Education in Argentina

117 indicators covering education for Argentina.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
Population ages 0-14 21.0% 2025 down 15.6% 117th
Population ages 15-64 66.3% 2025 up 3.5% 71st
School enrollment, primary 102.5% 2023 down 10.4% 76th
Primary education, teachers 288,776 2008 up 23.3% 21st
School enrollment, primary, female 103.2% 2023 down 10.2% 69th
School enrollment, primary, male 101.9% 2023 down 10.6% 89th
Labor force, female 43.0% 2025 up 5.1% 114th
Labor force, total 22.42 million 2025 up 15.9% 33rd
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2020 up 1.8% 51st
School enrollment, secondary 105.6% 2023 up 1.0% 38th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 10.0% 123rd
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.2 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 112th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.9 per 1,000 2024 down 25.6% 114th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 4.4 per 1,000 2024 down 13.7% 105th
Secondary education, teachers 323,957 2008 up 25.7% 25th
School enrollment, secondary, female 108.0% 2023 down 1.2% 33rd
School enrollment, secondary, male 103.3% 2023 up 3.2% 45th
School enrollment, tertiary 107.8% 2023 up 37.2% 9th
School enrollment, primary, private 25.8% 2023 up 1.9% 45th
School enrollment, preprimary 76.2% 2020 up 10.6% 82nd
School enrollment, tertiary, female 140.2% 2023 up 43.2% 4th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 76.9% 2023 up 28.1% 18th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2020 down 4.8% 66th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.45 GPI 2023 up 4.7% 20th
Secondary education, teachers, female 221,331 2008 up 24.4% 23rd
Primary completion rate, female 99.9% 2023 down 3.4% 44th
Primary completion rate, male 98.0% 2023 down 4.9% 57th
Government expenditure on education, total 5.0% 2023 down 8.0% 65th
Secondary education, general pupils 4.61 million 2017 up 18.4% 22nd
Lower secondary completion rate, total 95.0% 2023 up 7.6% 64th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 76.7% 2020 up 10.5% 83rd
School enrollment, preprimary, male 75.7% 2020 up 10.7% 80th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 97.6% 2022 up 3.2% 47th
Government expenditure on education, total 13.2% 2023 down 8.5% 86th
Secondary education, general pupils 50.2% 2017 down 3.5% 88th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 98.2% 2023 up 8.1% 42nd
Lower secondary completion rate, male 92.0% 2023 up 7.1% 76th
Children out of school 0.7% 2023 up 959.0% 160th
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Primary education, pupils 4.58 million 2023 down 0.9% 37th
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st
Secondary education, pupils 4.56 million 2023 up 11.9% 27th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 97.8% 2022 up 3.8% 49th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 97.5% 2022 up 2.7% 42nd
Secondary education, vocational pupils 518,357 1998 down 55.4% 26th
Number of infant deaths, female 1,757 2024 down 49.6% 71st
Number of infant deaths, male 2,291 2024 down 48.8% 71st
Number of under-five deaths, female 2,118 2024 down 48.0% 71st
Number of under-five deaths, male 2,721 2024 down 47.7% 72nd
Secondary education, vocational pupils 43.0% 1998 down 0.8% 77th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 106.2% 2017 up 0.1% 52nd
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 8.1% 2025 down 6.5% 61st
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.4% 2025 down 5.9% 63rd
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.1% 2025 down 5.7% 60th
Primary education, teachers 87.4% 2008 down 1.9% 47th
Repeaters, primary, total 3.3% 2017 down 45.9% 73rd
Persistence to grade 5, total 98.0% 2022 up 2.1% 36th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 641 2024 down 8.3% 66th