Rwanda's adult literacy rose from 38.2 % in 1978 to 78.8 % in 2022.
Rwanda's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 58.3 % in 1971 to 149.6 % in 2024.
Rwanda · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Rwanda's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 52.3 % in 1978 to 90.0 % in 2022.
Rwanda's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 2.3 % in 1971 to 48.8 % in 2024.
Rwanda's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.4 % in 1986 to 9.4 % in 2024.
Rwanda's children out of school, primary fell from 364,288 in 1973 to 19,504 in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +7.5 pts104th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +1.4 pts67th of 73
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +1.7 pts71st of 74
- Expected years of schoolingup +0.3 yrs126th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.6 yrs134th of 145
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- Education spendingdown −0.3 pts17th of 40
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.3 pts23rd of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +2.9 %90th of 90
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