Education in Bhutan

129 indicators covering education for Bhutan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 73.0% 2025 up 8.3% 11th
Population ages 0-14 20.4% 2025 down 24.5% 122nd
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 down 7.7% 30th
School enrollment, primary 114.9% 2024 up 9.7% 22nd
Primary education, teachers 3,372 2024 down 7.3% 165th
School enrollment, primary, female 119.3% 2024 up 10.9% 11th
School enrollment, primary, male 110.8% 2024 up 8.6% 40th
Labor force, total 411,263 2025 up 20.4% 160th
Labor force, female 40.4% 2025 up 2.0% 135th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2021 up 2.2% 13th
School enrollment, secondary 86.2% 2024 up 2.4% 122nd
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 6.5 per 1,000 2024 down 8.5% 68th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.8 per 1,000 2024 down 23.8% 60th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 4.5 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% 27th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2.3 per 1,000 2024 down 37.8% 61st
Secondary education, teachers 6,995 2023 up 40.2% 149th
School enrollment, secondary, female 94.0% 2024 up 1.9% 95th
School enrollment, secondary, male 79.0% 2024 up 2.5% 134th
School enrollment, tertiary 13.0% 2024 up 25.6% 150th
School enrollment, primary, private 3.7% 2020 up 33.8% 159th
School enrollment, preprimary 51.9% 2021 up 823.1% 117th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 13.8% 2024 up 46.0% 144th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 12.3% 2024 up 10.3% 149th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.13 GPI 2018 up 16.5% 18th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.11 GPI 2024 up 30.8% 120th
Secondary education, teachers, female 3,010 2023 up 48.2% 147th
Primary completion rate, female 94.8% 2024 down 9.3% 94th
Primary completion rate, male 79.0% 2024 down 10.8% 144th
Government expenditure on education, total 5.8% 2023 up 13.2% 32nd
Secondary education, general pupils 74,638 2018 up 56.4% 154th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 56.6% 2024 down 27.8% 145th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 51.8% 2021 up 783.8% 118th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 52.1% 2021 up 864.4% 114th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 88.7% 2016 up 1.5% 102nd
Government expenditure on education, total 22.2% 2025 down 12.3% 8th
Secondary education, general pupils 52.4% 2018 up 8.3% 20th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 60.9% 2024 down 32.5% 143rd
Lower secondary completion rate, male 52.6% 2024 down 22.9% 148th
Children out of school 10.5% 2024 up 14.9% 50th
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 down 14.3% 25th
Primary education, pupils 91,759 2024 down 9.7% 158th
Secondary education, pupils 67,821 2024 down 8.6% 157th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 93.1% 2016 up 6.1% 87th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 84.6% 2016 up 4.2% 101st
Secondary education, vocational pupils 1,583 2018 up 23.3% 157th
Number of under-five deaths, female 74 2024 down 56.2% 153rd
Number of infant deaths, male 77 2024 down 53.9% 149th
Number of infant deaths, female 59 2024 down 54.3% 152nd
Number of under-five deaths, male 96 2024 down 55.1% 151st
Children out of school, female 6.6% 2024 up 10.7% 72nd
Children out of school, male 14.1% 2024 up 16.4% 41st
Secondary education, vocational pupils 34.9% 2018 up 2.7% 143rd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 105.1% 2018 down 1.2% 63rd
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.1% 2025 up 25.1% 124th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.6% 2025 up 38.1% 153rd
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.2% 2025 up 31.7% 140th
Primary education, teachers 45.8% 2024 up 16.2% 178th
Repeaters, primary, total 7.3% 2018 up 14.2% 47th