Education in WB: Africa Western and Central 454 indicators covering education for WB: Africa Western and Central. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 45,350 2024 up 46.9% 177th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 20.1% 2024 down 0.2% 211th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 180,346 2024 up 47.3% 145th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 8.12 years 2018 up 18.5% 205th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9096 GPIA 2018 up 9.6% 196th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 8.93 years 2018 up 8.1% 209th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 64.4% 2024 up 3.8% 201st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 68.8% 2024 down 1.2% 200th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9364 GPIA 2024 up 5.1% 206th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 32.8% 2023 up 33.1% 191st Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 45.4% 2023 up 23.2% 191st Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.48 GPIA 2023 up 23.1% 173rd Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 2.0% 85th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 62.8% 2023 down 2.7% 197th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 60.2% 2023 down 4.7% 186th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes 57.2% 2024 up 13.7% 193rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 42.6% 2024 up 8.0% 204th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 48.1% 2024 up 20.9% 193rd Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male 66.2% 2024 up 8.9% 193rd Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index 0.73 GPIA 2024 up 12.3% 190th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female 21.9% 2023 up 54.6% 190th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 61.2% 2024 up 12.2% 194th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 52.9% 2024 up 17.5% 195th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 69.4% 2024 up 8.3% 195th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 72.5% 2024 up 8.9% 200th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.76 GPIA 2024 up 8.6% 196th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 78.2% 2024 up 6.3% 191st Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 0.85 GPIA 2024 up 4.9% 198th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 2,281 2023 up 77.9% 119th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 132,302 2023 up 106.2% 100th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 38,644 2023 up 11.8% 39th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 25,037 2023 up 452.7% 143rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 25,841 2023 up 95.2% 73rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 1,997 2023 up 159.0% 160th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 235,538 2023 up 84.1% 125th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 827 2023 up 228.2% 138th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 45.2% 40th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female 66.7% 2024 up 12.0% 201st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 32.3% 130th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.2% 2023 down 16.8% 9th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 144.2% 138th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 2,562 2023 up 45.2% 96th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 2,423 2023 up 47.2% 92nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 311.0% 124th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 1.0% 2023 up 36.9% 133rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.5% 2023 up 53.3% 83rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 92.7% 180th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 9.4% 85th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 7.9% 84th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female 17.08 million 2024 up 11.3% 47th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male 11.53 million 2024 up 12.2% 54th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female 60.0% 2024 unchanged 19th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes 28.60 million 2024 up 11.6% 48th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 41.3% 2024 up 14.5% 202nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 43.8% 2024 up 2.6% 203rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 0.9443 GPIA 2024 up 11.7% 191st Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2021 up 4,076.5% 112th Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, male (UIS estimate) 0.9% 2021 up 35.9% 28th Population of compulsory school age, both sexes 113.74 million 2024 up 26.2% 109th Population of compulsory school age, female 56.00 million 2024 up 26.1% 109th ← Previous Page 3 of 8 Next →