Education in Sub-Saharan Africa 232 indicators covering education for Sub-Saharan Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary completion rate, female 43.5% 2023 up 13.8% 39th Lower secondary completion rate, male 45.3% 2023 up 3.9% 40th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 25.61 million number 2019 up 89.0% 20th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 2nd Primary education, pupils 196.80 million 2024 up 23.7% 10th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 11th Secondary education, pupils 81.43 million 2024 up 42.9% 21st Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 71.0% 2018 up 8.7% 40th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 76.1% 2018 up 2.7% 42nd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 8.45 years 2018 up 9.3% 40th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 0.9257 GPI 2018 up 6.0% 39th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 9.13 years 2018 up 3.2% 41st Persistence to last grade of primary, female 63.1% 2023 up 9.4% 38th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 60.0% 2023 up 11.6% 38th Secondary education, vocational pupils 3.65 million 2018 up 41.3% 29th Number of infant deaths, female 864,785 2024 down 3.1% 6th Number of infant deaths, male 1.10 million 2024 down 2.8% 6th Number of under-five deaths, female 1.33 million 2024 down 7.0% 5th Number of under-five deaths, male 1.60 million 2024 down 6.3% 6th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.407 years 2018 up 40.9% 40th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 0.7488 GPI 2018 up 7.9% 39th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.5435 years 2018 up 30.6% 41st Teachers in primary education, female 2.25 million number 2019 up 62.6% 23rd Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 12.63 million number 2019 up 91.2% 20th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 33.5% 2019 down 2.0% 29th Secondary education, vocational pupils 40.9% 2018 up 6.3% 29th Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 6.4% 2018 down 10.4% 34th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 9.27 years 2017 up 10.0% 40th 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), f 5.4% 2024 up 1.1% 33rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.3% 2025 up 2.3% 15th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.1% 2025 down 6.6% 14th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.7% 2025 down 2.2% 13th Primary education, teachers 49.4% 2024 up 6.6% 38th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 842,763 number 2018 up 108.7% 27th 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% 33rd Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 300,128 2024 down 6.0% 6th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 190,076 2024 up 8.4% 7th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 233,326 2024 up 8.7% 9th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 276,470 2024 up 11.0% 9th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 108.0% 2018 down 2.0% 7th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 117.7% 2018 down 1.6% 6th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.9153 GPI 2017 up 7.0% 38th Repeaters, primary, female 7.4% 2018 down 14.5% 9th Repeaters, primary, male 7.8% 2018 down 15.8% 9th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 80.9% 2018 up 1.4% 39th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 681,814 number 2018 up 111.6% 27th School enrollment, primary 75.3% 2009 up 29.8% 39th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 20.8% 2019 down 16.8% 6th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 16.5% 2019 down 14.6% 6th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 59.4% 2018 up 8.1% 40th Trained teachers in primary education 68.8% 2022 down 2.6% 34th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 95,591 number 2018 up 91.5% 34th Enrolment in primary education, female 86.54 million number 2019 up 33.7% 11th Secondary education, teachers 34.6% 2024 up 8.9% 38th School enrollment, primary, female 72.4% 2009 up 33.2% 39th School enrollment, primary, male 78.1% 2009 up 26.9% 39th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in 1.09 GPI 2018 up 9.4% 6th ← Previous Page 2 of 4 Next →