{"id":"education","title":"Education","description":"Literacy, PLE/UCE/UACE results, completion rates and NAPE test scores.","licence":"Figures are official statistics published by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and its partner agencies. Cite UBOS as the source; the links in each dataset point to the original files.","sources":[{"title":"Literacy Rate for population aged 10 years and above by residence, 2012-13-2024","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Literacy-Rate-for-population-aged-10-years-and-above-by-residence-2012-13-2024.xlsx"},{"title":"Primary Leaving Examination indicators 2023","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Primary-Leaving-Examination-indicators-2023.xlsx"},{"title":"UCE Registration over the Last Five Years (2018-2023)","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/UCE-Registration-over-the-Last-Five-Years-2018-2023.xlsx"},{"title":"General UACE Performance in 2023 compared to 2022","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/General-UACE-Performance-in-2023-compared-to-2022.xlsx"},{"title":"P.7 completion and Transition rates to S.1 by years 2013_2017","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/P.7_completion_and_Transition_rates_to_S.1_by_years_2013_2017.xlsx"},{"title":"S4 completion and Transition rates to S5","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/S4_completion_and_Transition_rates_to_S5.xlsx"},{"title":"NAPE Competence Scores for Primary by class P.3_P.6","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/NAPE_Competence_Scores_for_Primary_by_class_P.3_P.6.xlsx"}],"data":{"sources":{"literacy":{"title":"Literacy Rate for population aged 10 years and above by residence, 2012-13-2024","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Literacy-Rate-for-population-aged-10-years-and-above-by-residence-2012-13-2024.xlsx","updated":"2025-10-14"},"ple":{"title":"Primary Leaving Examination indicators 2023","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/Primary-Leaving-Examination-indicators-2023.xlsx","updated":"2025-10-14"},"uce":{"title":"UCE Registration over the Last Five Years (2018-2023)","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/UCE-Registration-over-the-Last-Five-Years-2018-2023.xlsx","updated":"2025-10-14"},"uace":{"title":"General UACE Performance in 2023 compared to 2022","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/General-UACE-Performance-in-2023-compared-to-2022.xlsx","updated":"2025-10-14"},"p7":{"title":"P.7 completion and Transition rates to S.1 by years 2013_2017","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/P.7_completion_and_Transition_rates_to_S.1_by_years_2013_2017.xlsx","updated":"2021-07-20"},"s4":{"title":"S4 completion and Transition rates to S5","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/S4_completion_and_Transition_rates_to_S5.xlsx","updated":"2022-01-19"},"nape":{"title":"NAPE Competence Scores for Primary by class P.3_P.6","url":"https://www.ubos.org/wp-content/uploads/statistics/NAPE_Competence_Scores_for_Primary_by_class_P.3_P.6.xlsx","updated":"2022-01-19"}},"literacy":{"Male":[{"year":"2012/13","urban":87,"rural":72,"total":76},{"year":"2014","urban":89,"rural":74,"total":77},{"year":"2015","urban":87,"rural":75,"total":77},{"year":"2016/17","urban":89,"rural":74,"total":77},{"year":"2019/20","urban":89,"rural":78,"total":81}],"Female":[{"year":"2012/13","urban":80,"rural":58,"total":64},{"year":"2014","urban":84,"rural":63,"total":68},{"year":"2015","urban":80,"rural":62,"total":66},{"year":"2016/17","urban":85,"rural":64,"total":70},{"year":"2019/20","urban":82,"rural":68,"total":72}],"Total":[{"year":"2012/13","urban":84,"rural":65,"total":69},{"year":"2014","urban":86,"rural":68,"total":72},{"year":"2015","urban":83,"rural":68,"total":71},{"year":"2016/17","urban":87,"rural":69,"total":73},{"year":"2019/20","urban":85,"rural":73,"total":76},{"year":"2024","urban":null,"rural":null,"total":74}]},"ple_2023":{"registered":749254,"sat":736931,"passed":648662,"divisions":[{"name":"DIV I","candidates":86582},{"name":"DIV II","candidates":336507},{"name":"DIV III","candidates":156290},{"name":"DIV IV","candidates":69283},{"name":"DIV U","candidates":88269}],"pass_rate":88},"uce":[{"year":2018,"registered":326212,"sat":320119},{"year":2019,"registered":337720,"sat":333060},{"year":2020,"registered":333396,"sat":330592},{"year":2022,"registered":349459,"sat":345695},{"year":2023,"registered":364469,"sat":361695}],"uace":{"2022":[{"grade":"3P","candidates":41974,"pct":43.5},{"grade":"2P","candidates":25841,"pct":26.8},{"grade":"1P","candidates":18382,"pct":19},{"grade":"1S","candidates":9590,"pct":9.9},{"grade":"F","candidates":770,"pct":0.8}],"2023":[{"grade":"3P","candidates":52452,"pct":47.9},{"grade":"2P","candidates":28191,"pct":25.8},{"grade":"1P","candidates":18624,"pct":17},{"grade":"1S","candidates":9225,"pct":8.4},{"grade":"F","candidates":996,"pct":0.9}]},"progression":{"years":["2013","2014","2015","2016","2017"],"rates":[{"name":"P.7 Completion rate","values":[67.4,72,61.6,61.5,60]},{"name":"Transition rate to S1","values":[72.2,70.5,63.2,64.8,60.6]},{"name":"Senior 4 Completion rate","values":[35.3,35.8,36.2,37.8,34.8]},{"name":"Transition rate to S5","values":[32,30,25,30.2,24.8]}]},"nape":{"years":["2013","2014","2015","2016"],"rows":[{"name":"Competence in Literacy at P.3","values":[56.2,64.2,60.2,null]},{"name":"Competence in Literacy at P.6","values":[40.2,38.3,51.9,null]},{"name":"Competence in Numeracy at P.3","values":[63,69.9,69.8,72.7]},{"name":"Competence in Numeracy at P.6","values":[45.6,45.2,41.4,39.4]}]},"notes":["UBOS’s files “Primary school enrolment by class and sex 2011–2017” and “Secondary school enrolment…” currently contain the NAPE test-score table instead of enrolment, so enrolment by class is not shown.","UBOS’s “Key Primary Education Indicators, 2013–2017” file contains pre-primary (nursery) figures, so it is not used.","The 2024 literacy figure comes from the census; earlier figures come from household surveys, so small changes between them may reflect method rather than a real change.","UBOS’s 2024 literacy figures by sex are misaligned in the source table, so only the overall 2024 figure is shown.","In the PLE 2023 table the percentage column is 100 for every row, so we use the candidate numbers."]}}