Education in Belgium

3,307 indicators covering education for Belgium.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Adjusted location parity index for completion rate, by sex, wealth 0.9746 2021 down 9.6% 37th
Number of enrolled students, graduates and new entrants by field of 0 Persons 2024 down 100.0% 8th
Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 2,497 number 2018 down 0.9% 12th
Education indicators by NUTS 2 region 27.2 2012 down 14.5% 41st
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 8.3% 2023 up 125.4% 16th
Percentage of enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 73.5% 2023 up 1.0% 15th
Initial private expenditure on education (household) as a percentage 0.2% 2022 down 62.4% 75th
Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 4,903 2023 down 11.3% 12th
HICP - EDUCATION 1.7 2025 down 79.3% 27th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, both sexes 87.1% 2021 up 8.3% 25th
Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates — Students 4.4 Percentage of students 2024 down 9.3% 10th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe, adjusted gender 1.42 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% 8th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity 0.9746 LPIA 2021 down 9.6% 35th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa, adjusted gender 0.9747 GPIA 2023 up 46.4% 15th
Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 2,316 2023 down 8.1% 13th
Number of enrolled students, graduates and new entrants by field of 0 Persons 2024 — 6th
Number of national tertiary students enrolled abroad 19,060 Persons 2023 up 63.9% 18th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, both sexes 95.8% 2021 up 18.2% 30th
Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates 4.44 Percentage of students 2024 — 11th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity 1.08 LPIA 2021 up 9.0% 4th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, both sexes 94.3% 2021 up 18.7% 6th
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and 1.42 2023 up 2.1% 6th
Repetition rate by level of education — Repeaters 2.21 Percentage of students 2023 down 11.2% 6th
Share of mobile students enrolled at tertiary level by country of 0.5266 Percentage of students 2023 up 48.5% 21st
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, both sexes 93.4% 2021 up 6.2% 32nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa 0.9318 2023 up 35.4% 17th
Number of students and repeaters by grade and level of education 793,162 Persons 2024 up 2.3% 13th
Number of mobile students enrolled and graduated by country of origin 5 Persons 2024 down 28.6% 15th
Share of students achieving minimum reading proficiency by the end of lower secondary education 74.7% 2022 down 11.0% 26th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 35.8% 2023 up 18.2% 16th
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 60.2% 2022 down 2.4% 54th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 37.6% 2023 up 23.0% 19th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia, adjusted gender 0.9229 GPIA 2023 up 1.4% 32nd
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 8.0% 2023 up 94.0% 12th
Teachers in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 2,587 2023 down 13.9% 11th
Share of repeaters by gender and level of education 49.88 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2023 up 6.4% 1st
Share of children achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math at each education level 68.2% 2022 up 0.1% 21st
Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 65.2% 2022 down 10.2% 37th
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by degree 69.6% 2025 up 21.3% 6th
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by 69.6% 2025 up 21.3% 6th
Number of mobile students enrolled and graduated by country of origin 0 Persons 2024 — 12th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 3.2% 2018 down 31.6% 5th
Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates 3.18 Percentage of students 2024 down 21.6% 11th
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by type 25.8% 2025 up 61.2% 13th
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by type 25.8% 2025 up 61.2% 13th
Early leavers from education and training by citizenship 7.3% 2025 down 27.7% 24th
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by educational attainment level 9.3% 2025 up 1.1% 44th
Share of new entrants to and first-time graduates at tertiary 6.02 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 up 396.1% 20th
Number of students and repeaters by grade and level of education 17,730 Persons 2023 down 8.3% 6th
Distribution of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by 100 Percentage of students 2023 unchanged 1st
Inbound internationally mobile students from East Asia and the 1.3 2023 up 12.8% 14th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 39.3% 2023 up 27.6% 16th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Central and Eastern 1.34 2023 down 14.6% 24th
Share of national tertiary students enrolled abroad 3.72 Percentage of students 2023 up 36.0% 16th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, female 90.3% 2021 up 7.5% 19th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male 83.8% 2021 up 9.4% 23rd
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 7.2% 29th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, female 95.2% 2021 up 14.3% 33rd
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male 96.4% 2021 up 22.1% 27th
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 32.2% 2023 up 32.8% 4th