Afghanistan's adult literacy rose from 18.2 % in 1979 to 37.3 % in 2021.
Afghanistan's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 34.1 % in 1988 to 112.2 % in 2023.
Afghanistan · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Afghanistan's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 30.1 % in 1979 to 62.7 % in 2022.
Afghanistan's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 20.1 % in 1981 to 59.6 % in 2023.
Afghanistan's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.8 % in 1970 to 10.9 % in 2020.
Afghanistan's children out of school, primary rose from 1.4M in 1974 to 1.59M in 1993.
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- Primary completion rateup +1.4 pts97th of 137
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.9 pts99th of 111*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +3.1 pts107th of 117*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs165th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.9 yrs130th of 145
- Learning poverty15th of 15*
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- Education spendingdown −0.2 pts80th of 171*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.6 pts62nd of 166*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +1.7 %86th of 90
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