Gambia's adult literacy rose from 36.8 % in 2000 to 51.6 % in 2021.
Gambia's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 58.9 % in 1996 to 100.4 % in 2025.
Gambia · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
44th of 48 · 11th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Gambia's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 52.6 % in 2000 to 67.5 % in 2021.
Gambia's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 7.0 % in 1971 to 107.0 % in 2021.
Gambia's tertiary enrolment rose from 1.4 % in 1995 to 13.5 % in 2024.
Gambia's children out of school, primary fell from 106,581 in 1992 to 74,577 in 2025.
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- Primary completion rateup +2.2 pts10th of 11
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.6 pts92nd of 96
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +4.5 pts84th of 95
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs180th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.5 yrs137th of 145
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- Education spendingdown −0.1 pts89th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.9 pts21st of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −6.6 %73rd of 90
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Gambia.