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Topic 04 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Angola: Education & Knowledge
How far does a country's schooling carry its children?
Angola is placed 184th of 198 countries on education & knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Out-of-School Rate, Primary 36.76 (2024); Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary 51.54 (2024).
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Education & Knowledge
184th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 36.76Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2024Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
- 51.54Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2024Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
- 24.4Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025Upper secondary completion rate (%)
- 2.513Government Spending on Education, 2023Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Angola on education & knowledge — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Out-of-School Rate, Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Angola’s is from 2023 · CC BY-SA 4.0
36.76
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
Lower is better
Angola: 36.76. Across the 192 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.004 (United Arab Emirates) to 65.6 (Equatorial Guinea); the world median is 3.691.
- World median
- 3.691
- Best in Middle Africa
- 2.877 São Tomé and Príncipe
- Land neighbours
- Republic of the Congo 17.08 · Namibia 0.865 · Zambia 3.515
Key 2 of 4
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Angola’s is from 2023 · CC BY-SA 4.0
51.54
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
Higher is better
Angola: 51.54. Across the 187 countries at their latest reading, values run from 3.411 (Yemen) to 100 (United Arab Emirates); the world median is 85.9.
- World median
- 85.9
- Best in Middle Africa
- 54.82 São Tomé and Príncipe
- Land neighbours
- Namibia 92.8 · Zambia 46.61
Key 3 of 4
Upper Secondary Completion Rate
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
24.4
Upper secondary completion rate (%)
Higher is better
Angola: 24.4. Across the 164 countries in this edition, values run from 2.13 (South Sudan) to 99.27 (South Korea); the world median is 64.87.
- World median
- 64.87
- Best in Middle Africa
- 55.09 São Tomé and Príncipe
- Land neighbours
- DR Congo 26.38 · Republic of the Congo 31.98 · Namibia 37.58 · Zambia 28.03
Key 4 of 4
Government Spending on Education
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2.513
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Higher is better
Angola: 2.513. Across the 123 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Somalia) to 16.39 (Kiribati); the world median is 3.709.
- World median
- 3.709
- Best in Middle Africa
- 5.029 São Tomé and Príncipe
- Land neighbours
- Republic of the Congo 3.34 · Zambia 4.074
02Over time
Which way Angola is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Out-of-School Rate, Primary
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%) · lower is better
AngolaWorld median
Angola rose from 11.19 in 2008 to 36.76 in 2023; the world median went from 3.878 to 3.393.
Every year’s figures
Year Angola World median 2024 — 3.691 2023 36.76 3.393 2022 — 3.002 2021 — 3.330 2020 — 2.678 2019 — 2.758 2018 — 2.439 2017 — 2.907 2016 — 2.954 2015 — 3.052 2014 — 3.904 2013 — 3.413 2012 — 3.408 2011 12.35 3.626 2010 11.83 3.491 2009 12.38 3.577 2008 11.19 3.878 2007 — 4.029 2006 — 4.338 2005 — 4.571 2004 — 3.791 2003 — 4.412 2002 — 4.144 2001 — 4.051 2000 — 8.642 Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%) · higher is better
AngolaWorld median
Angola fell from 68.72 in 2008 to 51.54 in 2023; the world median went from 85.81 to 87.61.
Every year’s figures
Year Angola World median 2024 — 85.9 2023 51.5 87.6 2022 — 87.7 2021 — 87.0 2020 — 88.3 2019 — 88.8 2018 — 89.6 2017 — 87.4 2016 68.2 87.9 2015 — 88.2 2014 — 89.2 2013 — 88.0 2012 — 85.4 2011 59.2 86.2 2010 58.9 86.1 2009 63.9 84.8 2008 68.7 85.8 2007 — 86.7 2006 — 84.0 2005 — 82.2 2004 — 81.8 2003 — 78.3 2002 — 80.0 2001 — 80.8 2000 — 66.3 Upper Secondary Completion Rate
Upper secondary completion rate (%) · higher is better
AngolaWorld median
Angola rose from 12.46 in 2000 to 24.4 in 2025; the world median went from 38 to 64.87.
Every year’s figures
Year Angola World median 2025 24.4 64.9 2024 23.9 65.0 2023 23.4 64.2 2022 22.9 63.6 2021 22.4 62.9 2020 21.9 62.2 2019 21.4 61.5 2018 20.9 60.9 2017 20.4 60.5 2016 20.0 60.1 2015 19.7 58.9 2014 19.5 57.0 2013 19.3 54.7 2012 19.0 52.4 2011 18.6 50.9 2010 17.9 49.5 2009 17.1 48.5 2008 16.4 47.4 2007 15.9 46.2 2006 15.3 45.0 2005 14.8 43.8 2004 14.4 42.9 2003 14.0 41.6 2002 13.6 40.3 2001 13.1 39.0 2000 12.5 38.0 Government Spending on Education
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) · higher is better
AngolaWorld median
Angola fell from 2.608 in 2000 to 2.513 in 2023; the world median went from 3.886 to 3.709.
