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Topic 04 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Comoros: Education & Knowledge
How far does a country's schooling carry its children?
Comoros is placed 180th 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 20.65 (2024); Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary 40.69 (2024).
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Education & Knowledge
180th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 20.65Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2024Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
- 40.69Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2024Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
- 35.9Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025Upper secondary completion rate (%)
- 2.341Government Spending on Education, 2023Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Comoros 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 · Comoros’s is from 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0
20.65
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
Lower is better
Comoros: 20.65. 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 Eastern Africa
- 0.785 Mauritius
Key 2 of 4
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Comoros’s is from 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0
40.69
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
Higher is better
Comoros: 40.69. 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 Eastern Africa
- 92.12 Kenya
Key 3 of 4
Upper Secondary Completion Rate
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
35.9
Upper secondary completion rate (%)
Higher is better
Comoros: 35.9. 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 Eastern Africa
- 55.96 Mauritius
Key 4 of 4
Government Spending on Education
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY-SA 4.0
2.341
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Higher is better
Comoros: 2.341. 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 Eastern Africa
- 4.92 Rwanda
02Over time
Which way Comoros 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
ComorosWorld median
Comoros fell from 39.16 in 2000 to 20.65 in 2024; the world median went from 8.642 to 3.691.
Every year’s figures
Year Comoros World median 2024 20.6 3.691 2023 — 3.393 2022 19.4 3.002 2021 25.5 3.330 2020 — 2.678 2019 — 2.758 2018 11.9 2.439 2017 8.9 2.907 2016 — 2.954 2015 — 3.052 2014 6.3 3.904 2013 5.1 3.413 2012 — 3.408 2011 — 3.626 2010 — 3.491 2009 — 3.577 2008 — 3.878 2007 26.3 4.029 2006 — 4.338 2005 — 4.571 2004 — 3.791 2003 — 4.412 2002 — 4.144 2001 — 4.051 2000 39.2 8.642 Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%) · higher is better
ComorosWorld median
Comoros fell from 85.53 in 2013 to 40.69 in 2024; the world median went from 88 to 85.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Comoros World median 2024 41 85.9 2023 — 87.6 2022 — 87.7 2021 38 87.0 2020 — 88.3 2019 — 88.8 2018 33 89.6 2017 43 87.4 2016 — 87.9 2015 — 88.2 2014 54 89.2 2013 86 88.0 2012 — 85.4 2011 — 86.2 2010 — 86.1 2009 — 84.8 2008 — 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
ComorosWorld median
Comoros rose from 11.25 in 2000 to 35.9 in 2025; the world median went from 38 to 64.87.
Every year’s figures
Year Comoros World median 2025 35.9 64.9 2024 34.9 65.0 2023 33.8 64.2 2022 32.8 63.6 2021 32.0 62.9 2020 31.0 62.2 2019 29.8 61.5 2018 28.4 60.9 2017 27.1 60.5 2016 25.7 60.1 2015 24.5 58.9 2014 23.4 57.0 2013 22.4 54.7 2012 21.4 52.4 2011 20.5 50.9 2010 19.6 49.5 2009 18.8 48.5 2008 17.9 47.4 2007 17.1 46.2 2006 16.1 45.0 2005 15.2 43.8 2004 14.3 42.9 2003 13.5 41.6 2002 12.7 40.3 2001 11.9 39.0 2000 11.3 38.0 Government Spending on Education
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) · higher is better
ComorosWorld median
Comoros rose from 2.258 in 2002 to 2.341 in 2023; the world median went from 4.017 to 3.709.
