| Sex | |
| Indicator | Gross enrolment ratio for primary education |
| Time | 2000 | 2004 |
  | |
| Country | | | |
| Algeria | | 107 | 107 |
| Angola | | 69 | .. |
| Benin | | 78 | 86 |
| Botswana | | 108 | 104 |
| Burkina Faso | | 37 | 47 |
| Burundi | | 58 | 73 |
| Cameroon | | 100 | 105 |
| Cape Verde | | 137 | 108 |
| Central African Republic | | 61 | 52 |
| Chad | | 57 | 56 |
| Comoros | | 80 | 80 |
| Congo | | 93 | 85 |
| Congo, The Democratic Republic of the | | 44 | .. |
| Côte d''Ivoire | | 70 | 63 |
| Djibouti | | 35 | 35 |
| Egypt | | 96 | 98 |
| Equatorial Guinea | | 115 | 96 |
| Eritrea | | 54 | 59 |
| Ethiopia | | 52 | 69 |
| Gabon | | 143 | 129 |
| Gambia | | 78 | 75 |
| Ghana | | 76 | 79 |
| Guinea | | 56 | 71 |
| Guinea-Bissau | | 66 | 56 |
| Kenya | | 93 | 108 |
| Lesotho | | 118 | 131 |
| Liberia | | 96 | 83 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | | 117 | 112 |
| Madagascar | | 101 | 131 |
| Malawi | | 135 | 126 |
| Mali | | 51 | 56 |
| Mauritania | | 80 | 93 |
| Mauritius | | 108 | 103 |
| Morocco | | 88 | 100 |
| Mozambique | | 79 | 86 |
| Namibia | | 113 | 102 |
| Niger | | 29 | 37 |
| Nigeria | | .. | 91 |
| Rwanda | | 118 | 120 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | .. | 129 |
| Senegal | | 70 | 74 |
| Seychelles | | .. | 110 |
| Sierra Leone | | 80 | 65 |
| South Africa | | 108 | 103 |
| Sudan | | 51 | 56 |
| Swaziland | | 121 | 98 |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | | 76 | 99 |
| Togo | | 110 | 92 |
| Tunisia | | 115 | 109 |
| Uganda | | 129 | 125 |
| Zambia | | 76 | 97 |
| Zimbabwe | | 93 | 95 |
| Africa | | 80 | 94 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | | 80 | 91 |