Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 253 indicators covering education for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries). IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9003 GPI 2020 up 9.6% 37th Secondary education, teachers, annual growth rate 0.2843 % change on previous year 2024 down 92.2% 32nd Secondary education, teachers, female 1.32 million 2024 up 59.1% 27th Secondary education, teachers, female, per capita 0.001 units per person 2024 up 23.0% 35th Secondary education, teachers, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 52.1% 13th Primary completion rate, male 69.7% 2024 up 2.2% 38th Primary completion rate, female 68.1% 2024 up 6.7% 37th Secondary education, teachers, per square kilometre 0.1592 units per square kilometre 2023 up 50.8% 35th Government expenditure on education, total 3.3% 2023 down 8.7% 30th Secondary education, general pupils 59.80 million 2018 up 59.5% 22nd Lower secondary completion rate, total 44.4% 2023 up 8.4% 37th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 73.6% 2018 up 5.5% 38th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 8.79 years 2018 up 6.0% 38th School enrollment, preprimary, male 28.2% 2020 up 33.9% 35th School enrollment, preprimary, female 28.1% 2020 up 32.5% 35th Secondary education, teachers, female, annual growth rate 0.7903 % change on previous year 2024 down 79.2% 30th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 61.5% 2023 up 10.6% 36th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.4753 years 2018 up 34.5% 38th Government expenditure on education, total 15.4% 2024 down 12.7% 10th Secondary education, general pupils 46.9% 2018 up 5.3% 35th Lower secondary completion rate, female 43.5% 2023 up 13.8% 37th Lower secondary completion rate, male 45.3% 2023 up 3.9% 38th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 25.61 million number 2019 up 89.0% 19th Primary education, pupils 196.80 million 2024 up 23.7% 10th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 2nd Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th Secondary education, pupils 81.43 million 2024 up 42.9% 21st Secondary education, teachers, female, per square kilometre 0.0548 units per square kilometre 2023 up 63.8% 36th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 76.1% 2018 up 2.7% 40th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 71.0% 2018 up 8.7% 38th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 9.13 years 2018 up 3.2% 39th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 0.9257 GPI 2018 up 6.0% 37th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 8.45 years 2018 up 9.3% 38th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 63.1% 2023 up 9.4% 36th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 60.0% 2023 up 11.6% 36th Secondary education, vocational pupils 3.65 million 2018 up 41.3% 27th Number of under-five deaths, male 1.60 million 2024 down 6.3% 5th Number of under-five deaths, female 1.33 million 2024 down 7.0% 6th Number of infant deaths, male 1.10 million 2024 down 2.8% 6th Number of infant deaths, female 864,785 2024 down 3.1% 6th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.5435 years 2018 up 30.6% 39th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 0.7488 GPI 2018 up 7.9% 37th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.407 years 2018 up 40.9% 38th Teachers in primary education, female 2.25 million number 2019 up 62.6% 22nd Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 12.63 million number 2019 up 91.2% 19th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 33.5% 2019 down 2.0% 28th Secondary education, vocational pupils 40.9% 2018 up 6.3% 27th Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.4% 2018 down 10.4% 32nd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 9.27 years 2017 up 10.0% 38th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 112.9% 2018 down 1.8% 6th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 5.4% 2024 up 1.1% 31st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.7% 2025 down 2.2% 10th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.1% 2025 down 6.6% 11th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.3% 2025 up 2.3% 13th Primary education, teachers 49.4% 2024 up 6.6% 36th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 842,763 number 2018 up 108.7% 25th Repeaters, primary, total 7.6% 2018 down 15.2% 9th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 18.7% 2019 down 15.9% 6th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 397,574 number 2018 up 74.1% 31st Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 190,076 2024 up 8.4% 7th ← Previous Page 2 of 5 Next →