Education in Algeria

123 indicators covering education for Algeria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 63.3% 2025 down 3.8% 131st
Population ages 0-14 29.9% 2025 up 3.0% 71st
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th
School enrollment, primary 105.5% 2025 down 3.7% 56th
Primary education, teachers 247,748 2025 up 53.1% 30th
School enrollment, primary, female 105.7% 2025 down 1.3% 52nd
School enrollment, primary, male 105.2% 2025 down 5.9% 60th
Labor force, total 13.56 million 2025 up 12.4% 45th
Labor force, female 17.0% 2025 down 3.1% 181st
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9692 GPI 2020 up 3.4% 144th
School enrollment, secondary 105.2% 2024 up 1.9% 40th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.5 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 122nd
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.6 per 1,000 2024 down 3.7% 123rd
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.6 per 1,000 2024 down 15.8% 92nd
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 down 28.6% 84th
Secondary education, teachers 390,587 2024 22nd
School enrollment, secondary, female 106.5% 2024 down 0.2% 38th
School enrollment, secondary, male 103.9% 2024 up 4.0% 43rd
School enrollment, tertiary 54.4% 2024 up 51.0% 76th
School enrollment, primary, private 1.8% 2024 up 90.3% 179th
School enrollment, preprimary 79.1% 2011 up 2,240.8% 77th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 43.2% 2024 up 54.5% 80th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 66.1% 2024 up 47.7% 69th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2011 down 2.3% 69th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.35 GPI 2024 down 2.1% 45th
Secondary education, teachers, female 273,405 2024 16th
Primary completion rate, female 97.3% 2025 down 1.4% 70th
Primary completion rate, male 99.1% 2025 up 0.9% 47th
Government expenditure on education, total 9.0% 2024 up 37.1% 5th
Secondary education, general pupils 4.08 million 2018 up 15.0% 26th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 79.0% 2025 up 4.4% 120th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 79.7% 2011 up 2,267.4% 75th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 78.5% 2011 up 2,215.4% 75th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 92.7% 2021 down 0.1% 91st
Government expenditure on education, total 15.5% 2025 down 3.4% 57th
Secondary education, general pupils 50.7% 2018 down 2.5% 67th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 87.3% 2025 up 3.8% 104th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 71.1% 2025 up 5.1% 127th
Children out of school 1.6% 2025 up 281.4% 136th
Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 154th
Primary education, pupils 5.30 million 2025 up 34.9% 27th
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Secondary education, pupils 6.07 million 2024 up 40.5% 22nd
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 93.5% 2021 down 1.2% 83rd
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 91.9% 2021 up 0.9% 82nd
Secondary education, vocational pupils 380,890 2011 up 35.0% 30th
Number of under-five deaths, male 10,782 2024 down 21.9% 45th
Number of under-five deaths, female 8,640 2024 down 23.6% 44th
Number of infant deaths, male 9,643 2024 down 21.4% 40th
Number of infant deaths, female 7,693 2024 down 23.0% 40th
Children out of school, female 1.6% 2022 up 9.3% 143rd
Children out of school, male 2.7% 2022 up 154.2% 123rd
Secondary education, vocational pupils 34.3% 2011 down 21.9% 147th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 101.9% 2018 down 3.9% 94th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 20.6% 2025 up 23.3% 15th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 11.6% 2025 up 3.8% 29th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 9.8% 2025 down 2.4% 34th
Primary education, teachers 70.1% 2025 up 1.7% 130th
Repeaters, primary, total 5.5% 2018 down 29.5% 58th