Education in Belgium 135 indicators covering education for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 15-64 63.3% 2025 down 2.3% 127th Population ages 0-14 15.7% 2025 down 7.6% 169th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 102.1% 2023 down 1.0% 81st Primary education, teachers 80,763 2023 up 17.8% 66th School enrollment, primary, female 102.1% 2023 down 1.1% 79th School enrollment, primary, male 102.1% 2023 down 1.0% 87th Labor force, total 5.46 million 2025 up 9.4% 82nd Labor force, female 46.8% 2025 up 1.5% 71st School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2020 up 1.7% 34th School enrollment, secondary 143.0% 2023 down 11.7% 2nd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.6 per 1,000 2024 down 23.8% 180th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1 per 1,000 2024 down 23.1% 186th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 177th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.3 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 178th Secondary education, teachers 137,795 2023 up 7.9% 44th School enrollment, secondary, female 152.6% 2023 down 11.6% 2nd School enrollment, secondary, male 133.9% 2023 down 11.6% 7th School enrollment, tertiary 82.1% 2023 up 14.4% 24th School enrollment, primary, private 53.9% 2023 down 0.6% 11th School enrollment, preprimary 112.4% 2020 down 5.8% 9th School enrollment, tertiary, female 95.6% 2023 up 17.4% 29th School enrollment, tertiary, male 69.5% 2023 up 11.2% 25th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.13 GPI 2020 down 0.8% 17th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.27 GPI 2023 up 3.3% 76th Secondary education, teachers, female 88,129 2023 up 10.6% 41st Government expenditure on education, total 6.3% 2022 down 4.4% 24th Secondary education, general pupils 661,906 2017 up 37.2% 82nd Lower secondary completion rate, total 92.4% 2023 down 1.1% 81st School enrollment, preprimary, female 113.2% 2020 down 4.9% 5th School enrollment, preprimary, male 111.7% 2020 down 6.7% 9th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 77.8% 1987 up 13.5% 128th Government expenditure on education, total 12.0% 2022 up 2.9% 110th Secondary education, general pupils 52.6% 2017 up 2.7% 16th Lower secondary completion rate, female 93.9% 2023 down 1.5% 77th Lower secondary completion rate, male 91.1% 2023 down 0.7% 80th Children out of school 1.7% 2023 down 8.3% 134th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 814,388 2023 up 6.6% 91st Secondary education, pupils 1.18 million 2023 down 2.0% 66th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 79.9% 1987 up 13.4% 114th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 75.7% 1987 up 13.5% 113th Secondary education, vocational pupils 524,924 2017 down 28.9% 25th Number of under-five deaths, male 217 2024 down 26.4% 128th Number of under-five deaths, female 168 2024 down 24.3% 128th Number of infant deaths, male 180 2024 down 26.2% 129th Number of infant deaths, female 138 2024 down 24.6% 129th Children out of school, female 1.7% 2023 down 8.5% 140th Children out of school, male 1.6% 2023 down 8.0% 144th Secondary education, vocational pupils 50.5% 2017 down 3.8% 26th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 97.5% 2017 down 1.2% 135th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.9% 2025 down 30.4% 80th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.1% 2025 down 32.4% 68th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.6% 2025 down 27.5% 96th Primary education, teachers 82.7% 2023 up 1.3% 72nd Repeaters, primary, total 2.2% 2017 down 30.1% 95th Persistence to grade 5, total 99.2% 2022 up 0.1% 25th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 53 2024 down 11.7% 128th Page 1 of 3 Next →