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