Africa: educational attainment distribution

Between 2016 and 2018, 37 percent of adults surveyed in Africa declared having completed secondary school as the highest education level. On average, 15 percent of respondents had attended post-secondary institutions. On the other hand, 28 percent of African adults had completed primary school, while 20 percent had had no formal education.

Educational attainment distribution in Africa between 2016 and 2018

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Release date

April 2020

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Region

Africa

Survey time period

September 2016 and September 2018

Number of respondents

45,823 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

34 surveyed countries

Supplementary notes

The survey question was phrased by the source as follows: "What is your highest level of education?"

Countries surveyed: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

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