Years of Schooling in Angola: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

Years of Schooling in Angola: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow). Average years of formal education among adults. For Angola, the story across three centuries is below — every value is a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there.

In the 2020s, years of schooling in Angola stands at 6 years — ranking #119 of 157 countries. In 1900 it was 0.5 years. Across the decades, formal education has steadily expanded from an 1800s estimate of 0.1 years, through the 1810s estimate of 0.14, the 1820s estimate of 0.18, the 1830s estimate of 0.22, the 1840s estimate of 0.26, the 1850s estimate of 0.3, the 1860s estimate of 0.34, the 1870s estimate of 0.38, the 1880s estimate of 0.42, and the 1890s estimate of 0.46, reaching 0.5 years in the 1900s estimate.

The upward trajectory continued through the 1910s estimate of 0.64, the 1920s estimate of 0.78, the 1930s estimate of 0.92, the 1940s estimate of 1.06, the 1950s at 1.2, the 1960s at 1.63, the 1970s at 2.07, the 1980s at 2.5, the 1990s at 3.25, the 2000s at 4, and the 2010s at 5, before arriving at the current 6 years in the 2020s. Projections anticipate further growth in the 2030s projection at 6.3, the 2040s projection at 6.6, the 2050s projection at 6.9, the 2060s projection at 7.2, the 2070s projection at 7.5, the 2080s projection at 7.8, the 2090s projection at 8.1, and the 2100s projection at 8.4.

For someone living through these changing decades, the accumulation of formal classroom time alters the baseline of daily experience. Keep exploring Life Expectancy at Birth in Angola Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) in Angola Child Mortality (under 5) in Angola Children per Woman in Angola Living in Cities in Angola Full country profile: Angola. Where do YOU rank among everyone ever born? →