Madagascar's adult literacy rose from 70.7 % in 2000 to 74.7 % in 2021.
Madagascar's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 79.7 % in 1994 to 132.7 % in 2024.
Madagascar · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
40th of 48 · 8th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Madagascar's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 70.2 % in 2000 to 82.4 % in 2021.
Madagascar's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 10.2 % in 1971 to 34.1 % in 2021.
Madagascar's tertiary enrolment rose from 2.7 % in 1994 to 6.1 % in 2023.
Madagascar's children out of school, primary fell from 423,435 in 1972 to 135,621 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +2.4 pts106th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.2 pts87th of 90*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −0.8 pts95th of 97*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs179th of 195
- Learning poverty37th of 41*
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- Education spendingdown −0.0 pts83rd of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −1.9 pts34th of 163*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −2.0 %79th of 90
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