Education in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 530 indicators covering education for SDG: Sub-saharan Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 34.1% 2024 up 9.2% 194th Teachers in secondary education, female 1.27 million 2024 up 59.5% 118th Teachers in secondary education, male 2.46 million 2024 up 39.9% 68th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 7.9% 2021 up 28.2% 200th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 10.1% 2021 up 10.5% 202nd Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7793 GPIA 2021 up 16.0% 195th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.3914 years 2021 up 27.0% 203rd School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.5176 years 2021 up 11.0% 204th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 0.7562 GPIA 2021 up 14.4% 197th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 9.21 years 2018 up 8.7% 184th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 69.3% 2024 up 4.1% 181st Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 61.1% 2023 up 10.8% 198th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 0.7259 years 2024 up 31.7% 177th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.7208 years 2024 up 30.8% 180th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% 69th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 81.4% 2024 up 2.0% 196th Teachers in pre-primary education, male 143,867 2024 up 37.4% 58th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 631,051 2024 up 52.2% 104th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 106,433 2021 up 56.1% 148th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 25.3% 2021 up 8.6% 196th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 313,595 2021 up 40.1% 113th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 8.82 years 2018 up 12.4% 185th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9188 GPIA 2018 up 6.4% 191st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 9.6 years 2018 up 5.6% 183rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 68.4% 2024 up 6.3% 181st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 70.1% 2024 up 2.0% 182nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9757 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% 160th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 41.7% 2024 up 18.3% 152nd Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 55.0% 2024 up 12.6% 155th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.57 GPIA 2024 up 14.0% 121st Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1.04 GPIA 2023 down 2.2% 79th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 62.5% 2023 up 9.4% 198th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 59.8% 2023 up 12.1% 197th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes 65.6% 2024 up 9.2% 164th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 44.3% 2023 up 8.9% 195th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 58.3% 2024 up 14.0% 163rd Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male 73.1% 2024 up 5.3% 164th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index 0.8 GPIA 2024 up 8.1% 145th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female 31.3% 2024 up 27.6% 134th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 69.0% 2024 up 8.0% 163rd Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 62.9% 2024 up 12.0% 164th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 75.2% 2024 up 4.7% 164th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 79.2% 2024 up 5.9% 165th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.84 GPIA 2024 up 7.7% 134th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 81.7% 2024 up 3.3% 167th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 0.94 GPIA 2024 up 5.6% 158th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 6,988 2023 up 58.3% 79th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 172,722 2023 up 88.7% 82nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 68,484 2023 up 3.3% 16th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 46,074 2023 up 502.1% 123rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 32,895 2023 up 73.6% 62nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 7,310 2023 up 98.6% 112th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 352,093 2023 up 68.9% 99th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 956 2023 up 276.4% 131st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 31.3% 94th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female 76.7% 2024 up 8.9% 165th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 19.7% 110th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 down 21.8% 18th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 184.5% 172nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 5,707 2023 up 27.8% 69th ← Previous 6 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 Next → Page 3 of 9