Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 263 indicators covering education for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income). IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Progression to secondary school, female 75.9% 2016 up 4.7% 37th Expenditure on tertiary education 21.0% 2014 up 11.4% 14th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 392,330 number 2018 up 37.7% 29th Literacy rate, youth female 76.6% 2024 up 8.8% 33rd Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 36.7% 2019 down 7.7% 3rd Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 1.65 million number 2016 up 101.6% 27th Enrolment in secondary education, female 29.34 million number 2018 up 66.8% 26th Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 33.5% 2016 up 5.8% 38th Teachers in lower secondary education, female 552,804 number 2016 up 113.2% 32nd Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 76.1% 2018 up 5.3% 31st Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 102,664 number 2019 up 92.5% 33rd Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 80.8% 2018 up 3.4% 31st Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 37,850 number 2019 up 109.2% 33rd Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 0.94 GPI 2024 up 5.6% 31st Literacy rate, youth male 81.3% 2024 up 3.2% 34th Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 37.37 2018 down 14.7% 3rd Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 38.1% 2019 down 10.9% 4th Literacy rate, youth total 79.0% 2024 up 5.9% 34th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male 35.3% 2019 down 3.9% 2nd Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 1.11 million number 2016 up 101.9% 28th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 3.82 million number 2018 up 73.1% 34th Expenditure on secondary education 26.9% 2014 up 6.2% 20th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 13.26 million number 2019 up 7.8% 6th Expenditure on primary education 43.2% 2014 — 2nd Secondary education, pupils 46.5% 2018 up 5.5% 37th Teachers in upper secondary education, female 303,498 number 2016 up 96.5% 32nd Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 27.3% 2016 down 2.7% 38th Literacy rate, adult total 68.7% 2024 up 7.9% 34th Literacy rate, adult male 74.9% 2024 up 4.6% 34th Trained teachers in preprimary education 59.3% 2022 up 34.2% 31st Trained teachers in secondary education 59.5% 2021 up 9.5% 30th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 6.23 million number 2019 up 9.4% 6th Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes 136,282 number 2018 up 11.4% 31st Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 1.08 million number 2017 up 104.4% 26th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 512,505 number 2017 up 127.3% 24th Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 59.7% 2022 up 27.3% 31st Trained teachers in secondary education, female 61.1% 2021 up 4.7% 31st Trained teachers in secondary education, male 58.7% 2021 up 12.0% 30th Inbound mobility rate, both sexes 1.5% 2018 down 32.5% 21st Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 21.61 2018 down 9.9% 8th Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 30.4 2018 down 0.4% 2nd Trained teachers in preprimary education, male 57.5% 2022 up 64.5% 29th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 3.59 million number 2019 up 49.2% 9th Enrolment in lower secondary education, both sexes 40.91 million number 2018 up 60.4% 23rd Enrolment in lower secondary education, female 19.27 million number 2018 up 70.0% 23rd Enrolment in upper secondary education, both sexes 22.17 million number 2018 up 53.9% 26th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 1.62 million number 2019 up 57.0% 8th Net intake rate in grade 1 56.7% 2018 up 3.1% 34th Enrolment in upper secondary education, female 10.07 million number 2018 up 61.0% 26th Trained teachers in lower secondary education 60.9% 2019 down 9.1% 27th Net intake rate in grade 1, female 55.6% 2018 up 2.8% 35th Net intake rate in grade 1, male 57.8% 2018 up 3.3% 33rd Total inbound internationally mobile students, female 50,184 number 2018 down 2.2% 30th Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes 29.67 million number 2019 up 21.9% 9th Trained teachers in upper secondary education 64.4% 2019 up 13.9% 27th Trained teachers in lower secondary education, female 63.5% 2019 down 10.4% 20th Trained teachers in lower secondary education, male 59.5% 2019 down 8.6% 20th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male 87.56 million number 2019 up 14.1% 14th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes 220.53 million number 2019 up 11.1% 14th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female 132.97 million number 2019 up 9.3% 14th ← Previous Page 4 of 5 Next →