Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Chad
Chad: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 88.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Chad, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Chad recorded 88.5% for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Chad peaked at 98.3% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 30.7%, in 1973.
That places Chad 191st out of 217 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 31.4% | 30.7% | 32.2% | 7 |
| 1980s | 39.3% | 32.6% | 44.9% | 5 |
| 1990s | 52.0% | 46.2% | 59.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.3% | 61.5% | 80.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.7% | 74.2% | 98.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.5% | 86.1% | 88.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Chad
More education data for Chad
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 51.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 46.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 88.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 54,801 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 6.03 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 81.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Chad?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Chad was 88.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 98.3% in 2014.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.7% in 1973.
- How does Chad rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Chad ranks 191st out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.