Education in Azerbaijan

148 indicators covering education for Azerbaijan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 unchanged 192nd
Population ages 15-64 69.6% 2025 down 1.6% 28th
Population ages 0-14 21.2% 2025 down 9.6% 113th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
School enrollment, primary 105.6% 2024 down 0.4% 55th
Primary education, teachers 38,731 2024 down 5.6% 96th
School enrollment, primary, female 105.2% 2024 down 0.2% 54th
School enrollment, primary, male 106.0% 2024 down 0.6% 55th
Labor force, total 5.11 million 2025 up 8.9% 85th
Labor force, female 49.9% 2025 down 2.4% 9th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2021 up 3.0% 38th
School enrollment, secondary 91.1% 2024 up 9.2% 101st
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.7 per 1,000 2024 down 2.6% 118th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.7 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 118th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.6 per 1,000 2024 up 23.1% 92nd
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.6 per 1,000 2024 up 6.7% 82nd
Secondary education, teachers 116,398 2024 down 10.7% 51st
School enrollment, secondary, female 89.6% 2024 down 17.5% 119th
School enrollment, secondary, male 92.4% 2024 down 14.7% 87th
School enrollment, tertiary 41.3% 2024 up 78.5% 100th
School enrollment, primary, private 1.6% 2024 up 240.4% 182nd
School enrollment, preprimary 46.3% 2021 up 74.3% 127th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 36.6% 2024 up 68.6% 93rd
School enrollment, tertiary, female 46.9% 2024 up 89.3% 101st
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9835 GPI 2021 137th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.22 GPI 2024 up 8.5% 93rd
Secondary education, teachers, female 91,161 2024 down 4.0% 39th
Primary completion rate, female 96.2% 2024 down 1.4% 81st
Primary completion rate, male 98.1% 2024 down 0.5% 56th
Government expenditure on education, total 3.7% 2023 up 49.9% 119th
Secondary education, general pupils 792,449 2018 down 20.4% 73rd
Lower secondary completion rate, total 80.3% 2024 down 7.3% 117th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 46.2% 2021 up 76.7% 126th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 46.4% 2021 up 72.2% 125th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.3% 2023 up 2.1% 22nd
Government expenditure on education, total 11.9% 2025 up 56.3% 114th
Secondary education, general pupils 46.1% 2018 down 2.9% 186th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 80.3% 2024 down 6.7% 124th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 80.3% 2024 down 7.8% 107th
Children out of school 0.0% 2024 down 96.4% 195th
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 186th
Primary education, pupils 603,966 2024 up 16.7% 99th
Secondary education, pupils 1.06 million 2024 up 38.0% 72nd
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.4% 2023 up 4.6% 21st
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.2% 2023 down 0.7% 24th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 152,777 2018 55th
Number of under-five deaths, male 1,268 2024 down 59.5% 90th
Number of under-five deaths, female 1,004 2024 down 58.0% 90th
Number of infant deaths, male 861 2024 down 64.9% 97th
Number of infant deaths, female 674 2024 down 63.2% 97th
Children out of school, female 0.0% 2024 down 99.2% 176th
Children out of school, male 0.0% 2024 down 66.6% 177th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 50.1% 2018 30th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 94.9% 2018 down 0.2% 150th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.5% 2025 up 10.0% 85th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.3% 2025 up 7.6% 85th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.7% 2025 up 14.7% 99th
Primary education, teachers 94.2% 2024 up 4.4% 15th
Repeaters, primary, total 0.1% 2018 down 56.8% 160th