Education in Belgium 3,307 indicators covering education for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal 3 2025 unchanged 10th Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in 12 2025 unchanged 26th End of the academic school year 2,023 tertiary education 2023 up 0.5% 109th Outbound mobility ratio to the Pacific, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 up 28.4% 82nd Enrolment in upper secondary education, male 346,119 2023 down 4.3% 57th Tertiary education, academic staff 50.4% 2023 up 7.4% 46th Start month of the academic school year 9 tertiary education 2023 unchanged 32nd End month of the academic school year 6 tertiary education 2023 unchanged 134th Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 1,758 2023 down 87.0% 97th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 1 modelled data 2025 unchanged 70th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female 4.4% 2017 down 32.0% 59th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male 5.0% 2017 down 32.7% 65th Outbound mobility ratio to Central and Eastern Europe, male (UIS) 0.1% 2023 up 91.3% 134th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 161.1% 2023 down 8.3% 2nd Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 up 11.2% 89th Persistence to grade 5, female 99.9% 2022 down 0.1% 11th Persistence to grade 5, male 98.6% 2022 up 0.3% 29th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 117.4% 2023 down 3.2% 9th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 166.9% 2023 down 7.5% 2nd Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 155.6% 2023 down 9.1% 3rd Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 1.5% 31st Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 3.3% 2023 up 19.4% 86th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.0% 2023 up 9.5% 95th Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 3.5% 2023 up 19.8% 135th School enrollment, secondary 94.9% 2017 down 1.5% 21st School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 9.29 years 2023 down 2.3% 78th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 118.9% 2023 down 3.0% 7th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 0.4% 31st Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 116.0% 2023 down 3.4% 13th Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, female 824 2023 down 25.9% 75th Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, male 1,039 2023 down 21.8% 79th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 83.3% 2023 up 4.6% 192nd School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 713,791 2024 down 5.4% 87th School age population, early childhood education, female 349,441 2024 down 5.2% 87th School age population, early childhood education, male 364,350 2024 down 5.6% 87th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 133.7% 2023 down 13.7% 10th Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 10,531 2023 up 14.8% 47th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 12,289 2023 down 45.8% 78th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 9.2 years 2023 down 2.7% 85th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 9.38 years 2023 down 1.9% 74th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% 39th Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes 2.2% 2021 down 27.9% 91st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 43.3% 2018 down 29.1% 5th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 56.8% 2018 down 22.1% 20th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 145.2% 2023 down 14.0% 8th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.15 GPI 2023 down 0.5% 28th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 122.8% 2023 down 13.4% 14th Official entrance age to early childhood education 0 years 2025 — 145th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 16.3% 2023 down 21.2% 8th Theoretical duration of early childhood education 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 17.0% 2023 down 14.4% 6th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 83.7% 2023 up 5.5% 191st Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 113.2% 2023 down 2.7% 7th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 83.0% 2023 up 3.6% 193rd Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 45.2% 2023 up 13.6% 169th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 515,530 number 2018 up 28.4% 49th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 16.7% 2023 down 17.8% 8th School enrollment, secondary, female 95.1% 2017 down 1.8% 23rd School enrollment, secondary, male 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