Education in UIS: Sub-saharan Africa 450 indicators covering education for UIS: Sub-saharan Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 53.3% 2024 up 0.2% 194th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 83.4% 2024 up 0.6% 183rd Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 51.8% 2024 up 9.7% 194th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9722 GPIA 2024 up 9.5% 150th Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 2.3% 2021 down 8.9% 57th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.1% 2021 up 40.5% 41st Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 5.4% 2021 down 9.8% 75th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, female 135.51 million 2024 up 14.1% 47th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 7.74 years 2024 up 0.5% 170th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 82.4% 2024 up 2.7% 180th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9765 GPIA 2024 up 4.1% 157th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 84.4% 2024 down 1.3% 185th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 98.2% 2024 up 0.9% 131st School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 118.60 million 2024 up 11.7% 28th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, male 88.12 million 2024 up 19.6% 46th School age population, early childhood education, male 59.92 million 2024 up 11.8% 28th School age population, early childhood education, female 58.68 million 2024 up 11.7% 27th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes 223.63 million 2024 up 16.2% 47th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, % female 61.0% 2024 down 1.6% 109th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 38.3% 2024 up 15.9% 184th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 4.62 million 2024 up 34.0% 27th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 7.85 years 2024 down 1.6% 180th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 7.63 years 2024 up 2.7% 169th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9727 GPIA 2024 up 4.3% 159th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 35.8% 2024 up 19.4% 182nd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.8798 GPI 2024 up 5.7% 191st Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 40.7% 2024 up 13.0% 180th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 2.3% 2024 down 28.9% 85th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.2% 2024 down 40.2% 100th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 97.7% 2024 up 1.0% 137th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 58.3% 2023 up 0.3% 183rd Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 98.8% 2024 up 0.8% 122nd Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 85.8% 2024 down 1.4% 67th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.8% 2024 down 33.8% 91st Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 14.2% 2024 up 9.2% 155th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 84.9% 2024 down 1.5% 66th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 86.8% 2024 down 1.2% 71st Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 15.1% 2024 up 9.7% 156th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 13.2% 2024 up 8.9% 151st Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 2.11 million 2023 up 48.1% 88th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 2.28 million 2024 up 42.8% 28th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 14,865 2023 up 117.8% 109th Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 1.59 million 2023 up 54.1% 92nd Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, male 2.34 million 2024 up 26.4% 29th Teachers in lower secondary education, female 744,252 2023 up 52.9% 114th Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 35.3% 2023 up 3.3% 187th Teachers in lower secondary education, male 1.36 million 2023 up 45.6% 65th Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female 32.4% 2023 up 18.7% 184th Teachers in upper secondary education, female 515,723 2023 up 83.0% 119th Teachers in upper secondary education, male 1.08 million 2023 up 43.3% 71st Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9536 GPIA 2023 up 4.6% 175th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 56.9% 2023 up 2.7% 181st Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 59.7% 2023 down 1.8% 186th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 1,761 2023 up 413.4% 131st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 310,197 2023 up 113.7% 83rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 61,228 2023 up 556.1% 128th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 577,862 2023 up 80.0% 100th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 65.3% 148th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 127,526 2021 up 125.2% 131st Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 43,966 2021 up 128.7% 140th ← Previous Page 4 of 8 Next →