80th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 147th Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 0.929 GPI 2015 up 3.5% 175th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 19 2023 down 29.6% 103rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 18 2023 down 30.8% 95th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 768.0% 158th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.1% 2023 up 30.3% 209th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 down 6.1% 201st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 24.9% 131st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 49.1% 181st Share of primary school teachers who are women 44.8% 2024 up 6.8% 190th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 49.1% 187th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.14 GPIA 2015 down 20.2% 17th Share of students studying abroad 0.8% 2014 down 56.8% 165th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 252,210 2024 down 35.5% 7th End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 9 2025 unchanged 24th End month of the academic school year 7 2025 unchanged 66th Enrolment in primary education, female 7.63 million number 2015 up 69.0% 10th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 21.1% 2023 down 6.3% 187th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 21.7% 2023 down 18.4% 189th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 0.9731 GPIA 2023 up 14.8% 155th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 8.0% 2014 down 12.3% 41st Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 170,246 2024 down 28.4% 6th Over-age students, primary 12.1% 2015 down 42.8% 52nd Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 135,057 2024 down 23.6% 8th Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 123,536 2024 down 21.4% 8th Secondary education, teachers 22.9% 2024 up 37.4% 182nd ← Previous Page 9 of 30 Next →