Every year’s figures
Year Angola World median 2023 2.51 3.7092 2022 2.39 4.0570 2021 2.30 4.2611 2020 2.67 4.4056 2019 2.07 4.1407 2018 2.18 4.2159 2017 2.47 4.1401 2016 2.75 4.2342 2015 3.49 4.2386 2014 — 4.2005 2013 4.44 4.3493 2012 3.08 4.0348 2011 — 3.9987 2010 3.42 4.1396 2009 — 4.6638 2008 — 4.4226 2007 — 4.1717 2006 2.28 4.0593 2005 2.12 4.0557 2004 — 3.9745 2003 — 4.1595 2002 — 4.0173 2001 — 4.1002 2000 2.61 3.8861
03In context
Angola beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 198 countries on education & knowledge, never a place within the region.
Angola and the countries it borders
Standing among all 198; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Out-of-School Rate, PrimaryOut-of-school rate, primary age (%) | Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before PrimaryChildren one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%) | Upper Secondary Completion RateUpper secondary completion rate (%) | Government Spending on EducationGovernment expenditure on education (% of GDP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Namibia | 80th | 0.865 | 92.8 | 37.58 | — |
 Zambia | =144th | 3.515 | 46.61 | 28.03 | 4.074 |
 Republic of the Congo | 164th | 17.08 | — | 31.98 | 3.34 |
| Angola | 184th | 36.76 | 51.54 | 24.4 | 2.513 |
 DR Congo | not placed | — | — | 26.38 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Middle Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 198.
Placed either side on education & knowledge
The countries immediately above and below Angola in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Angola is ahead of the world, and behind
19 more statistics filed under education & knowledge, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Behind the world median16
Statistics on which Angola does worse than the middle country measured.
Gender Parity Index, Tertiary EnrolmentUIS · 2024 · world median 1.2440.9891.244▲ Improved since 2015
Angola: 0.989 · world median 1.244 · Adjusted gender parity index, tertiary gross enrolment (1 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.74 to 1.83; higher is better.
Position 4th of 95 · derived.
Academic Freedom IndexV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.6190.4160.619▲ Improved since 2015
Angola: 0.416 · world median 0.619 · Academic freedom index (0–1). V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.019 to 0.978; higher is better.
Position 114th of 176 · derived.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3412.1713.34▲ Improved since 2013
Angola: 12.17 · world median 13.34 · Expected years of schooling. UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.635 to 21.69; higher is better.
Position 136th of 195 · derived.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.9335.9569.933▲ Improved since 2013
Angola: 5.956 · world median 9.933 · Mean years of schooling (adults 25+). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.412 to 14.3; higher is better.
Position 157th of 193 · derived.
Bachelor's or Higher AttainmentUIS · 2023 · world median 19.866.64219.86▲ Improved since 2014
Angola: 6.642 · world median 19.86 · Adults 25+ who completed a bachelor's degree or higher (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.135 to 52.72; higher is better.
Position 74th of 90 · derived.
Adult Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 93.9968.1893.99No earlier reading
Angola: 68.18 · world median 93.99 · Adults 15+ who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 26.83 to 100; higher is better.
Position 145th of 172 · derived.
Lower Secondary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 89.2142.3889.21▼ Worsened since 2015
Angola: 42.38 · world median 89.21 · Lower secondary completion rate (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13.73 to 100; higher is better.
Position 140th of 164 · derived.
Youth Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 98.2280.798.22No earlier reading
Angola: 80.7 · world median 98.22 · 15–24 year-olds who can read and write (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 36.7 to 100; higher is better.
Upper Secondary AttainmentUIS · 2023 · world median 65.7626.965.76No real change since 2014
Angola: 26.9 · world median 65.76 · Adults 25+ who completed upper secondary or higher (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 5.26 to 97.89; higher is better.
Position 83rd of 95 · derived.
Intergenerational Persistence in EducationWorld Bank Group · 2017 · world median 0.4460.5570.446No earlier reading
Angola: 0.557 · world median 0.446 · Correlation between own and parents' years of schooling, born 1980–89 (0–1). World Bank Group, 2017 edition, data for 2017.
Published values in that edition run from 0.123 to 0.66; lower is better.
Position 20th of 153 · derived, 1st = worst.
Primary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 97.4365.1997.43▼ Worsened since 2015
Angola: 65.19 · world median 97.43 · Primary completion rate (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.94 to 100; higher is better.
Position 147th of 165 · derived.
Learning-Adjusted Years of SchoolWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 7.9414.2357.941No real change since 2017
Angola: 4.235 · world median 7.941 · Learning-adjusted years of school (0–14). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.207 to 12.81; higher is better.
Position 162nd of 172 · derived.
Tertiary Enrolment RatioUIS · 2024 · world median 52.779.95552.77▼ Worsened since 2015
Angola: 9.955 · world median 52.77 · Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 2.566 to 141.86; higher is better.
Position 90th of 95 · derived.
Harmonized Test ScoresWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 414.32325.97414.32No real change since 2017
Angola: 325.97 · world median 414.32 · Harmonized test score (TIMSS-equivalent points; 300 = minimum, 625 = advanced attainment). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 304.92 to 575.27; higher is better.
