Education in Albania

148 indicators covering education for Albania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 65.8% 2025 down 3.9% 80th
Population ages 0-14 16.6% 2025 down 12.6% 156th
Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
School enrollment, primary 111.5% 2024 up 5.4% 32nd
Primary education, teachers 9,336 2024 down 9.7% 142nd
School enrollment, primary, female 111.4% 2024 up 5.5% 27th
School enrollment, primary, male 111.6% 2024 up 5.4% 34th
Labor force, total 1.26 million 2025 up 2.5% 139th
Labor force, female 46.6% 2025 up 7.4% 74th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2021 up 0.2% 26th
School enrollment, secondary 108.4% 2024 up 4.9% 29th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.9 per 1,000 2024 down 26.9% 168th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 39.1% 163rd
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 129th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.7 per 1,000 2024 down 41.7% 140th
Secondary education, teachers 23,080 2024 down 1.0% 120th
School enrollment, secondary, female 106.7% 2024 up 7.9% 37th
School enrollment, secondary, male 109.9% 2024 up 2.2% 26th
School enrollment, tertiary 84.1% 2024 up 28.4% 20th
School enrollment, primary, private 12.5% 2024 up 115.8% 100th
School enrollment, preprimary 69.2% 2021 down 1.1% 98th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 72.1% 2024 up 28.9% 21st
School enrollment, tertiary, female 95.4% 2024 up 26.0% 30th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2021 up 4.0% 73rd
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.24 GPI 2024 down 1.4% 85th
Secondary education, teachers, female 16,308 2024 up 8.2% 105th
Primary completion rate, female 107.2% 2024 up 0.3% 13th
Primary completion rate, male 107.4% 2024 up 2.7% 10th
Government expenditure on education, total 3.1% 2023 down 12.5% 145th
Secondary education, general pupils 248,267 2018 down 34.1% 124th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 104.2% 2024 up 8.0% 10th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 69.2% 2021 down 2.9% 98th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 69.3% 2021 up 0.5% 95th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 86.7% 2023 down 12.2% 110th
Government expenditure on education, total 10.9% 2023 down 10.5% 134th
Secondary education, general pupils 49.7% 2018 up 1.4% 107th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 104.5% 2024 up 11.9% 13th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 103.9% 2024 up 4.4% 8th
Children out of school 0.5% 2024 up 27.1% 172nd
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 154th
Primary education, pupils 141,089 2024 down 27.9% 145th
Secondary education, pupils 208,738 2024 down 37.4% 135th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 85.7% 2023 down 12.8% 98th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 87.7% 2023 down 11.6% 99th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 20,605 2018 down 30.5% 112th
Number of under-five deaths, male 147 2024 down 29.3% 140th
Number of under-five deaths, female 117 2024 down 29.9% 140th
Number of infant deaths, female 102 2024 down 18.4% 139th
Number of infant deaths, male 133 2024 down 22.2% 137th
Children out of school, female 13.8% 2023 up 305.0% 40th
Children out of school, male 7.9% 2023 up 170.7% 66th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 15.6% 2018 down 56.0% 178th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 109.1% 2018 up 9.1% 43rd
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 10.7% 2025 down 37.9% 29th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 11.2% 2025 down 34.7% 42nd
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 10.9% 2025 down 36.5% 35th
Primary education, teachers 88.8% 2024 up 5.9% 38th
Repeaters, primary, total 0.8% 2018 down 29.1% 128th