Education in Belarus

139 indicators covering education for Belarus.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 65.8% 2025 down 5.3% 76th
Population ages 0-14 15.9% 2025 down 1.7% 167th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 unchanged 192nd
School enrollment, primary 96.8% 2024 down 2.0% 140th
Primary education, teachers 22,228 2024 down 0.7% 118th
School enrollment, primary, female 96.8% 2024 down 2.2% 137th
School enrollment, primary, male 96.9% 2024 down 1.9% 138th
Labor force, total 4.80 million 2025 down 5.9% 90th
Labor force, female 49.2% 2025 down 1.1% 19th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2021 up 0.6% 53rd
School enrollment, secondary 94.8% 2024 down 8.4% 82nd
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.2 per 1,000 2024 down 46.3% 158th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 39.1% 163rd
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 down 37.5% 163rd
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 down 50.0% 161st
Secondary education, teachers 71,514 2024 down 11.2% 74th
School enrollment, secondary, female 95.1% 2024 down 7.3% 88th
School enrollment, secondary, male 94.5% 2024 down 9.5% 80th
School enrollment, tertiary 70.1% 2024 down 25.7% 51st
School enrollment, primary, private 0.1% 2024 up 28.8% 197th
School enrollment, preprimary 96.8% 2021 down 7.8% 30th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 65.0% 2024 down 20.0% 34th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 75.6% 2024 down 30.1% 59th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9849 GPI 2021 up 1.8% 136th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.14 GPI 2024 down 8.7% 116th
Secondary education, teachers, female 58,138 2024 down 10.6% 53rd
Primary completion rate, female 96.2% 2024 down 4.7% 83rd
Primary completion rate, male 95.4% 2024 down 5.3% 82nd
Government expenditure on education, total 5.0% 2024 up 4.7% 63rd
Secondary education, general pupils 566,765 2018 down 26.6% 90th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 100.8% 2024 up 0.3% 21st
School enrollment, preprimary, female 93.8% 2021 down 9.4% 42nd
School enrollment, preprimary, male 99.6% 2021 down 6.3% 27th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 97.9% 2023 down 0.5% 45th
Government expenditure on education, total 12.3% 2024 down 0.5% 104th
Secondary education, general pupils 49.9% 2018 up 0.7% 97th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 100.4% 2024 down 0.1% 31st
Lower secondary completion rate, male 101.2% 2024 up 0.6% 16th
Children out of school 4.5% 2024 up 191.1% 89th
Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 186th
Primary education, pupils 444,044 2024 up 20.4% 114th
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Secondary education, pupils 729,741 2024 up 12.5% 93rd
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 98.1% 2023 down 0.0% 44th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 97.6% 2023 down 0.9% 41st
Secondary education, vocational pupils 82,592 2018 down 23.3% 77th
Number of under-five deaths, male 90 2024 down 69.2% 154th
Number of under-five deaths, female 67 2024 down 68.5% 156th
Number of infant deaths, male 66 2024 down 70.7% 156th
Number of infant deaths, female 50 2024 down 69.7% 156th
Children out of school, female 5.5% 2024 up 152.8% 84th
Children out of school, male 3.6% 2024 up 274.5% 105th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 37.4% 2018 up 4.8% 130th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 94.1% 2018 down 13.3% 155th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.7% 2025 down 37.0% 159th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.4% 2025 down 42.5% 132nd
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 45.8% 116th
Primary education, teachers 99.5% 2024 down 0.0% 1st
Repeaters, primary, total 0.0% 2018 up 1.2% 171st