Education in Belgium 3,307 indicators covering education for Belgium. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.02 modelled data 2025 down 0.4% 78th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 90.7% 2025 up 5.3% 72nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 86.3% 2025 up 4.3% 45th Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 90.7% 2025 up 4.4% 40th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.09 modelled data 2025 up 0.1% 67th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 82.2% 2025 up 4.2% 49th Teachers in secondary education, male 49,666 2023 up 3.5% 53rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.6% 2025 down 27.5% 97th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.1% 2025 down 32.4% 68th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.9% 2025 down 30.4% 81st Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 95.6% 2023 up 17.4% 29th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 69.5% 2023 up 11.2% 25th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.27 GPIA 2023 up 3.3% 78th Primary education, teachers 82.7% 2023 up 1.3% 72nd Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 36,162 number 2018 up 19.7% 36th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year 2018 up 166.5% 105th Repeaters, primary, total 2.2% 2017 down 30.1% 95th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4.63 years 2023 up 16.9% 32nd School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.41 years 2023 up 10.7% 30th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.26 GPIA 2023 up 3.4% 82nd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.5% 2018 down 56.6% 153rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 18.92 years 2023 down 2.2% 7th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 31,336 number 2018 up 17.7% 45th Persistence to grade 5, total 99.2% 2022 up 0.1% 25th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 77.8% 1987 up 13.5% 129th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 41 2024 down 25.5% 128th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 53 2024 down 11.7% 128th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 135 2024 down 18.2% 127th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 213 2024 down 28.3% 124th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 98.4% 2017 down 1.0% 129th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 96.7% 2017 down 1.3% 140th Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 1.7% 2023 up 9.2% 151st School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 3.52 years 2023 up 0.9% 11th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 3.55 years 2023 up 1.4% 11th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.991 GPIA 2023 down 0.5% 139th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 95.4% 2023 down 1.3% 129th Teachers in pre-primary education, male 1,754 2023 up 58.4% 46th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 36,751 2023 up 12.9% 37th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.11 GPI 2018 down 0.1% 21st Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 16,094 2023 up 14.8% 44th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 50.4% 2023 up 7.4% 47th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 15,866 2023 down 0.1% 52nd Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.1% 2100 down 35.0% 165th Number of adults with no formal education by region 7,400 people 2100 down 35.7% 129th Population by level of education 7.08 million people 2100 up 5.7% 71st Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.21 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 3.4% 39th Repeaters, primary, female 2.1% 2017 down 30.6% 86th Repeaters, primary, male 2.3% 2017 down 29.7% 96th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 20.04 years 2023 down 1.5% 9th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 17.85 years 2023 down 2.8% 12th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% 22nd Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 96.6% 2018 down 1.4% 97th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 34,923 number 2018 up 18.1% 32nd School enrollment, secondary, private 58.5% 2023 down 0.0% 11th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1.05 GPIA 1987 down 0.1% 35th School enrollment, primary 98.8% 2017 up 1.8% 18th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 79.9% 1987 up 13.4% 114th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 75.7% 1987 up 13.5% 113th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% 60th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 0.3% 2018 down 72.4% 153rd ← Previous Page 8 of 56 Next →