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Topic 04 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Rwanda: Education & Knowledge
How far does a country's schooling carry its children?
Rwanda is placed 100th 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 0.97 (2024); Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary 80.35 (2024).
Share
Education & Knowledge
100th
of 198 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.97Out-of-School Rate, Primary, 2024Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
- 80.35Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary, 2024Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
- 22.71Upper Secondary Completion Rate, 2025Upper secondary completion rate (%)
- 4.92Government Spending on Education, 2023Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Rwanda 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 · Rwanda’s is from 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.97
Out-of-school rate, primary age (%)
Lower is better
Rwanda: 0.97. 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
- Land neighbours
- Burundi 20.62 · Tanzania 16.37
Key 2 of 4
Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Rwanda’s is from 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0
80.35
Children one year before primary entry age in organised learning (%)
Higher is better
Rwanda: 80.35. 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
- Land neighbours
- Burundi 43.95 · Tanzania 67.97
Key 3 of 4
Upper Secondary Completion Rate
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
22.71
Upper secondary completion rate (%)
Higher is better
Rwanda: 22.71. 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
- Land neighbours
- Burundi 10.2 · DR Congo 26.38 · Tanzania 8.67 · Uganda 17.77
Key 4 of 4
Government Spending on Education
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY-SA 4.0
4.92
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP)
Higher is better
Rwanda: 4.92. 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
- Land neighbours
- Tanzania 3.259
02Over time
Which way Rwanda 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
RwandaWorld median
Rwanda fell from 11.28 in 2002 to 0.97 in 2024; the world median went from 4.144 to 3.691.
Every year’s figures
Year Rwanda World median 2024 1.0 3.691 2023 0.5 3.393 2022 — 3.002 2021 0.1 3.330 2020 — 2.678 2019 1.6 2.758 2018 1.4 2.439 2017 1.2 2.907 2016 0.8 2.954 2015 — 3.052 2014 — 3.904 2013 — 3.413 2012 — 3.408 2011 — 3.626 2010 — 3.491 2009 — 3.577 2008 — 3.878 2007 — 4.029 2006 — 4.338 2005 — 4.571 2004 — 3.791 2003 12.5 4.412 2002 11.3 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
RwandaWorld median
Rwanda rose from 44.07 in 2016 to 80.35 in 2024; the world median went from 87.91 to 85.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Rwanda World median 2024 80 85.9 2023 69 87.6 2022 — 87.7 2021 — 87.0 2020 — 88.3 2019 59 88.8 2018 53 89.6 2017 47 87.4 2016 44 87.9 2015 — 88.2 2014 — 89.2 2013 — 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
RwandaWorld median
Rwanda rose from 4.16 in 2000 to 22.71 in 2025; the world median went from 38 to 64.87.
Every year’s figures
Year Rwanda World median 2025 22.7 64.9 2024 21.8 65.0 2023 20.9 64.2 2022 19.9 63.6 2021 18.8 62.9 2020 17.7 62.2 2019 16.5 61.5 2018 15.6 60.9 2017 14.7 60.5 2016 13.8 60.1 2015 12.9 58.9 2014 11.8 57.0 2013 10.8 54.7 2012 10.0 52.4 2011 9.4 50.9 2010 8.9 49.5 2009 8.2 48.5 2008 7.3 47.4 2007 6.5 46.2 2006 5.8 45.0 2005 5.3 43.8 2004 4.9 42.9 2003 4.7 41.6 2002 4.6 40.3 2001 4.4 39.0 2000 4.2 38.0 Government Spending on Education
Government expenditure on education (% of GDP) · higher is better
RwandaWorld median
Rwanda rose from 3.434 in 2000 to 4.92 in 2023; the world median went from 3.886 to 3.709.