Every year’s figures
Year Comoros World median 2023 2.341 3.7092 2022 2.432 4.0570 2021 2.275 4.2611 2020 2.378 4.4056 2019 — 4.1407 2018 — 4.2159 2017 — 4.1401 2016 — 4.2342 2015 2.545 4.2386 2014 2.745 4.2005 2013 2.383 4.3493 2012 2.748 4.0348 2011 2.830 3.9987 2010 — 4.1396 2009 — 4.6638 2008 4.423 4.4226 2007 — 4.1717 2006 — 4.0593 2005 — 4.0557 2004 — 3.9745 2003 — 4.1595 2002 2.258 4.0173 2001 — 4.1002 2000 — 3.8861
03In context
Comoros 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.
Comoros and Eastern Africa
Comoros has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mauritius | =61st | 0.785 | 92.1 | 55.96 | 4.575 |
 Rwanda | 100th | 0.97 | 80.35 | 22.71 | 4.92 |
 Seychelles | 109th | 6.805 | 86.08 | — | 4.454 |
 Kenya | 137th | 32.9 | 92.12 | 41.64 | 3.962 |
 Mozambique | 139th | 1 | — | 8.65 | — |
 Malawi | 141st | 2.089 | — | 18.13 | — |
 Zambia | =144th | 3.515 | 46.61 | 28.03 | 4.074 |
 Madagascar | 158th | 3.401 | 65.9 | 14.61 | 3.048 |
 Tanzania | 169th | 16.37 | 67.97 | 8.67 | 3.259 |
 Ethiopia | 178th | 22.46 | 62.59 | 15.45 | 2.927 |
| Comoros | 180th | 20.65 | 40.69 | 35.9 | 2.341 |
 Zimbabwe | =190th | 10.52 | 56.5 | 8.15 | 0.385 |
 Burundi | 193rd | 20.62 | 43.95 | 10.2 | — |
 Eritrea | 194th | 40.38 | 37.79 | — | — |
 Somalia | 197th | — | — | 8.79 | 0 |
 South Sudan | 198th | 64.73 | 9.452 | 2.13 | — |
 Djibouti | not placed | — | — | 35.12 | — |
| Somaliland | not placed | — | — | — | — |
 Uganda | not placed | — | — | 17.77 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Eastern 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 Comoros in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Comoros 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.
Ahead of the world median2
Statistics on which Comoros does better than the middle country measured.
Intergenerational Persistence in EducationWorld Bank Group · 2017 · world median 0.4460.3040.446No earlier reading
Comoros: 0.304 · 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 138th of 153 · derived, 1st = worst.
Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary CompletionUIS · 2024 · world median 0.5290.5790.529No earlier reading
Comoros: 0.579 · 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.
Behind the world median15
Statistics on which Comoros does worse than the middle country measured.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3413.2913.34▲ Improved since 2013
Comoros: 13.29 · 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 101st of 195 · derived.
Pupils per Qualified Teacher, PrimaryUIS · 2024 · world median 20.6726.3920.67▲ Improved since 2021
Comoros: 26.39 · world median 20.67 · Primary pupils per qualified teacher (headcount basis). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 8.244 to 284.7; lower is better.
Position 35th of 92 · derived, 1st = worst.
Harmonized Test ScoresWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 414.32392.23414.32No real change since 2017
Comoros: 392.23 · 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 110th of 172 · derived.
Lower Secondary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 89.2163.7789.21▲ Improved since 2015
Comoros: 63.77 · 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 110th of 164 · derived.
Academic Freedom IndexV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.6190.3030.619▼ Worsened since 2015
Comoros: 0.303 · 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 124th of 176 · derived.
Primary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 97.4386.197.43No real change since 2015
Comoros: 86.1 · 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 118th of 165 · derived.
Youth Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 98.2290.8498.22No earlier reading
Comoros: 90.84 · 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.
Adult Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 93.9975.6293.99No earlier reading
Comoros: 75.62 · 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 132nd of 172 · derived.
Pre-Primary Net Enrolment RateUIS · 2024 · world median 65.9336.3265.93▲ Improved since 2014
Comoros: 36.32 · world median 65.93 · Net enrolment rate, pre-primary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.779 to 99.85; higher is better.
