Education in Bhutan

129 indicators covering education for Bhutan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 89.5% 2017 down 3.1% 94th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 25 2024 down 49.0% 143rd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 58 2024 down 24.7% 122nd
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 65 2024 down 30.9% 148th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 96 2024 down 18.6% 148th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 104.6% 2018 down 3.4% 72nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 105.7% 2018 up 0.9% 60th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 2.1% 2100 down 39.1% 29th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 14,100 people 2100 down 44.0% 113th
Population by level of education 264,200 people 2100 up 0.9% 166th
Repeaters, primary, female 6.1% 2018 up 9.5% 47th
Repeaters, primary, male 8.5% 2018 up 17.6% 42nd
School enrollment, secondary, private 10.3% 2018 up 12.0% 110th
School enrollment, primary 88.0% 2018 up 10.8% 131st
Trained teachers in primary education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Over-age students, primary 11.5% 2018 down 42.2% 57th
Secondary education, teachers 43.0% 2023 up 5.7% 154th
School enrollment, primary, female 88.5% 2018 up 9.9% 103rd
School enrollment, primary, male 87.5% 2018 up 11.7% 115th
Over-age students, primary, male 12.0% 2018 down 41.6% 61st
Over-age students, primary, female 11.1% 2018 down 42.8% 54th
Progression to secondary school 99.6% 2016 up 1.8% 30th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 90.1% 2018 up 12.1% 132nd
Trained teachers in primary education, female 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Trained teachers in primary education, male 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Primary education, pupils 49.3% 2018 down 0.5% 34th
Tertiary education, academic staff 35.4% 2023 up 29.1% 120th
Persistence to grade 5, female 92.5% 2017 down 6.1% 80th
Persistence to grade 5, male 86.8% 2017 down 6.3% 90th
School enrollment, secondary 70.2% 2018 up 59.3% 100th
Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 up 50.0% 104th
Progression to secondary school, male 99.1% 2016 up 3.7% 50th
School enrollment, secondary, female 76.5% 2018 up 70.6% 92nd
School enrollment, secondary, male 64.1% 2018 up 48.2% 103rd
Progression to secondary school, female 100.0% 2016 up 2.4% 1st
Expenditure on tertiary education 10.3% 2014 down 26.6% 137th
Literacy rate, youth female 97.2% 2022 up 18.3% 58th
Children out of school, primary 8,385 2024 down 6.0% 118th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 90.8% 2018 up 11.3% 104th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 89.4% 2018 up 12.8% 117th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 34.67 2018 up 16.0% 34th
Expenditure on secondary education 41.5% 2015 down 18.6% 20th
Expenditure on primary education 32.0% 2014 up 65.1% 78th
Secondary education, pupils 52.0% 2018 up 8.0% 12th
Children out of school, primary, female 2,533 2024 down 10.1% 128th
Children out of school, primary, male 5,852 2024 down 4.2% 113th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education 97.9% 2023 down 2.1% 38th
Adolescents out of school 10.1% 2024 down 39.0% 65th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 98.4% 2023 down 1.6% 34th
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 97.5% 2023 down 2.5% 39th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 10.81 2018 down 54.5% 140th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 11.12 2018 down 1.6% 148th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, male 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Adolescents out of school, female 1.7% 2024 down 76.5% 130th
Adolescents out of school, male 17.7% 2024 down 28.0% 47th
Trained teachers in lower secondary education 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 15.59 2018 up 144.8% 86th
Trained teachers in upper secondary education 96.0% 2023 down 4.0% 37th