Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa: Completion rate, primary education, male was 65.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa is 65.1%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 65.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 45.9%, in 1990.
That places SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 33rd out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 45.9% | — |
| 1991 | 46.0% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 46.1% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 46.1% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 46.2% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 46.4% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 46.6% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 47.0% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 47.5% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 48.1% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 48.7% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 49.3% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 49.8% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 50.4% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 51.1% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 51.8% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 52.5% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 53.2% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 53.9% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 54.6% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 55.2% | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 55.8% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 56.3% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 56.9% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 57.4% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 58.0% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 58.6% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 59.2% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 59.9% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 60.6% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 61.4% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 62.1% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 62.9% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 63.7% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 64.4% | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 65.1% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.6% | 45.9% | 48.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.5% | 48.7% | 54.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.8% | 55.2% | 60.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.3% | 61.4% | 65.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
More education data for SDG: Sub-saharan Africa
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.40 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.6 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.52 million (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.25 million (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.54 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 4 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9.77 million (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25.10 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Completion rate, primary education, male in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa was 65.1% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, male recorded in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 65.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, male recorded in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.9% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank for completion rate, primary education, male?
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 33rd out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, primary education, male rising or falling in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Sub-saharan Africa data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, primary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release