Reference Data in Sub-Saharan Africa

202 indicators covering reference data for Sub-Saharan Africa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 7.54 years 2018 up 7.0% 37th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, gender parity 0.9383 GPI 2018 up 5.7% 39th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 8.04 years 2018 up 1.2% 37th
Enrolment in upper secondary education, male 12.13 million number 2018 up 48.3% 24th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 98.2% 2018 up 0.6% 26th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 86.8% 2018 up 0.5% 11th
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, both sexes 63.3% 2019 up 5.0% 41st
Enrolment in secondary education, male 33.80 million number 2018 up 51.0% 22nd
Teachers in lower secondary education, male 1.10 million number 2016 up 96.0% 21st
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male 65,021 number 2019 up 84.3% 33rd
SDG Harmonized Global Dataflow 13,022 2024 up 126.4% 4th
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female 61.9% 2019 up 8.1% 40th
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, both sexes 43.6% 2019 up 7.5% 40th
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index 0.9566 GPI 2019 up 5.7% 37th
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male 64.7% 2019 up 2.3% 42nd
Percentage of students in upper secondary vocational education who 42.4% 2018 up 8.7% 21st
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both sexes 56.4% 2019 down 5.1% 5th
Share of male students in upper secondary education enrolled in 13.6% 2018 down 7.5% 37th
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development 17.4% 2016 up 717.3% 23rd
Share of female students in upper secondary education enrolled in 12.0% 2018 down 2.5% 32nd
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development 1.04 GPIA 2016 up 2.3% 12th
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development 17.8% 2016 up 727.0% 23rd
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood educational development 17.1% 2016 up 707.8% 23rd
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, male 46.9% 2019 up 4.8% 39th
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, gender parity index 0.8562 GPI 2019 up 5.6% 40th
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female 40.2% 2019 up 10.7% 40th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted 1.11 GPIA 2019 down 1.8% 10th
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male 53.1% 2019 down 3.9% 6th
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, both sexes 27.2% 2016 up 65.4% 23rd
Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female 59.8% 2019 down 6.1% 5th
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 5.05 million number 2018 up 59.3% 34th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.07 GPIA 2019 down 5.9% 16th
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, female 27.2% 2016 up 64.3% 23rd
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, male 27.1% 2016 up 66.6% 23rd
Gross enrolment ratio, early childhood education, adjusted gender 1.01 GPIA 2016 down 1.4% 6th
Teachers in upper secondary education, male 808,334 number 2016 up 103.8% 25th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 22.9% 2019 down 18.1% 7th
Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry 18.08 million number 2019 up 10.2% 6th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 20.9% 2018 down 21.0% 8th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 0.7% 2018 down 20.3% 17th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in primary education who are at least 2 29.4% 2018 down 0.8% 5th
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary 43.6% 2019 up 23.3% 39th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education 30.5% 2018 down 20.4% 4th
Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry 8.93 million number 2019 up 9.6% 6th
Out-of-school children, one year younger than official primary entry 9.15 million number 2019 up 10.8% 6th
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official 56.4% 2019 down 12.7% 3rd
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education 25.9% 2016 down 19.0% 5th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education 0.6% 2016 down 4.1% 13th
Percentage of pupils enrolled in lower secondary general education 41.4% 2016 down 15.5% 8th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 7.03 million number 2019 up 6.3% 5th
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official 56.5% 2019 down 13.0% 3rd
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official 56.4% 2019 down 12.5% 3rd
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary 43.5% 2019 up 24.0% 39th
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary 0.9994 GPIA 2019 up 1.1% 21st
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary 43.6% 2019 up 22.6% 37th
Out-of-school rate for children one year younger than official age 1 GPIA 2019 down 0.6% 18th
Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 569,422 number 2017 up 85.8% 22nd
Population of compulsory school age, female 106.29 million number 2019 up 33.9% 16th
Population of compulsory school age, male 108.85 million number 2019 up 34.6% 16th
Population of compulsory school age, both sexes 215.14 million number 2019 up 34.3% 16th