5. Libya

One of the African countries with the most educated people, with a population of over six million people, Libya has a literacy rate of ninety one percent. Education in the north African nation started with primary education, which is both free and mandatory. Children in the country between the ages of six and fifteen attend primary school and then secondary school for three additional years.

4. Mauritius

An island nation in the Indian Ocean located off the eastern coast of Africa, Mauritius is currently one of the African countries with the most educated people. With a population of over about one million people, the country has a literacy rate of about ninety two percent. In the country, primary education is compulsory and offered for free. Education at the secondary level is not mandatory but provided free as well. Higher education was provided through the University of Mauritius. Education has been made free in the nation through the secondary level since thirty six years ago and through the post-secondary level since thirty four years ago.

3. Seychelles

One of the Africa’s smallest countries, Seychelles currently holds the position for the best education system in Africa with sixty nine points. One of the countries in Africa with the most educated people, Seychelles is the only African country in the top 50 education system globally, at forty three position ahead of Ukraine, Hungary, Russia, and United Arabic Emirate. Much of advancement of education in the African nation has been credited to the government of Seychelles. Six years ago, according to UNESCO, the government spent eleven percent of total expenditure on education. This is evidential in the fact that students in the country at the age of sixteen have free and mandatory education, and proceeding through secondary education until the age of eighteen.

2. South Africa

The African country with the second most educated people, South Africa is the only country in Africa ranked by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development as one of the top 40 most educated countries in the world three years ago. The rainbow nation has a population of about fifty nine million people, of which the literacy rate is about ninety four percent. The government of South Africa, over the past years, has been budgeting above eighteen percent of its total expenditure on education. No wonder the universities in South Africa have continued to dominate African universities ranking and as well competing worldwide.

1. Equitorial Guinea

A country located in the central part of Africa and bordered by Cameroon to the north and Gabon to the east and south, Equitorial Guinea currently has the most educated people in Africa. Out of the one million population of the country, there is literacy rate of ninety five percent. In the country, education is free and mandatory until the age of 14. Primary education is for five years followed by four years of secondary in the first stage and three subsequent years of secondary education in the second stage. The country’s literacy rate is as the result of cooperation and partnership with world-renowned universities in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia, and from public-private partnerships.