9 answers, 2 from Chad's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
Chad's gross primary enrolment rate was 91.5% in 2023/24, according to the National Statistical Yearbook 2024 from the National Institute of Statistics (INSEED), citing the education statistics yearbook. The rate was 99.0% for boys and 83.9% for girls.
Rates vary widely by province, from 21.2% in Borkou to 149% in the city of N'Djamena. A gross rate compares all primary pupils with the population of official primary-school age, so it can exceed 100% where many pupils are older or younger than that age.
30.6% of adults in Chad could read and write in 2019, according to the World Bank, based on UNESCO data for people aged 15 and over.
Literacy rates are usually estimated from household surveys that ask whether people can read and write, rather than testing them. For secondary schooling, the World Bank gives a gross enrolment rate of 23.5% in 2024.
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
73.2%: that is net primary school enrolment in Chad for 2016, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. In 2003 the figure was 57.4%. It is 18th highest of 22 in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the median is 83.9%. Worldwide: 125th of 133.
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics puts gross secondary school enrolment in Chad at 23.5% in 2024. Its high point since 2005 was 2013, at 24.5%; its low point was 2005, at 15.5%. It is 10th highest of 11 in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the median is 65.3%. Of 100 countries with 2024 data, 99th highest.
In 2020, gross tertiary enrolment in Chad was 4.4%, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. No year since 2005 has been higher. Sub-Saharan Africa median: 10.4%; Chad is 18th highest of 19. Of 128 countries with 2020 data, 127th highest.
In 2019, the adult literacy rate in Chad was 30.6%, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. In 2004 the figure was 28.4%. Across Sub-Saharan Africa the middle value was 55.0%, and Chad placed 14th highest of 15. Worldwide: 54th of 55.
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, government spending on education in Chad was 3.2% of GDP in 2023. No year since 2005 has been higher. Across Sub-Saharan Africa the middle value was 3.3% of GDP, and Chad placed 21st highest of 35. Of 112 countries with 2023 data, 72nd highest.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2016, is 57. Since 2005 it has ranged from 56 (2015) to 63 (2005). It is 3rd highest of 28 in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the median is 41. Of 136 countries with 2016 data, 3rd highest.
In 2021, the primary completion rate in Chad was 41.8%, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. No year since 2005 has been higher. Sub-Saharan Africa median: 76.6%; Chad is 24th highest of 24. Of 130 countries with 2021 data, 130th highest.
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