Education in South Sudan 380 indicators covering education for South Sudan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year 2025 down 0.5% 168th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% 156th Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year 2014 down 0.5% 6th Population ages 0-14 38.0% 2025 down 11.8% 33rd Population ages 15-64 58.9% 2025 up 8.4% 177th Duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.79 live births per woman 2024 down 21.4% 33rd Number of under-five deaths, female, annual growth rate 3.72 % change on previous year 2024 down 96.3% 7th Number of infant deaths, female, annual growth rate 4.34 % change on previous year 2024 down 93.9% 5th Number of infant deaths, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2015 up 153.0% 1st Number of infant deaths, female, per capita 0.0009 units per person 2024 down 56.3% 7th Number of infant deaths, male, annual growth rate 4.6 % change on previous year 2024 down 92.5% 6th Number of infant deaths, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2015 up 137.7% 2nd Number of infant deaths, male, per capita 0.0011 units per person 2024 down 53.3% 8th Number of under-five deaths, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2015 up 205.8% 1st Number of under-five deaths, female, per capita 0.0012 units per person 2024 down 62.5% 9th Number of under-five deaths, male, annual growth rate 3.96 % change on previous year 2024 down 95.6% 9th Number of under-five deaths, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2015 up 192.0% 1st Number of under-five deaths, male, per capita 0.0014 units per person 2024 down 60.3% 10th Number of under-five deaths, female, per square kilometre 0.0226 units per square kilometre 2023 down 23.1% 73rd Number of infant deaths, male, per square kilometre 0.0199 units per square kilometre 2023 down 23.7% 76th Number of under-five deaths, male, per square kilometre 0.0261 units per square kilometre 2023 down 23.0% 75th Number of infant deaths, female, per square kilometre 0.0165 units per square kilometre 2023 down 24.0% 73rd Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 3.86 live births per woman 2023 down 21.8% 32nd Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 3.86 live births per woman 2023 down 21.8% 32nd Womens educational attainment vs fertility, annual growth rate -2.52 % change on previous year 2023 down 4.7% 211th Labor force, female 49.6% 2023 down 1.3% 15th Labor force, total 5.07 million 2023 up 6.2% 86th Labor force, total, per capita 0.4415 units per person 2023 up 3.2% 106th Share of children who have completed primary school 7.9% 2025 up 11.4% 165th School completion, annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year 2025 up 2.7% 33rd School completion, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2015 up 34.2% 109th Labor force, total, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP 2015 up 54.8% 14th Labor force, total, annual growth rate 5.78 % change on previous year 2023 up 48.4% 3rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 13.5 per 1,000 2024 down 62.0% 5th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 8.2 per 1,000 2024 down 62.2% 8th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 15.3 per 1,000 2024 down 47.8% 4th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 21.9 per 1,000 2024 down 53.8% 6th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 38 - Projected education 43.16 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over 2040 down 17.6% 9th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0.4881 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 92.4% 1st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0.0903 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 76.1% 158th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 99.42 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 6.7% 4th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 32.81 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 24.2% 7th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 15.56 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 1.8% 158th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 51.63 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 24.6% 114th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 1.00 million number 2020 up 20.9% 61st Official entrance age to upper secondary education 14 years 2020 unchanged 174th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 313,894 number 2020 up 16.6% 74th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 158,905 number 2020 up 16.8% 74th Page 1 of 7 Next →