Short school attendance among female students in Africa 2020, by country

According to a study from 2020, African countries, and in particular West-African countries, have some of the shortest school attendance among female students worldwide. In Liberia, female scholars attended school on average for 2.3 years, the lowest level in Africa and globally. Niger recorded the second-lowest education participation in terms of duration, with 2.6 years.
Female adult literacy in West Africa is considerably low in some countries. Overall, Chad, Guinea, and Nigeria register the lowest literacy rates in this region. In fact, Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest illiteracy rate in the world.