Education Inequality Profile: Democratic Republic of the Congo Educa on Inequality Profiles portray data for 15-24 year olds by ethnic, religious, and subna onal composi on for the following indica- tors: Group Gini (GGini) Index, educa onal a ainment, and mean years of schooling. The GGini, based on mean years of schooling, can be interpreted as a mea- sure of how concentrated the total stock of educa on is in any group or re- Group Gini gion. A GGini of 0 would mean that all groups or regions have the same 0.20 mean years of schooling, while a GGini of 1 can be understood loosely to 0.173 correspond to a situa on where one group or region has essen ally exclu- 0.15 sive access to all the educa on in the country. e u l a 0.10 V Data for the DRC profile was extracted from MICS 2010. DRC’s highest GGini 0.053 is the subna onal GGini at 0.17. In Kinshasa, where 19% of 15-24 year olds 0.05 0.016 have completed at least primary schooling, educa onal a ainment is con- 0.00 siderably higher than in other regions. Orientale Province and Equateur are ethnic religious subnational the regions with the lowest educa onal a ainment. Ethnicity Ethnic composition Other ethnicity % of population with at least primary education completed Bantu 100 6% 80 0 1 60 58 0 52 2 % S 52 C 45 I M 40 36 37 32 29 20 0 94% 1980 1990 2000 2010 Mean years of schooling by gender and ethnicity Educational attainment by ethnicity MICS 2010 100 8 12 5 80 3 0 5 0 1 10 0 60 2 % S C I 40 M 3 s 8 6 r a 2 e 20 4 Y n a Bantu e 6 0 M y u t t e l i n a Other ethnicity c i a M n B 4 h t e r e h t 2 O 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Secondary Complete Primary Complete Primary Incomplete Female Mean Years Education Inequality Profile: Democratic Republic of the Congo Religion Religious composition No Religion % of population with at least primary education completed 7% Protestant 100 15% Other Christian 80 Catholic 67 62 69 9% 0 62 28% 1 Other religion 60 61 54 0 51 2 54 46 Pentecostal S 45 47 C I 40 41 46 M 4041 40 20 8% 33% 0 1980 1990 2000 2010 Mean years of schooling by gender and religion Educational attainment by religion 1 6 8 8 MICS 2010 100 1 12 80 3 4 7 4 4 0 4 3 0 5 5 9 1 5 10 0 60 2 % S C I 40 s M r 8 3 0 a Pentecostal 6 5 2 5 e 8 4 4 Other religion 1 Y 20 3 3 n a Protestant Other Christian e 6 0 M l t c n n No Religion n a i n e l t a o o l i i i a s o t a t g g o s h i i s i M l l t 4 c r e e e a t e r h t R o C r C r n e o e r P h e N P t h t 2 O O 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Secondary Complete Primary Complete Primary Incomplete Female Mean Years Region Mean years of schooling by gender and region Educational attainment by region 4 4 5 4 5 5 7 MICS 2010 100 8 12 3 2 8 80 0 3 4 1 3 6 4 4 9 10 4 4 4 7 3 5 7 5 5 5 Kinshasa 0 60 1 0 s 8 2 r % a South Kivu Eastern Kasai S e C 8 I Y Western Kasai Bandundu 6 M n 40 a Bas Congo e 6 Equateur 0 8 M 6 4 3 5 e 9 5 5 l Orientale Province 7 4 1 a 4 9 9 4 6 M 20 3 3 4 3 0 9 i i 2 r e a a a u u u o a a u c s v v g d g s s i i m e a n n n n a a t i e K K i h a u o a v K K t s n h h d u o C a t t a n n n r n q i 0 r r r K u s a P M o E K e e a o t t B e N S B l s 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 s a e a t E n Female Mean Years W e i r O Secondary Complete Primary Complete Primary Incomplete.