Education in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 488 indicators covering education for UIS: Sub-saharan Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School age population, secondary education, female 84.01 million 2024 up 31.1% 53rd School age population, secondary education, male 85.63 million 2024 up 31.4% 57th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 77.40 million 2024 up 31.6% 57th School age population, upper secondary education, male 39.03 million 2024 up 31.8% 57th School age population, upper secondary education, female 38.37 million 2024 up 31.4% 56th Enrolment in primary education, male 97.18 million 2024 up 21.8% 48th Enrolment in primary education, female 93.12 million 2024 up 25.2% 39th Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 78.12 million 2024 up 42.5% 70th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.5% 2024 down 0.2% 76th Teachers in primary education, both sexes 4.91 million 2024 up 23.3% 67th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 25.04 million 2024 up 51.7% 71st Enrolment in secondary education, male 40.73 million 2024 up 37.6% 70th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.5% 2024 up 2.4% 146th Enrolment in secondary education, female 37.39 million 2024 up 48.2% 70th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.7% 2024 down 0.3% 74th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 9.73 million 2021 up 54.0% 131st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.4% 2024 down 0.1% 79th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 5.6% 2024 up 1.6% 143rd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.3% 2024 up 3.7% 148th School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 6.05 years 2024 down 0.7% 36th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 98.1% 2024 up 0.7% 132nd Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 48.6% 2024 up 6.9% 198th Teachers in primary education, female 2.38 million 2024 up 31.8% 88th Teachers in primary education, male 2.52 million 2024 up 16.2% 49th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 5.50 million 2021 up 45.1% 128th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 4.24 million 2021 up 67.2% 137th Enrolment in primary education, both sexes 190.31 million 2024 up 23.5% 45th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female 96.9% 2024 up 2.2% 134th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9774 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% 148th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male 99.2% 2024 down 0.8% 126th School life expectancy, primary, female 5.98 years 2024 up 0.9% 42nd School life expectancy, primary, male 6.13 years 2024 down 2.1% 34th School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.976 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% 152nd Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 12.44 million 2024 up 52.3% 71st Enrolment in pre-primary education, male 12.60 million 2024 up 51.1% 71st Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 14.25 million 2024 up 13.0% 25th Teachers in secondary education, both sexes 3.71 million 2024 up 45.8% 92nd Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes 46.0% 2024 up 8.6% 190th School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes 2.84 years 2024 up 9.9% 190th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 8.86 years 2024 up 2.1% 177th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 73.8% 2024 up 1.5% 179th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 6.53 million 2024 up 10.5% 25th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 7.72 million 2024 up 15.3% 25th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 418,916 2021 up 43.8% 127th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 9.0% 2021 up 17.6% 200th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 72.5% 2024 up 3.7% 180th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 44.5% 2024 up 13.1% 187th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 75.1% 2024 down 0.4% 179th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.965 GPIA 2024 up 4.1% 176th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 47.6% 2024 up 4.8% 190th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9358 GPIA 2024 up 7.9% 185th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 8.68 years 2024 up 4.4% 177th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.4554 years 2021 up 17.3% 200th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.9586 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% 177th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 9.05 years 2024 up 0.0% 182nd School life expectancy, secondary, female 2.73 years 2024 up 14.6% 186th School life expectancy, secondary, male 2.95 years 2024 up 6.0% 191st School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9268 GPIA 2024 up 8.0% 185th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 771,895 2024 up 49.4% 103rd School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.7255 years 2024 up 31.2% 176th ← Previous 6 1 2 3 4 … 9 Next → Page 2 of 9