Position 94th of 120 · derived.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.9336.0079.933▲ Improved since 2013
Comoros: 6.007 · 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 155th of 193 · derived.
Learning-Adjusted Years of SchoolWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 7.9415.1297.941▼ Worsened since 2017
Comoros: 5.129 · 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 142nd of 172 · derived.
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary AgeUIS · 2024 · world median 6.34328.276.343No real change since 2014
Comoros: 28.27 · world median 6.343 · Out-of-school rate, lower secondary age (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.011 to 79.71; lower is better.
Position 18th of 116 · derived, 1st = worst.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6614.2198.66▲ Improved since 2017
Comoros: 14.21 · world median 98.66 · Primary schools with internet access for teaching (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Learning PovertyWorld Bank Group and UNESCO Institute for Statistics · 2023 · world median 34.0286.0234.02No earlier reading
Comoros: 86.02 · world median 34.02 · 10-year-olds who cannot read and understand a simple text (%). World Bank Group and UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.331 to 98.5; lower is better.
Position 17th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Primary Schools with ElectricityUIS · 2024 · world median 10049.07100▼ Worsened since 2017
Comoros: 49.07 · world median 100 · Primary schools with access to electricity (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.246 to 100; higher is better.
No better end2
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Scholarly ArticlesOurResearch · 2025 · world median 2,240902,240Moved since 2023
Comoros: 90 · 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 38.1711.5938.17No earlier reading
Comoros: 11.59 · 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 Comoros
Bachelor's or Higher Attainment (last 2022), Female Share of STEM Graduates, Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment (last 2017), Government Funding per Primary Student (last 2014), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary (last 2017), 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, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2014), PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Qualified Teachers in Primary Education (last 2022), Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, School Life Expectancy (last 2014), Secondary School Enrolment (last 2022), Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes, Tertiary Enrolment Ratio (last 2017), Trust in Scientists (last 2018) and Upper Secondary Attainment (last 2022). 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 Comoros’s 15 topics
Education & Knowledge is Comoros’s 14th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability41st of 1863/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience99th of 1934/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality98th of 1593/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 142nd of 1984/4 keys
- Work & Labour133rd of 1824/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 152nd of 2003/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation134th of 1763/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture144th of 1843/4 keys
- Gender & Equality144th of 1834/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 168th of 1963/3 keys
- Peace & Security152nd of 1773/4 keys
- Digital & Technology176th of 1984/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions174th of 1944/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge180th of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 172nd of 1772/4 keys
No standing on Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on education & knowledge
The three countries placed highest of 198, and the leaders Comoros 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 Eastern Africa
Mauritius=61st4/4 keysThis page
Comoros180th4/4 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
Comoros 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 Comoros rank on education & knowledge?
Comoros is placed 180th 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 Comoros?
20.65 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 Comoros?
40.69 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 have Comoros’s education & knowledge figures changed?
Out-of-School Rate, Primary fell from 39.16 in 2000 to 20.65 in 2024; Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary fell from 85.53 in 2013 to 40.69 in 2024; Upper Secondary Completion Rate rose from 11.25 in 2000 to 35.9 in 2025; Government Spending on Education rose from 2.258 in 2002 to 2.341 in 2023.
Which education & knowledge statistics are missing for Comoros?
No current reading is published for Comoros on Bachelor's or Higher Attainment, Female Share of STEM Graduates, Gender Parity Index, Tertiary Enrolment, Government Funding per Primary Student, Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 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, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance, Qualified Teachers in Primary Education, Research and Development Spending, Researchers per Million Inhabitants, School Life Expectancy, Secondary School Enrolment, Share of Graduates from ICT Programmes, Tertiary Enrolment Ratio, Trust in Scientists and Upper Secondary Attainment. 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 6 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
Comoros’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Comoros (banner) — Woodlouse derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 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). Comoros: Education & Knowledge — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/comoros/education