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 ← Previous Page 5 of 9 Next →