Average years of schooling among adults in Eritrea
Eritrea: Average years of schooling among adults was 5.09 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Average years of schooling among adults in Eritrea, 2005–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 5.09 years for average years of schooling among adults in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average years of schooling among adults in Eritrea peaked at 5.09 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.62 years, in 2017.
That places Eritrea 168th out of 192 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.7 years | 4.68 years | 4.71 years | 5 |
| 2010s | 4.69 years | 4.62 years | 4.93 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.09 years | 5.09 years | 5.09 years | 4 |
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More education data for Eritrea
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 58.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.7% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 12,025 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.68 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 82.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average years of schooling among adults in Eritrea?
- Average years of schooling among adults in Eritrea was 5.09 years in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 5.09 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.62 years in 2017.
- How does Eritrea rank for average years of schooling among adults?
- Eritrea ranks 168th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is average years of schooling among adults rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Average years of schooling among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.