Secondary School Enrollment

Africa Ranking

percent of all eligible childrenSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	South Africa	100.51	2018	1	104.7
2 ↑	Algeria	99.61	2011	3	96.94
3 ↑	Mauritius	97.12	2019	4	95.1
4 ↑	Tunisia	92.87	2016	5	88.23
5 ↓	Libya	92.45	2005	2	103.88
6 ↑	Egypt	89.48	2019	7	86.71
7 ↑	Sao Tome and Principe	89.34	2017	9	83.19
8 ↓	Cape Verde	88.99	2019	6	88.16
9 ↑	Morocco	82.45	2020	11	81.19
10 ↑	Swaziland	82.41	2016	12	76.04
11 ↓	Botswana	79.92	2008	8	85.11
12 ↓	Seychelles	78.33	2020	10	81.45
13	Ghana	77.67	2020	13	74.68
14	Namibia	65.78	2007	14	64.04
15 ↑	Lesotho	62.01	2017	18	58.52
16 ↑	Togo	61.85	2017	20	55.76
17	Cameroon	60.06	2016	17	59.03
18 ↓	Comoros	59.47	2018	15	61.09
19 ↑	Ivory Coast	57.42	2020	21	54.61
20 ↓	Kenya	56.76	2009	19	56.59
21 ↑	Djibouti	55.21	2021	22	54.27
22 ↑	Gabon	53.09	2002	23	52.33
23 ↑	Republic of the Congo	52.59	2012	30	44.62
24	Zimbabwe	52.41	2013	24	51.55
25	Gambia	50.13	2010	25	51.03
26 ↑	Eritrea	47.7	2018	27	47.49
27 ↓	Burundi	47.62	2021	26	48.47
28 ↓	Benin	47.5	2020	16	59.04
29 ↓	Senegal	46.56	2020	28	46.24
30 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.17	2015	29	45.5
31	Sudan	45.86	2018	31	44.13
32 ↑	Rwanda	44.32	2019	36	40.9
33 ↓	Nigeria	43.51	2018	32	42
34	Sierra Leone	41.8	2017	34	41.43
35 ↓	Mali	41.03	2018	33	41.52
36 ↓	Burkina Faso	40.56	2020	35	41.31
37 ↑	Mauritania	39.41	2019	41	36.83
38 ↑	Guinea	39.33	2014	39	37.81
39 ↓	Liberia	37.9	2015	38	38.57
40 ↓	Malawi	37.08	2019	37	40.28
41 ↑	Mozambique	35.41	2017	43	33.57
42 ↓	Ethiopia	34.94	2015	40	37.58
43 ↓	Madagascar	34.6	2019	42	36.53
44 ↑	Guinea-Bissau	34.16	2006	50	18.09
45 ↓	Tanzania	31.42	2020	44	30.83
46	Equatorial Guinea	26.07	2005	46	22.74
47 ↑	Uganda	24.64	2007	49	19.37
48 ↓	Niger	24.25	2017	45	23.12
49 ↓	Chad	20.56	2019	47	20.21
50 ↓	Zambia	20.37	1990	48	19.62
51	Central African Republic	17.14	2017	51	15.04
52	Somalia	5.93	2007	52	10.49

Definition of Secondary School Enrollment

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.