Education in UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa 481 indicators covering education for UNICEF: Sub-saharan Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School age population, secondary education, female 87.93 million 2024 up 31.7% 42nd School age population, secondary education, male 89.62 million 2024 up 31.9% 48th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 81.14 million 2024 up 31.2% 47th School age population, upper secondary education, male 40.91 million 2024 up 31.4% 48th School age population, upper secondary education, female 40.23 million 2024 up 31.1% 44th Enrolment in primary education, male 100.57 million 2024 up 22.0% 34th Enrolment in primary education, female 96.33 million 2024 up 25.5% 32nd Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 81.56 million 2024 up 43.0% 63rd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.7% 2024 down 0.1% 71st Teachers in primary education, both sexes 5.14 million 2024 up 23.6% 56th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 26.38 million 2024 up 50.7% 62nd Enrolment in secondary education, male 42.42 million 2024 up 37.9% 63rd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.3% 2024 up 2.3% 150th Enrolment in secondary education, female 39.14 million 2024 up 49.0% 63rd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.9% 2024 down 0.3% 67th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 10.53 million 2021 up 53.3% 123rd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 94.6% 2024 down 0.1% 71st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 5.4% 2024 up 1.1% 150th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.1% 2024 up 4.0% 154th School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.99 years 2024 down 0.4% 49th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 97.1% 2024 up 1.0% 152nd Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 49.4% 2024 up 6.6% 193rd Teachers in primary education, female 2.54 million 2024 up 31.7% 72nd Teachers in primary education, male 2.60 million 2024 up 16.6% 39th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 5.90 million 2021 up 45.3% 121st Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 4.63 million 2021 up 65.0% 126th Enrolment in primary education, both sexes 196.91 million 2024 up 23.7% 32nd Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female 96.0% 2024 up 2.5% 161st Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9772 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% 152nd Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male 98.2% 2024 down 0.5% 151st School life expectancy, primary, female 5.92 years 2024 up 1.2% 52nd School life expectancy, primary, male 6.06 years 2024 down 1.9% 50th School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9755 GPIA 2024 up 3.1% 156th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 13.10 million 2024 up 51.0% 62nd Enrolment in pre-primary education, male 13.28 million 2024 up 50.5% 62nd Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 14.43 million 2024 up 12.8% 18th Teachers in secondary education, both sexes 3.82 million 2024 up 46.2% 81st Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes 45.9% 2024 up 8.5% 193rd School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes 2.82 years 2024 up 9.8% 195th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 8.77 years 2024 up 2.2% 189th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 73.2% 2024 up 1.7% 187th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 6.62 million 2024 up 10.3% 18th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 7.81 million 2024 up 15.0% 18th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 435,437 2021 up 42.9% 118th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 9.3% 2021 up 17.1% 195th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 71.9% 2024 up 3.9% 184th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 44.5% 2024 up 13.2% 185th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 74.5% 2024 down 0.4% 193rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.9661 GPIA 2024 up 4.2% 167th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 47.3% 2024 up 4.5% 193rd Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9405 GPIA 2024 up 8.3% 178th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 8.59 years 2024 up 4.6% 187th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.4686 years 2021 up 16.7% 194th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.9597 GPIA 2024 up 4.5% 171st School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 8.95 years 2024 up 0.1% 192nd School life expectancy, secondary, female 2.71 years 2024 up 14.6% 190th School life expectancy, secondary, male 2.92 years 2024 up 5.8% 194th School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9307 GPIA 2024 up 8.3% 181st Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 822,023 2024 up 48.0% 95th School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.7297 years 2024 up 30.1% 173rd ← Previous 6 1 2 3 4 … 9 Next → Page 2 of 9