Sudan's adult literacy fell from 61.3 % in 2000 to 53.5 % in 2008.
Sudan's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 54.9 % in 2001 to 72.4 % in 2019.
Sudan · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 13 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
33rd of 36 · 3rd in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Sudan's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) fell from 78.2 % in 2000 to 65.8 % in 2008.
Sudan's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 32.3 % in 2001 to 43.5 % in 2019.
Sudan's tertiary enrolment rose from 6.6 % in 1999 to 15.9 % in 2015.
Sudan's children out of school, primary rose from 2.76M in 2011 to 3.17M in 2019.
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Primary completion rateup +1.2 pts137th of 143*
- Tertiary attainmentup +2.1 pts86th of 111*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +13.1 pts100th of 117*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs182nd of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.5 yrs142nd of 145
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Education spendingup +0.2 pts106th of 115*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +1.4 pts90th of 111*
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Sudan.