Education in Afghanistan 761 indicators covering education for Afghanistan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Duration of pre-primary education 1 years 2025 unchanged 211th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 1st Population ages 0-14 42.6% 2025 down 8.0% 11th Population ages 15-64 55.0% 2025 up 7.1% 202nd Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st School enrollment, primary 112.2% 2023 up 4.0% 31st Primary education, teachers 163,167 2023 up 24.6% 40th Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.76 live births per woman 2024 down 17.5% 9th School enrollment, primary, female 97.9% 2023 up 10.1% 123rd School enrollment, primary, male 125.9% 2023 down 0.0% 8th Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 4.84 live births per woman 2023 down 17.7% 9th Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 4.84 live births per woman 2023 down 17.7% 9th Labor force, female 6.8% 2025 down 66.6% 186th Labor force, total 9.43 million 2025 up 10.0% 59th Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 112.2% 2023 up 4.0% 33rd Share of children who have completed primary school 55.4% 2025 up 16.4% 153rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.6717 GPI 2019 up 2.2% 197th School enrollment, secondary 59.6% 2023 up 8.6% 160th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 5.1 per 1,000 2024 up 2.0% 31st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 4.2 per 1,000 2024 up 13.5% 32nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 11.4 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3% 10th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 16.6 per 1,000 2024 down 10.3% 11th Secondary education, teachers 88,020 2023 up 6.1% 63rd School enrollment, secondary, female 45.2% 2023 up 16.6% 176th School enrollment, secondary, male 73.4% 2023 up 4.4% 146th School enrollment, tertiary 10.9% 2020 up 175.6% 155th School enrollment, primary, private 10.3% 2023 up 315.0% 111th School age population, pre-primary education, female 530,275 number 2019 up 14.2% 60th School age population, pre-primary education, male 557,205 number 2019 up 14.3% 59th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 1.04 million number 2020 up 29.4% 23rd School age population, primary education, female 3.12 million number 2020 up 21.3% 22nd School age population, last grade of primary education, female 511,798 number 2020 up 29.7% 23rd School age population, lower secondary education, female 1.47 million number 2020 up 37.6% 24th School age population, primary education, both sexes 6.39 million number 2020 up 21.2% 22nd School age population, primary education, male 3.27 million number 2020 up 21.0% 22nd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 1.08 million number 2020 up 14.3% 23rd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 554,847 number 2020 up 14.3% 23rd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 528,140 number 2020 up 14.2% 23rd School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 3.01 million number 2020 up 37.2% 24th School age population, secondary education, female 2.82 million number 2020 up 43.5% 25th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 5.78 million number 2020 up 43.1% 25th School age population, lower secondary education, male 1.54 million number 2020 up 36.9% 24th School age population, secondary education, male 2.97 million number 2020 up 42.7% 25th School age population, upper secondary education, female 1.35 million number 2020 up 50.5% 23rd School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 2.78 million number 2020 up 50.0% 23rd School age population, upper secondary education, male 1.43 million number 2020 up 49.6% 23rd School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 1.09 million number 2019 up 14.3% 60th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 3.83 million number 2018 up 53.4% 28th School age population, tertiary education, female 1.86 million number 2018 up 54.7% 28th School age population, tertiary education, male 1.97 million number 2018 up 52.1% 27th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2020 unchanged 12th Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 10.3% 2023 up 315.0% 114th Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 10.79 years 2023 up 6.5% 165th School enrollment, preprimary 1.1% 2011 down 65.6% 197th School enrollment, tertiary, female 5.9% 2020 up 310.0% 168th School enrollment, tertiary, male 15.6% 2020 up 146.0% 139th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.3809 GPI 2020 up 66.6% 185th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.571 GPI 2018 up 34.2% 194th Secondary education, teachers, female 31,291 2023 up 14.3% 81st Page 1 of 13 Next →