Position 165th of 172 · derived.
Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary CompletionUIS · 2024 · world median 0.5290.0480.529No earlier reading
Angola: 0.048 · world median 0.529 · Adjusted wealth parity index, lower secondary completion (poorest vs richest fifth; 1 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.032 to 1.022; higher is better.
Researchers per Million InhabitantsUIS · 2024 · world median 701.9518.94701.95No earlier reading
Angola: 18.94 · world median 701.95 · Researchers per million inhabitants (full-time equivalent). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.446 to 18,130; higher is better.
Position 142nd of 145 · derived.
No better end3
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2793.5995.279Moved since 2013
Angola: 3.599 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · 2025 · world median 2,2404572,240Moved since 2022
Angola: 457 · world median 2,240 · Articles with at least one author at an institution in the country (full counting). OpenAlex (OurResearch), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 1,094,890.
Female Share of ResearchersUIS · 2024 · world median 38.1728.7138.17No earlier reading
Angola: 28.71 · world median 38.17 · Researchers who are women (% of headcount; 50 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.54.
No current reading for Angola
Female Share of STEM Graduates (last 2015), Government Funding per Primary Student, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Learning Poverty, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Primary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Primary, Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age (last 2023), Out-of-School Rate, Primary (last 2023), Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary (last 2023), PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate (last 2023), Primary Schools with Electricity (last 2016), Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching (last 2016), Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary (last 2023), Qualified Teachers in Primary Education (last 2023), Research and Development Spending (last 2016), School Life Expectancy (last 2023), Secondary School Enrolment (last 2023), Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes (last 2015) and Trust in Scientists. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Education & Knowledge among Angola’s 16 topics
Education & Knowledge is Angola’s 14th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability1st of 1863/4 keys
- Energy60th of 1653/3 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 106th of 1984/4 keys
- Gender & Equality128th of 1834/4 keys
- Peace & Security125th of 1774/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties152nd of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 136th of 1774/4 keys
- Work & Labour142nd of 1824/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions154th of 1944/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital157th of 1963/3 keys
- Economy & Innovation145th of 1763/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing178th of 2004/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience177th of 1933/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge184th of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture172nd of 1844/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality152nd of 1593/3 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on education & knowledge
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Angola can most readily be measured against.
1
United Arab EmiratesWestern Asia
1st of 198 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
GreeceSouthern Europe
2nd of 198 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: User:Ggia derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
PolandEastern Europe
3rd of 198 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich) · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
Moldova7th4/4 keysHighest in Africa
Tunisia=48th3/4 keysHighest in Middle Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe=114th4/4 keysThis page
Angola184th4/4 keys
Positions out of 198 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Angola on education & knowledge: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Angola rank on education & knowledge?
Angola is placed 184th of 198 countries on Education & Knowledge in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Out-of-School Rate, Primary, Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, Upper Secondary Completion Rate and Government Spending on Education). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Out-of-School Rate, Primary figure for Angola?
36.76 in 2024 (out-of-school rate, primary age (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 3.691.
What is the latest Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary figure for Angola?
51.54 in 2024 (children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)), according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The world median in the same edition was 85.9.
How does Angola compare with DR Congo on education & knowledge?
DR Congo is not placed on Education & Knowledge, holding too few of its key statistics, and Angola 184th. Upper Secondary Completion Rate: DR Congo 26.38, Angola 24.4.
How have Angola’s education & knowledge figures changed?
Out-of-School Rate, Primary rose from 11.19 in 2008 to 36.76 in 2023; Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary fell from 68.72 in 2008 to 51.54 in 2023; Upper Secondary Completion Rate rose from 12.46 in 2000 to 24.4 in 2025; Government Spending on Education fell from 2.608 in 2000 to 2.513 in 2023.
Which education & knowledge statistics are missing for Angola?
No current reading is published for Angola on Female Share of STEM Graduates, Government Funding per Primary Student, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Learning Poverty, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Mathematics, End of Primary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Lower Secondary, Minimum Proficiency in Reading, End of Primary, Nobel Prize Laureates by Country of Birth, Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary Age, Out-of-School Rate, Primary, Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Pre-Primary Net Enrolment Rate, Primary Schools with Electricity, Primary Schools with Internet for Teaching, Pupils per Qualified Teacher, Primary, Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, Research and Development Spending, School Life Expectancy, Secondary School Enrolment, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes and Trust in Scientists. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
How much children actually learn is only partly covered. International test scores exist for a limited group of countries, and they are published here as context rather than used as a key, because a key must describe most of the world. Universities, research, and youth and adult literacy also appear as context.
How the Education & Knowledge standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The education & knowledge method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Out-of-School Rate, Primary — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Upper Secondary Completion Rate — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Government Spending on Education — UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), CC BY-SA 4.0
The other 19 statistics on this page come from 5 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Angola’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Angola (banner) — Paulo César Santos derivative work: Jjtkk, CC0
- United Arab Emirates — Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Greece — User:Ggia derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Poland — Ralf Lotys (Sicherlich), CC BY 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Angola: Education & Knowledge — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/angola/education