Cabo Verde's adult literacy rose from 62.8 % in 1990 to 88.5 % in 2024.
Cabo Verde's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 104.6 % in 1988 to 103.0 % in 2022.
Cabo Verde · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 13 with data
Cabo Verde's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 88.2 % in 1990 to 98.3 % in 2024.
Cabo Verde's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 8.8 % in 1982 to 96.4 % in 2022.
Cabo Verde's tertiary enrolment rose from 1.5 % in 1999 to 24.3 % in 2018.
Cabo Verde's children out of school, primary rose from 11,369 in 1985 to 24,851 in 2022.
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- Primary completion rateup +5.1 pts49th of 134*
- Tertiary attainmentup +2.3 pts62nd of 73
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +6.5 pts65th of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs152nd of 195
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- Education spendingdown −0.4 pts42nd of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −1.3 pts51st of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −0.0 %48th of 90
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Cabo Verde.