Education in Cunene, Angola: official figures
54.7% of people aged 15 and over in Cunene could read and write at the 2024 census (58.1% of men, 51.8% of women), 5th lowest of 21 provinces (Angola: 72.6%).
Can young people in Cunene read and write?
Among young people aged 15 to 24 in Cunene, 54.2% could read and write in 2024, 4th lowest of 21 provinces (Angola: 74.9%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copyHow many children in Cunene go to primary school?
41.2% of children aged 6 to 11 in Cunene were attending primary school in 2024 (net attendance rate), 4th lowest of 21 provinces (Angola: 62.1%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copyHow many children in Cunene are out of school?
54.2% of children and teenagers aged 5 to 18 in Cunene were out of the school system in 2024, about 395,000, 4th highest of 21 provinces (Angola: 34.2%).
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- 44.3% of people aged 5 and over in Cunene had never attended school in 2024, 4th highest of 21 provinces (Angola: 24.2%). Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola · saved copy
How Cunene compares with other provinces
Literacy rate, age 15+ (2024)
Cunene ranks 17 of 21, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Literacy rate, age 15+ |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Malanje | 62.7% |
| 15 | Moxico | 62.3% |
| 16 | Huila | 56.5% |
| 17 | Cunene | 54.7% |
| 18 | Lunda Norte | 54.5% |
| 19 | Bie | 47.4% |
| 20 | Cuando | 43.1% |
Children aged 5-18 out of the school system (2024)
Cunene ranks 4 of 21, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Children aged 5-18 out of the school system |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moxico Leste | 64.8% |
| 2 | Cuando | 60.2% |
| 3 | Bie | 56.3% |
| 4 | Cunene | 54.2% |
| 5 | Lunda Norte | 51.8% |
| 6 | Huila | 45.8% |
| 7 | Cubango | 40.0% |
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estatistica (INE), Angola: Resultados Definitivos do Recenseamento Geral da Populacao e Habitacao 2024 (2024 census, definitive results): Quadros 1.1, 1.6, 1.8, 3.1, 3.4, 8.1, 8.3, 8.4, 8.9, 8.15, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.6, 9.14, 9.15, 9.20, 10.4 and 12, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9cf14c66cc45…)
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