Comoros's adult literacy rose from 47.9 % in 1980 to 75.6 % in 2021.
Comoros's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 99.8 % in 1981 to 97.0 % in 2024.
Comoros · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
37th of 48 · 5th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Comoros's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 61.7 % in 1980 to 90.8 % in 2021.
Comoros's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 3.5 % in 1971 to 54.8 % in 2022.
Comoros's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.6 % in 1990 to 18.8 % in 2017.
Comoros's children out of school, primary rose from 15,470 in 1983 to 21,743 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +5.5 pts99th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +8.3 pts75th of 111*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +3.9 pts98th of 117*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs101st of 195
- Learning poverty1st of 1*
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- Education spendingdown −0.1 pts99th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +1.6 pts38th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +48.4 %67th of 90
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