Education in UNICEF: West and Central Africa

467 indicators covering education for UNICEF: West and Central Africa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female 177,789 2021 up 74.9% 167th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, male 319,464 2021 up 48.8% 151st
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes 3.35 million 2021 up 61.5% 163rd
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to electricity 42.5% 2024 down 8.9% 195th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, female 1.33 million 2021 up 82.7% 167th
Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, male 2.02 million 2021 up 50.0% 161st
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to electricity 43.4% 2024 up 3.8% 187th
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 55.8% 2019 up 65.4% 132nd
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in primary education 52.81 headcount basis 2024 up 6.3% 18th
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, both sexes 69.5% 2024 down 1.2% 171st
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 53.1% 2019 up 175.4% 111th
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 56.9% 2019 up 50.8% 106th
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, male 72.3% 2024 up 1.1% 171st
Percentage of qualified teachers in primary education, female 66.0% 2024 down 3.8% 169th
Proportion of qualified teachers in primary education, adjusted 0.9135 GPIA 2024 down 4.9% 166th
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water 55.2% 2024 up 38.1% 161st
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in pre-primary education 42.4 headcount basis 2024 down 1.2% 42nd
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking 57.8% 2024 up 27.2% 160th
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking 57.1% 2024 up 34.3% 168th
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 57.1% 2024 down 14.3% 152nd
Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, both 75.7% 2019 down 6.0% 129th
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in lower secondary 25.96 headcount basis 2019 down 2.6% 49th
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 1.1 GPIA 2019 down 2.8% 16th
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, female 57.9% 2024 down 14.4% 144th
Percentage of qualified teachers in pre-primary education, male 54.1% 2024 down 13.3% 112th
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in secondary 25.57 headcount basis 2022 up 2.1% 54th
Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, both sexes 65.2% 2022 down 20.1% 165th
Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, female 74.9% 2019 down 8.5% 132nd
Percentage of qualified teachers in lower secondary education, male 76.1% 2019 down 4.7% 122nd
Pupil-qualified teacher ratio in upper secondary 20.29 headcount basis 2019 up 5.5% 56th
Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, female 56.3% 2022 down 28.7% 157th
Percentage of qualified teachers in secondary education, male 69.3% 2022 down 16.1% 136th
Proportion of qualified teachers in secondary education, adjusted 0.8132 GPIA 2022 down 15.0% 158th
Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, both 68.7% 2019 down 9.5% 91st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 37,253 2023 up 89.3% 72nd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 40.6% 48th
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 0.9343 GPIA 2019 up 82.6% 110th
Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, female 56.3% 2019 down 20.5% 107th
Percentage of qualified teachers in upper secondary education, male 73.3% 2019 down 5.6% 84th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 106,247 2023 up 186.5% 109th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 653 2023 up 642.0% 135th
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 159,579 2023 up 133.6% 131st
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 1st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 1,314 2023 up 381.3% 166th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 10,596 2023 up 65.9% 89th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 7,702 2023 up 613.8% 152nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 2nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 28,678 2023 up 40.8% 28th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 803 2023 up 75.3% 137th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 456.1% 143rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.4% 2023 up 113.7% 140th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.6% 2023 up 74.2% 168th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 257.8% 184th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.6558 UIS estimate 2023 up 26.9% 150th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 23.8% 66th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 432.7% 161st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 30.8% 173rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 5.0% 12th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.7947 UIS estimate 2023 up 38.8% 152nd
Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, both sexes (UIS estimate) 0.7% 2021 up 34.2% 38th