Education in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 530 indicators covering education for SDG: Sub-saharan Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank 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 Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 65.1% 149th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 127,857 2021 up 125.8% 130th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 44,062 2021 up 129.2% 139th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male 83,795 2021 up 124.1% 130th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 294.9% 175th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 411.8% 159th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.3% 2023 up 60.5% 172nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.5% 2023 up 36.5% 193rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 10,263 2023 up 53.8% 80th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes 1.92 million 2021 up 27.3% 99th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female 914,360 2021 up 35.1% 97th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 947,460 2024 down 20.6% 73rd Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male 1.01 million 2021 up 21.1% 100th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 452,025 2024 down 15.6% 73rd Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 495,434 2024 down 24.6% 71st Out-of-school children of primary school age, female 19.67 million 2025 up 5.6% 6th Out-of-school children of primary school age, male 19.48 million 2025 up 8.2% 6th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 20.0% 2025 down 13.0% 9th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 19.4% 2025 down 11.0% 7th Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes 188,098 2023 up 22.1% 123rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 16.7% 120th Inbound mobility rate, both sexes (UIS estimate) 1.8% 2021 down 26.8% 98th ← Previous 1 3 4 5 6 7 … 9 Next → Page 5 of 9