Education in UNICEF: West and Central Africa 463 indicators covering education for UNICEF: West and Central Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 44,750 2023 up 33.6% 178th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 20.3% 2023 up 4.8% 210th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 176,105 2023 up 26.0% 147th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 8.27 years 2018 up 21.1% 201st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.8909 GPIA 2018 up 9.7% 206th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 9.28 years 2018 up 10.4% 202nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 65.9% 2024 up 6.4% 194th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 70.4% 2024 up 1.5% 179th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9356 GPIA 2024 up 4.8% 208th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 37.2% 2024 up 29.3% 183rd Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 52.0% 2024 up 18.3% 178th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.47 GPIA 2024 up 30.6% 177th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1.04 GPIA 2023 down 3.1% 91st Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 65.7% 2023 up 3.9% 177th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 63.3% 2023 up 7.7% 175th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes 60.8% 2024 up 12.8% 186th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 44.3% 2022 up 13.4% 194th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 51.6% 2024 up 20.1% 186th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male 70.0% 2024 up 7.8% 184th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index 0.74 GPIA 2024 up 12.1% 187th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female 24.6% 2024 up 54.6% 179th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 64.5% 2024 up 11.2% 186th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 56.3% 2024 up 17.0% 190th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 72.7% 2024 up 7.0% 182nd Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 75.2% 2024 up 7.9% 188th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.77 GPIA 2024 up 8.5% 194th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 80.2% 2024 up 5.0% 180th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 0.87 GPIA 2024 up 6.1% 196th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 2,316 2023 up 70.8% 116th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 137,008 2023 up 108.2% 99th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 45,630 2023 up 17.5% 28th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 26,051 2023 up 458.1% 142nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 26,657 2023 up 100.5% 70th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 2,002 2023 up 158.0% 159th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 249,361 2023 up 85.6% 121st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 831 2023 up 229.8% 137th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 48.3% 47th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female 70.0% 2024 up 11.4% 196th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 26.3% 140th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.2% 2023 down 13.1% 10th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 144.0% 150th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 2,716 2023 up 43.3% 93rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 2,577 2023 up 45.1% 90th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 312.8% 139th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.8% 2023 up 37.3% 150th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.5% 2023 up 54.0% 117th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 90.8% 186th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 7.3% 98th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 6.0% 98th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female 18.48 million 2024 up 9.4% 45th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male 12.47 million 2024 up 14.3% 48th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female 60.0% 2024 down 1.6% 19th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes 30.95 million 2024 up 11.3% 46th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 42.0% 2022 up 21.4% 198th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 46.5% 2022 up 7.2% 183rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 0.902 GPIA 2022 up 13.3% 206th Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2021 up 4,281.4% 117th Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, male (UIS estimate) 0.8% 2021 up 47.1% 34th Population of compulsory school age, both sexes 131.76 million 2024 up 27.7% 91st Population of compulsory school age, female 65.01 million 2024 up 27.6% 91st ← Previous Page 3 of 8 Next →