Education in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 492 indicators covering education for SDG: Sub-saharan Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 53.3% 2024 up 0.3% 196th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 83.4% 2024 up 0.7% 182nd Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 51.8% 2024 up 10.0% 193rd Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9728 GPIA 2024 up 9.6% 149th Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 2.4% 2021 down 9.8% 55th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.1% 2021 up 37.5% 42nd Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 5.5% 2021 down 9.8% 67th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female 136.06 million 2024 up 14.1% 46th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 7.74 years 2024 up 0.6% 169th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 82.4% 2024 up 2.8% 179th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9767 GPIA 2024 up 4.1% 151st Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 84.4% 2024 down 1.2% 186th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 98.2% 2024 up 0.9% 128th School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 119.61 million 2024 up 14.0% 26th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male 88.50 million 2024 up 19.6% 45th School age population, early childhood education, male 60.43 million 2024 up 14.0% 27th School age population, early childhood education, female 59.18 million 2024 up 13.9% 26th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes 224.56 million 2024 up 16.2% 46th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, % female 61.0% 2024 down 1.6% 109th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 38.2% 2024 up 15.9% 186th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 4.64 million 2024 up 34.2% 26th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 7.85 years 2024 down 1.5% 179th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 7.64 years 2024 up 2.8% 167th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.973 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% 148th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 35.8% 2024 up 19.4% 187th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.8794 GPI 2024 up 5.7% 192nd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 40.7% 2024 up 13.0% 181st Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 2.3% 2024 down 29.0% 87th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.2% 2024 down 40.3% 101st Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 97.7% 2024 up 1.0% 135th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 58.3% 2023 up 0.4% 184th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 98.8% 2024 up 0.8% 121st Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 85.8% 2024 down 1.4% 66th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.8% 2024 down 33.9% 94th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 14.2% 2024 up 9.2% 156th Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes 39.16 million 2025 up 6.9% 6th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 19.7% 2025 down 12.1% 8th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 84.9% 2024 down 1.6% 65th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 86.8% 2024 down 1.2% 70th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 15.1% 2024 up 9.7% 157th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 13.2% 2024 up 8.9% 152nd Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 2.12 million 2023 up 48.3% 87th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 2.29 million 2024 up 42.9% 27th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 14,865 2023 up 117.6% 109th Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 1.60 million 2023 up 54.0% 91st Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 14.7% 2024 down 10.4% 8th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 2.35 million 2024 up 26.6% 28th Teachers in lower secondary education, female 745,527 2023 up 53.0% 113th Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 35.2% 2023 up 3.2% 188th Teachers in lower secondary education, male 1.37 million 2023 up 45.9% 64th Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 32.3% 2023 up 18.8% 185th Teachers in upper secondary education, female 516,563 2023 up 82.9% 118th Teachers in upper secondary education, male 1.08 million 2023 up 43.2% 69th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9536 GPIA 2023 up 4.6% 174th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 56.9% 2023 up 2.7% 182nd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 59.7% 2023 down 1.8% 187th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 1,772 2023 up 416.6% 130th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 312,104 2023 up 111.4% 82nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 63,561 2023 up 574.5% 124th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 590,109 2023 up 79.9% 98th ← Previous Page 4 of 9 Next →