Education in Algeria

1,816 indicators covering education for Algeria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 73.7% 2025 up 18.2% 102nd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 85.1% 2025 up 18.7% 95th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.26 modelled data 2025 up 0.8% 8th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 62.8% 2025 up 17.1% 107th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 50.7% 2025 up 36.2% 98th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 67.0% 2025 up 39.5% 87th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.48 modelled data 2025 up 3.0% 1st
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 35.1% 2025 up 28.8% 112th
Teachers in secondary education, male 117,182 2024 26th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 20.6% 2025 up 23.3% 15th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 9.8% 2025 down 2.4% 34th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 11.6% 2025 up 3.8% 29th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 66.1% 2024 up 47.7% 69th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 43.2% 2024 up 54.5% 80th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.35 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% 47th
Primary education, teachers 70.1% 2025 up 1.7% 130th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 18,397 number 2019 down 5.7% 56th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 24.15 % change on previous year 2019 up 217.0% 3rd
Repeaters, primary, total 5.5% 2018 down 29.5% 58th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 3.28 years 2024 up 46.7% 74th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 2.14 years 2024 up 53.3% 86th
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.35 GPIA 2024 down 2.0% 52nd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.4% 2019 down 61.1% 164th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 15.62 years 2024 up 7.9% 55th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 98.2% 2025 down 0.2% 60th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 58,647 number 2018 up 85.1% 35th
Persistence to grade 5, total 92.7% 2021 down 0.1% 81st
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 96.8% 2023 up 3.6% 53rd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 1,463 2024 down 3.9% 48th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 1,417 2024 up 26.6% 51st
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1,906 2024 up 12.7% 57th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2,052 2024 down 17.6% 61st
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 101.5% 2018 down 3.2% 92nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 102.2% 2018 down 4.7% 86th
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 24.1% 2025 up 8.2% 60th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 0.6158 years 2025 up 19.0% 180th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.608 years 2025 up 17.3% 179th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 GPIA 2025 up 1.4% 86th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 69.5% 2025 down 8.4% 191st
Teachers in pre-primary education, male 6,753 2025 up 87.2% 20th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 15,411 2025 up 35.9% 65th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2011 up 3.3% 89th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 37,371 2024 up 70.9% 31st
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 47.3% 2024 up 13.3% 72nd
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 41,626 2024 up 36.4% 31st
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 2.3% 2100 down 13.1% 27th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 1.50 million people 2100 down 13.6% 20th
Population by level of education 34.76 million people 2100 up 9.8% 25th
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.931 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 5.9% 100th
Repeaters, primary, female 3.7% 2018 down 37.3% 62nd
Repeaters, primary, male 7.2% 2018 down 24.7% 51st
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 16.28 years 2024 up 9.3% 53rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 14.98 years 2024 up 6.3% 55th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.08 GPIA 2024 up 2.5% 52nd
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 74.3% 2011 down 15.7% 170th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 99.1% 2025 up 0.9% 49th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 97.3% 2025 down 1.4% 72nd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.982 GPIA 2025 down 2.2% 153rd
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 15,461 number 2019 up 14.6% 58th
School enrollment, secondary, private 1.8% 2024 up 563.8% 161st