Every year’s figures
Year Rwanda World median 2023 4.92002 3.7092 2022 4.74214 4.0570 2021 5.58985 4.2611 2020 3.33310 4.4056 2019 3.23821 4.1407 2018 3.07376 4.2159 2017 3.12474 4.1401 2016 3.43483 4.2342 2015 3.64713 4.2386 2014 4.19644 4.2005 2013 4.74215 4.3493 2012 4.42103 4.0348 2011 4.38346 3.9987 2010 4.63127 4.1396 2009 — 4.6638 2008 3.50215 4.4226 2007 3.98503 4.1717 2006 — 4.0593 2005 — 4.0557 2004 — 3.9745 2003 — 4.1595 2002 — 4.0173 2001 4.82502 4.1002 2000 3.43418 3.8861
03In context
Rwanda 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.
Rwanda 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 100th | 0.97 | 80.35 | 22.71 | 4.92 |
 Tanzania | 169th | 16.37 | 67.97 | 8.67 | 3.259 |
 Burundi | 193rd | 20.62 | 43.95 | 10.2 | — |
 DR Congo | not placed | — | — | 26.38 | — |
 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 Rwanda in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Rwanda is ahead of the world, and behind
31 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 median3
Statistics on which Rwanda does better than the middle country measured.
Intergenerational Persistence in EducationWorld Bank Group · 2017 · world median 0.4460.3970.446No earlier reading
Rwanda: 0.397 · 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 106th of 153 · derived, 1st = worst.
Out-of-School Rate, Lower Secondary AgeUIS · 2024 · world median 6.3435.8416.343▲ Improved since 2016
Rwanda: 5.841 · 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 62nd of 116 · derived, 1st = worst.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.4946.2255.494▲ Improved since 2014
Rwanda: 6.225 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 37th of 75 · derived.
Behind the world median23
Statistics on which Rwanda does worse than the middle country measured.
Gender Parity Index, Tertiary EnrolmentUIS · 2024 · world median 1.2440.8041.244▼ Worsened since 2014
Rwanda: 0.804 · 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 33rd of 95 · derived.
Research and Development SpendingUIS · 2023 · world median 0.8140.7810.814▼ Worsened since 2016
Rwanda: 0.781 · world median 0.814 · Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.006 to 6.346; higher is better.
Position 45th of 84 · derived.
Expected Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 13.3412.5913.34▲ Improved since 2013
Rwanda: 12.59 · 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 126th of 195 · derived.
Pre-Primary Net Enrolment RateUIS · 2024 · world median 65.9344.7165.93▲ Improved since 2015
Rwanda: 44.71 · 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 82nd of 120 · derived.
Primary Schools with Internet for TeachingUIS · 2024 · world median 98.6659.4498.66▲ Improved since 2016
Rwanda: 59.44 · 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.
Adult Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 93.9978.7693.99No earlier reading
Rwanda: 78.76 · 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 124th of 172 · derived.
Researchers per Million InhabitantsUIS · 2024 · world median 701.95133.12701.95No earlier reading
Rwanda: 133.12 · 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 109th of 145 · derived.
Youth Literacy RateUIS · 2024 · world median 98.2289.9798.22No earlier reading
Rwanda: 89.97 · 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.
School Life ExpectancyUIS · 2024 · world median 14.5912.9314.59No real change since 2014
Rwanda: 12.93 · world median 14.59 · School life expectancy, primary to tertiary (years). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.478 to 21.01; higher is better.
Position 63rd of 77 · derived.
Pupils per Qualified Teacher, PrimaryUIS · 2024 · world median 20.6744.0820.67▲ Improved since 2015
Rwanda: 44.08 · 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 17th of 92 · derived, 1st = worst.
Primary Schools with ElectricityUIS · 2024 · world median 10080.52100▲ Improved since 2016
Rwanda: 80.52 · 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.
Wealth Parity Index, Lower Secondary CompletionUIS · 2024 · world median 0.5290.1230.529No earlier reading
Rwanda: 0.123 · 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.
Primary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 97.4371.8697.43▲ Improved since 2015
Rwanda: 71.86 · 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 139th of 165 · derived.
Harmonized Test ScoresWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 414.32358.08414.32No real change since 2017
Rwanda: 358.08 · 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 147th of 172 · derived.
Qualified Teachers in Primary EducationUIS · 2024 · world median 93.6667.5793.66▼ Worsened since 2014
Rwanda: 67.57 · world median 93.66 · Primary teachers with the minimum qualifications their country requires (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Bachelor's or Higher AttainmentUIS · 2023 · world median 19.865.14919.86▲ Improved since 2014
Rwanda: 5.149 · 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 79th of 90 · derived.
