Education in MDG: Sub-saharan Africa 443 indicators covering education for MDG: Sub-saharan Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 53.2% 2024 up 0.3% 197th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 82.7% 2024 up 0.8% 187th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 51.9% 2024 up 10.0% 188th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9742 GPIA 2024 up 9.7% 144th Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 2.2% 2021 down 9.8% 65th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.1% 2021 up 37.0% 49th Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 5.3% 2021 down 9.3% 83rd Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female 142.55 million 2024 up 14.7% 35th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 7.66 years 2024 up 0.7% 187th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 81.8% 2024 up 2.9% 183rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9767 GPIA 2024 up 4.2% 155th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 83.7% 2024 down 1.2% 193rd Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 98.3% 2024 up 0.9% 120th School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 122.49 million 2024 up 14.1% 20th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male 93.49 million 2024 up 20.2% 35th School age population, early childhood education, male 61.89 million 2024 up 14.2% 20th School age population, early childhood education, female 60.60 million 2024 up 14.1% 20th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes 236.04 million 2024 up 16.8% 35th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, % female 60.0% 2024 down 3.2% 139th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 38.1% 2024 up 14.9% 188th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 4.69 million 2024 up 34.4% 20th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 7.76 years 2024 down 1.4% 189th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 7.55 years 2024 up 3.0% 178th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9727 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% 157th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 35.8% 2024 up 18.8% 183rd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.8884 GPI 2024 up 6.3% 189th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 40.3% 2024 up 11.7% 186th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 2.2% 2024 down 29.7% 96th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.2% 2024 down 40.9% 111th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 97.8% 2024 up 1.0% 125th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 57.9% 2023 up 0.4% 191st Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 98.8% 2024 up 0.8% 110th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 86.2% 2024 down 1.5% 63rd Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.7% 2024 down 34.6% 101st Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 13.8% 2024 up 10.6% 158th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 85.2% 2024 down 1.8% 60th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 87.3% 2024 down 1.3% 64th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 14.8% 2024 up 11.7% 161st Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 12.7% 2024 up 9.8% 157th Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 2.17 million 2023 up 49.1% 79th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 2.31 million 2024 up 42.9% 19th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 14,900 2023 up 117.3% 103rd Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 1.64 million 2023 up 53.4% 84th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 2.38 million 2024 up 27.1% 22nd Teachers in lower secondary education, female 774,138 2023 up 54.3% 106th Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 35.6% 2023 up 3.5% 183rd Teachers in lower secondary education, male 1.40 million 2023 up 46.4% 57th Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 32.8% 2023 up 17.2% 181st Teachers in upper secondary education, female 536,465 2023 up 79.9% 111th Teachers in upper secondary education, male 1.10 million 2023 up 43.2% 61st Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.955 GPIA 2023 up 4.7% 171st Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 56.5% 2023 up 2.9% 188th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 59.2% 2023 down 1.8% 194th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 2,363 2023 up 575.1% 117th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 314,056 2023 up 111.3% 76th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 67,497 2023 up 596.6% 116th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 607,937 2023 up 79.9% 91st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 64.9% 154th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 135,783 2021 up 126.0% 123rd Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 46,530 2021 up 130.7% 133rd ← Previous Page 4 of 8 Next →