Egypt's adult literacy rose from 38.2 % in 1976 to 79.5 % in 2022.
Egypt's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 80.6 % in 1992 to 96.7 % in 2024.
Egypt · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Egypt's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 51.0 % in 1976 to 95.2 % in 2022.
Egypt's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 59.1 % in 1988 to 84.8 % in 2024.
Egypt's tertiary enrolment rose from 17.4 % in 1988 to 38.0 % in 2025.
Egypt's children out of school, primary fell from 1.91M in 1971 to 559,709 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +4.4 pts40th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.3 pts60th of 96
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +1.4 pts59th of 95
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs109th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.5 yrs102nd of 145
- Learning povertydown −13.5 pts50th of 53
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- Education spendingup +0.1 pts77th of 117*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.3 pts93rd of 112*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −0.4 %53rd of 90
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