Mean Years of SchoolingUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 9.9334.889.933No real change since 2013
Rwanda: 4.88 · 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 170th of 193 · derived.
Lower Secondary Completion RateUIS · 2025 · world median 89.2135.5389.21No real change since 2015
Rwanda: 35.53 · 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 149th of 164 · derived.
Academic Freedom IndexV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 0.6190.0970.619▲ Improved since 2015
Rwanda: 0.097 · 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 160th of 176 · derived.
Upper Secondary AttainmentUIS · 2023 · world median 65.7614.6365.76No real change since 2014
Rwanda: 14.63 · 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 90th of 95 · derived.
Secondary School EnrolmentUIS · 2024 · world median 93.1948.7993.19▼ Worsened since 2014
Rwanda: 48.79 · world median 93.19 · Gross secondary enrolment ratio (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 19.87 to 158.55; higher is better.
Position 104th of 109 · derived.
Tertiary Enrolment RatioUIS · 2024 · world median 52.779.41252.77▼ Worsened since 2014
Rwanda: 9.412 · 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 91st of 95 · derived.
Learning-Adjusted Years of SchoolWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 7.9413.9267.941No real change since 2017
Rwanda: 3.926 · 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 166th of 172 · derived.
No better end5
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Share of Graduates from ICT ProgrammesUIS · 2023 · world median 5.6018.2045.601Moved since 2017
Rwanda: 8.204 · world median 5.601 · Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (% of all graduates). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 17.19.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2796.0595.279Moved since 2013
Rwanda: 6.059 · 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 2,2402,2762,240Moved since 2022
Rwanda: 2,276 · 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 STEM GraduatesUIS · 2023 · world median 35.331.4935.3Moved since 2017
Rwanda: 31.49 · world median 35.3 · STEM graduates who are women (%; 50 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.333 to 55.96.
Female Share of ResearchersUIS · 2024 · world median 38.1726.1838.17No earlier reading
Rwanda: 26.18 · 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 Rwanda
Government Funding per Primary Student (last 2021), 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, PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance and Trust in Scientists (last 2018). 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 Rwanda’s 15 topics
Education & Knowledge is Rwanda’s 6th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability35th of 1864/4 keys
- Gender & Equality60th of 1834/4 keys
- Energy62nd of 1652/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions81st of 1944/4 keys
- Digital & Technology83rd of 1984/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge100th of 1984/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience135th of 1933/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 125th of 1763/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 128th of 1774/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties153rd of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing164th of 2003/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 151st of 1844/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 168th of 1963/3 keys
- Work & Labourjoint 158th of 1824/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality140th of 1593/3 keys
No standing on Mobility & Trade: 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 Rwanda 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
Rwanda100th4/4 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
Rwanda 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 Rwanda rank on education & knowledge?
Rwanda is placed 100th 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 Rwanda?
0.97 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 Rwanda?
80.35 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 Rwanda compare with DR Congo on education & knowledge?
DR Congo is not placed on Education & Knowledge, holding too few of its key statistics, and Rwanda 100th. Upper Secondary Completion Rate: DR Congo 26.38, Rwanda 22.71.
How have Rwanda’s education & knowledge figures changed?
Out-of-School Rate, Primary fell from 11.28 in 2002 to 0.97 in 2024; Participation in Organised Learning One Year Before Primary rose from 44.07 in 2016 to 80.35 in 2024; Upper Secondary Completion Rate rose from 4.16 in 2000 to 22.71 in 2025; Government Spending on Education rose from 3.434 in 2000 to 4.92 in 2023.
Which education & knowledge statistics are missing for Rwanda?
No current reading is published for Rwanda on Government Funding per Primary Student, 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, PISA Mathematics Performance, PISA Reading Performance, PISA Science Performance 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 31 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
Rwanda’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Rwanda (banner) — Peace Batuma, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 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). Rwanda: Education & Knowledge — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/rwanda/education