Education in Rwanda

3,032 indicators covering education for Rwanda.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 35.5% 2025 up 62.3% 149th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 38.2% 2025 up 61.0% 145th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.14 modelled data 2025 down 1.4% 27th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 32.9% 2025 up 64.1% 150th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 22.7% 2025 up 76.7% 135th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 24.2% 2025 up 91.1% 134th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.12 modelled data 2025 up 15.9% 50th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 21.2% 2025 up 62.3% 136th
Teachers in secondary education, male 22,566 2024 up 17.6% 84th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 12.8% 2025 up 1.8% 33rd
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 10.1% 2025 down 9.6% 32nd
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 11.4% 2025 down 4.0% 31st
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 8.4% 2024 up 26.4% 159th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 10.4% 2024 up 28.9% 155th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.8043 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% 159th
Primary education, teachers 56.7% 2024 up 6.4% 158th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 6,931 number 2019 up 135.7% 101st
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 5.46 % change on previous year 2019 up 200.4% 43rd
Repeaters, primary, total 13.6% 2018 down 23.2% 19th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.5655 years 2024 up 50.6% 153rd
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.7397 years 2024 up 54.1% 145th
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 0.7646 GPIA 2024 down 2.3% 163rd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 6.3% 2019 63rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 12.93 years 2024 up 11.8% 115th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 66.8% 2024 up 3.9% 174th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 3,255 number 2019 up 10.0% 121st
Persistence to grade 5, total 76.8% 2023 up 47.1% 126th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 67.1% 2023 up 94.2% 146th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 851 2024 down 65.4% 58th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 624 2024 down 59.4% 66th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1,179 2024 down 19.7% 71st
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 1,449 2024 down 17.8% 73rd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 123.6% 2018 down 41.7% 19th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 130.5% 2018 down 39.2% 20th
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 19.6% 2024 down 64.9% 73rd
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 1.77 years 2024 up 228.4% 107th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 1.8 years 2024 up 256.7% 102nd
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9836 GPIA 2024 down 7.6% 158th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 83.0% 2024 up 3.4% 177th
Teachers in pre-primary education, male 1,849 2024 up 100.8% 45th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 9,049 2024 up 141.3% 87th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.9983 GPI 2019 down 0.5% 120th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 825 2024 up 28.9% 120th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 20.5% 2024 up 7.1% 150th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 3,198 2024 up 18.4% 113th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.2% 2100 down 41.2% 114th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 71,500 people 2100 down 40.8% 70th
Population by level of education 3.13 million people 2100 up 19.0% 111th
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.848 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 6.6% 170th
Repeaters, primary, female 12.6% 2018 down 29.1% 19th
Repeaters, primary, male 14.5% 2018 down 17.4% 22nd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 12.91 years 2024 up 13.4% 118th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 12.96 years 2024 up 9.9% 102nd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9957 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% 139th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 84.7% 2019 up 5.8% 161st
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 60.3% 2024 up 1.7% 177th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 73.3% 2024 up 6.0% 160th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1.18 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% 7th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 5,872 number 2019 up 149.4% 101st
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 42.0% 2022 up 73.0% 64th