Education in Belgium

3,307 indicators covering education for Belgium.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of under-five deaths, male 217 2024 down 26.4% 128th
School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes 8.46 years 2023 down 8.2% 7th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4.33 years 2018 up 27.7% 21st
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.3 GPI 2018 up 2.5% 72nd
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.33 years 2018 up 24.5% 23rd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 14.57 years 2023 down 5.4% 7th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 122.9% 2023 down 7.3% 6th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2017 down 33.2% 96th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0053 number per person 2018 up 7.3% 35th
Teachers in primary education, female 60,286 number 2018 up 14.5% 57th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 8,561 2022 down 18.6% 73rd
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 8,823 2022 down 23.3% 79th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 1.98 number per square kilometre 2018 up 13.9% 21st
Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 0.9995 index 2023 up 0.0% 107th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per unit of GDP 0 number per US$ of GDP 2018 up 9.1% 166th
Children out of school, female 1.7% 2023 down 8.5% 140th
Children out of school, male 1.6% 2023 down 8.0% 144th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 31,960 2023 up 6.9% 49th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 219,347 number 2018 up 8.1% 58th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 82.1% 2023 up 14.4% 24th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 127.7% 2023 down 7.5% 3rd
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 152.6% 2023 down 11.6% 2nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.07 GPIA 2023 down 0.3% 10th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 118.3% 2023 down 7.1% 6th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 133.9% 2023 down 11.6% 7th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.12 GPIA 2023 down 0.0% 21st
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 52.9% 2018 up 0.8% 60th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 15.07 years 2023 down 5.2% 6th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 14.09 years 2023 down 5.5% 8th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 0.3% 15th
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 4 years 2023 up 14.0% 27th
School life expectancy, secondary, female 8.97 years 2023 down 7.8% 6th
School life expectancy, secondary, male 7.98 years 2023 down 8.7% 15th
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% 24th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 50.5% 2017 down 3.8% 26th
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 45.3% 2017 down 24.3% 5th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 0 2022 1st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 1st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Outbound mobility ratio to the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 2nd
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 19.56 years 2018 up 3.0% 4th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 38,505 2023 up 14.4% 38th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 3.53 years 2023 up 1.2% 10th
Productivity vs. educational attainment 84.4 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 8.7% 8th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 97.5% 2017 down 1.2% 135th
Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (modelled data) 98.9% 2025 up 0.4% 60th
Completion rate, primary education, female (modelled data) 99.5% 2025 up 0.5% 53rd
Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 modelled data 2025 up 0.2% 75th
Completion rate, primary education, male (modelled data) 98.4% 2025 up 0.3% 67th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate -3.74 % change on previous year 2017 down 525.3% 139th
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 64.0% 2023 up 2.5% 79th
Teachers in secondary education, female 88,129 2023 up 10.6% 41st
Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 39.0% 2023 down 13.8% 6th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 91.7% 2025 up 5.1% 75th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 92.7% 2025 up 4.8% 79th