Education in Rwanda

3,032 indicators covering education for Rwanda.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 58.3% 2022 up 40.0% 66th
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.54 GPIA 2022 up 68.8% 55th
School enrollment, secondary, private 10.6% 2024 down 17.4% 107th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1.18 GPIA 2023 down 3.5% 4th
School enrollment, primary 94.8% 2018 up 10.9% 78th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 73.7% 2023 up 89.2% 129th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 60.5% 2023 up 99.5% 142nd
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 0.8% 42nd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 6.2% 2019 69th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 6.5% 2019 66th
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes 76.8% 2022 up 19.6% 58th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 47.6% 2024 up 26.6% 161st
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 74.3% 2022 up 24.8% 58th
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male 79.5% 2022 up 14.4% 67th
Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index 0.93 GPIA 2022 up 8.1% 54th
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female 31.3% 2022 up 137.0% 61st
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 78.8% 2022 up 15.3% 60th
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 76.7% 2022 up 18.6% 57th
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 81.0% 2022 up 11.8% 67th
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 90.0% 2022 up 9.3% 71st
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.95 GPIA 2022 up 6.7% 49th
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 87.5% 2022 up 7.9% 77th
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 1.05 GPIA 2022 up 1.9% 2nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 70.5% 2019 up 2.9% 124th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 1,960 2023 up 80.6% 105th
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 4,346 2023 up 2.5% 115th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 24 2023 up 20.0% 109th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 184 2023 up 457.6% 75th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 936 2023 up 2,240.0% 71st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 925 2023 down 60.5% 23rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 137 2023 down 78.2% 43rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 0 2023 146th
Trained teachers in primary education 67.6% 2024 down 29.3% 116th
Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 3 years 2020 unchanged 81st
Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2020 unchanged 52nd
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 686 number 2019 up 49.5% 113th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 412.0% 103rd
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 6.5% 2024 up 122.3% 139th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 80.1% 46th
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female 92.4% 2022 up 10.6% 71st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 down 64.0% 26th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 143rd
Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 1 GPI 2019 85th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 6 2023 up 200.0% 141st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 5 2023 up 150.0% 135th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 2,037.2% 91st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.7% 2023 down 6.7% 175th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.3% 2023 up 64.3% 161st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 10.3% 127th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 102.7% 162nd
Share of primary school teachers who are women 56.7% 2024 up 6.4% 169th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 143.2% 165th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.6362 GPIA 2024 down 14.6% 132nd
Share of students studying abroad 6.1% 2023 down 30.1% 84th
Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 262,544 2024 up 53.9% 6th
End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st
Start month of the academic school year 1 2025 unchanged 188th
End month of the academic school year 10 2025 down 9.1% 50th
Enrolment in primary education, female 1.24 million number 2019 up 8.1% 54th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 52.3% 2024 up 32.2% 155th