Education in Bahamas 128 indicators covering education for Bahamas. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 70.4% 2025 up 2.7% 22nd Population ages 0-14 17.5% 2025 down 17.5% 146th Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th School enrollment, primary 92.9% 2024 down 1.6% 166th Primary education, teachers 1,497 2024 down 14.1% 175th School enrollment, primary, female 91.6% 2024 down 3.1% 169th School enrollment, primary, male 94.1% 2024 down 0.2% 158th Labor force, total 245,159 2025 up 9.3% 171st Labor force, female 50.7% 2025 up 2.0% 8th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9689 GPI 2006 down 6.8% 145th School enrollment, secondary 79.5% 2024 down 13.2% 138th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 6.9 per 1,000 2024 down 42.5% 64th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3 per 1,000 2024 down 48.3% 111th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 18.8% 108th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1 per 1,000 2024 down 33.3% 115th Secondary education, teachers 2,192 2024 down 13.5% 167th School enrollment, secondary, female 80.9% 2024 down 13.3% 141st School enrollment, secondary, male 78.1% 2024 down 13.2% 137th School enrollment, tertiary 14.8% 1995 up 3.8% 145th School enrollment, primary, private 27.5% 2024 up 13.3% 43rd School enrollment, preprimary 39.7% 2019 up 10.5% 137th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2013 up 1.1% 60th Secondary education, teachers, female 1,440 2024 down 18.1% 157th Primary completion rate, female 88.4% 2019 down 9.6% 129th Primary completion rate, male 87.3% 2019 down 8.2% 123rd Government expenditure on education, total 2.7% 2023 up 13.1% 160th Secondary education, general pupils 26,884 2018 down 21.8% 168th Lower secondary completion rate, total 95.3% 2010 up 8.5% 61st School enrollment, preprimary, female 41.5% 2019 up 14.6% 134th School enrollment, preprimary, male 38.1% 2019 up 6.7% 137th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 64.8% 2012 down 20.4% 154th Government expenditure on education, total 10.6% 2025 down 8.1% 141st Secondary education, general pupils 51.7% 2018 up 3.4% 37th Lower secondary completion rate, female 95.6% 2010 up 8.9% 63rd Lower secondary completion rate, male 94.9% 2010 up 8.2% 56th Children out of school 15.9% 2024 up 393.9% 36th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 26,817 2024 down 15.4% 177th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 26,561 2024 down 16.2% 173rd Persistence to last grade of primary, female 64.6% 2012 down 23.4% 141st Persistence to last grade of primary, male 65.1% 2012 down 17.4% 132nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 0 1997 — 185th Number of under-five deaths, male 30 2024 down 25.0% 168th Number of under-five deaths, female 24 2024 down 29.4% 167th Number of infant deaths, male 26 2024 down 25.7% 168th Number of infant deaths, female 22 2024 down 26.7% 167th Children out of school, female 16.3% 2024 up 738.4% 35th Children out of school, male 15.5% 2024 up 246.9% 38th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 83.3% 2018 down 18.2% 177th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 9.3% 2025 down 16.3% 39th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 9.2% 2025 down 29.3% 57th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 9.2% 2025 down 23.3% 43rd Primary education, teachers 91.1% 2024 up 1.4% 27th Repeaters, primary, total 3.2% 2018 — 75th Persistence to grade 5, total 70.2% 2015 down 17.4% 142nd Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 5 2024 down 44.4% 172nd Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 7 2024 down 22.2% 168th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 17 2024 down 52.8% 169th Page 1 of 3 Next →