Education in GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024

519 indicators covering education for GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 7.49 years 2024 up 3.5% 186th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9732 GPIA 2024 up 4.8% 146th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 32.6% 2024 up 26.0% 201st
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.8601 GPI 2024 up 9.7% 199th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 38.0% 2024 up 14.8% 198th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 2.3% 2024 down 30.3% 86th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.2% 2024 down 42.1% 102nd
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 97.7% 2024 up 1.0% 136th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 56.9% 2023 up 0.5% 196th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 98.8% 2024 up 0.9% 120th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 85.6% 2024 down 2.0% 68th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.8% 2024 down 35.5% 93rd
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 14.4% 2024 up 14.1% 154th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes 41.74 million 2025 up 7.7% 5th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 21.1% 2025 down 12.1% 5th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 84.5% 2024 down 2.6% 68th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 86.8% 2024 down 1.4% 69th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 15.5% 2024 up 17.1% 154th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 13.2% 2024 up 10.7% 153rd
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 2.00 million 2022 up 78.8% 92nd
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 2.19 million 2023 up 71.2% 31st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 12,462 2023 up 182.8% 114th
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 1.43 million 2022 up 72.1% 100th
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 14.7% 2024 down 9.3% 8th
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 2.12 million 2023 up 40.2% 34th
Teachers in lower secondary education, female 687,559 2022 up 96.4% 120th
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 34.3% 2022 up 9.8% 191st
Teachers in lower secondary education, male 1.32 million 2022 up 70.8% 69th
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 30.2% 2022 up 15.5% 188th
Teachers in upper secondary education, female 430,084 2022 up 98.8% 132nd
Teachers in upper secondary education, male 995,995 2022 up 62.6% 77th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9488 GPIA 2023 up 5.1% 179th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 55.4% 2023 up 3.1% 195th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 58.4% 2023 down 1.9% 201st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 2,293 2023 up 555.1% 123rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 293,275 2023 up 119.4% 85th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 63,235 2023 up 608.4% 127th
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 557,734 2023 up 83.6% 107th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 110.0% 164th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 110,024 2021 up 142.3% 141st
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 34,077 2021 up 147.4% 153rd
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male 75,947 2021 up 140.0% 132nd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 390.2% 158th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 426.2% 158th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.3% 2023 up 62.9% 187th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.5% 2023 up 36.3% 204th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 10,719 2023 up 43.1% 78th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes 1.63 million 2020 up 35.4% 107th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female 724,525 2020 up 43.7% 107th
Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 618,041 2024 down 25.8% 102nd
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male 909,455 2020 up 29.4% 106th
Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 233,518 2024 down 28.0% 118th
Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 384,523 2024 down 24.5% 88th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, female 20.99 million 2025 up 6.4% 5th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, male 20.75 million 2025 up 9.2% 5th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 21.4% 2025 down 13.0% 7th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 20.7% 2025 down 11.2% 5th
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes 131,330 2021 up 70.1% 143rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 6.2% 109th
Inbound mobility rate, both sexes (UIS estimate) 1.4% 2021 up 6.1% 129th