NBS - National Bureau of Statistics, South Sudan

Key Education Indicators

Total Student Enrollment

2.22M

All education levels

Total Teachers

49,750

All school levels

Gender Parity Index

0.88

Overall education system

Teacher Gender Ratio

80% M : 20% F

National average

Visual Overview

Teacher Gender Distribution by Education Level

Student Enrollment by Education Level

Teacher Academic Qualifications

Gender Parity Index by Education Level

Teacher Academic Qualifications by School Level

Teacher Teaching Qualifications by School Level

Gender Parity - Enrollment by Level

Primary School Grade Enrollment Pyramid

Teacher Statistics

Number of teachers in schools that are operational by level and gender

School Level	Male	Female	Total	% Male	% Female
Pre-Primary	1,336	2,464	3,800	35.0%	65.0%
Primary	30,082	6,065	36,147	83.0%	17.0%
Secondary	5,461	545	6,006	91.0%	9.0%
AES	1,839	295	3,583	51.0%	8.0%
TVET	107	25	132	81.0%	19.0%
TTI/CEC	77	5	82	94.0%	6.0%
Grand Total	38,902	9,399	49,750	78.2%	18.9%

Teacher Academic Qualifications

Level	Primary Cert	Secondary Cert	Diploma	Degree	Other
Pre-Primary	395	2,754	292	148	211
Primary	6,654	23,960	2,122	1,561	1,850
Secondary	9	1,210	1,321	3,289	177

Teacher Teaching Qualifications

Level	Certificate	Diploma	Degree	None	Others
Pre-Primary	1,807	206	90	1,553	89
Primary	18,803	1,326	885	13,937	665
Secondary	1,388	804	2,009	1,472	89

Student Enrollment Statistics

Gender Parity Index across the school levels

Education Level	Boys - Enrolment	Girls - Enrolment	Gender Parity Index
Pre-Primary	77,865	73,402	0.94
Primary	968,719	854,712	0.88
Secondary	90,313	71,852	0.80
AES	39,342	39,289	1.00
Total	1,176,239	1,039,255	0.88

Primary School Grade Enrolment Pyramid

Proportion of total learners in primary schools by gender and grade

Grade	Female (%)	Male (%)	Gender Gap
P1	11.6%	13.2%	-1.6%
P2	8.3%	9.3%	-1.0%
P3	7.1%	7.9%	-0.8%
P4	6.1%	6.8%	-0.7%
P5	5.5%	5.6%	-0.1%
P6	4.3%	4.5%	-0.2%
P7	3.1%	3.1%	0.0%
P8	1.7%	1.8%	-0.1%

Number of Teachers by Level and Gender (2023)

Teacher statistics from 2023 Annual Education Census

School Level	Male Teachers	Male %	Female Teachers	Female %	Total
Pre-Primary	1,336	35%	2,464	65%	3,800
Primary	30,082	83%	6,065	17%	36,147
Secondary	5,461	91%	545	9%	6,006
AES	1,839	51%	295	8%	3,583
TVET	107	81%	25	19%	132
TTI/CEC	77	94%	5	6%	82
Grand Total	38,902	80%	9,399	20%	49,750

Source: Ministry of General Education and Instruction

Gender Parity Index by Education Level (2023)

Gender parity analysis from 2023 Annual Education Census

Education Level	Boys - Enrolment	Girls - Enrolment	Gender Parity Index
Pre-Primary	77,865	73,402	0.94
Primary	968,719	854,712	0.88
Secondary	90,313	71,852	0.80
AES	39,342	39,289	1.00
Total	1,176,239	1,039,255	0.88

Source: Ministry of General Education and Instruction

Primary School Grade Enrollment Distribution (2023)

Grade-wise enrollment percentages from 2023 Annual Education Census

Grade	Female (%)	Male (%)	Gender Gap
P1	11.6%	13.2%	-1.6%
P2	8.3%	9.3%	-1.0%
P3	7.1%	7.9%	-0.8%
P4	6.1%	6.8%	-0.7%
P5	5.5%	5.6%	-0.1%
P6	4.3%	4.5%	-0.2%
P7	3.1%	3.1%	0.0%
P8	1.7%	1.8%	-0.1%

Source: Ministry of General Education and Instruction

Data Sources and Methodology

Primary Data Source

All data presented on this page is sourced from the 2023 Annual Education Census conducted by the Ministry of General Education and Instruction, Government of South Sudan.

Data Collection Period: 2023 Academic Year

Coverage and Scope

All operational schools across South Sudan
Pre-primary to higher education institutions
Public and private educational institutions
Teacher and student demographic data

Note: Additional data on Staffs in Public Universities (2021) is sourced from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. This data is not included in the 2023 Annual Education Census.