Education in Canada 777 indicators covering education for Canada. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average years of schooling among adults 13.87 years 2023 up 1.8% 5th Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 13.87 years 2023 up 1.8% 5th Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 13.87 years 2023 up 1.8% 5th Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 7.8% 2023 up 6.3% 169th Average years of schooling, males vs. females 13.79 years 2023 up 1.3% 5th Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 15.35 years 2023 up 0.0% 50th Duration of compulsory education 10 years 2025 unchanged 86th Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st Government expenditure on education, total 4.8% 2022 down 7.9% 69th Secondary education, general pupils 2.52 million 2017 down 3.6% 39th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 107.8% 2018 up 7.4% 31st School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 12.86 years 2018 up 7.0% 35th School enrollment, preprimary, male 49.3% 2020 — 120th School enrollment, preprimary, female 48.6% 2020 — 124th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 3.36 years 2018 up 6.5% 31st Government expenditure on education, total 10.7% 2022 down 12.8% 140th Secondary education, general pupils 49.1% 2017 up 0.3% 141st Children out of school 5.0% 2023 up 713.5% 79th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 509,589 number 1996 up 20.7% 52nd Share of children in primary school age who are in school 95.0% 2023 down 4.4% 125th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, pupils 2.43 million 2023 up 10.2% 61st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Secondary education, pupils 2.70 million 2023 up 0.2% 41st Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 5.0% 2023 up 713.5% 83rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 107.6% 2018 up 6.5% 32nd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 107.9% 2018 up 8.3% 27th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 12.84 years 2018 up 6.1% 38th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 1 GPI 2018 up 1.6% 90th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 12.88 years 2018 up 7.9% 37th Secondary education, vocational pupils 128,399 2017 up 10.4% 60th Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 95.1% 2023 down 4.3% 96th Number of under-five deaths, male 1,082 2024 down 5.4% 95th Number of under-five deaths, female 867 2024 down 7.2% 96th Number of infant deaths, male 938 2024 down 5.5% 94th Number of infant deaths, female 754 2024 down 7.6% 93rd School life expectancy, tertiary, male 2.9 years 2018 up 8.4% 34th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.32 GPI 2018 down 3.1% 69th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 3.84 years 2018 up 5.0% 32nd Teachers in primary education, female 96,008 number 2000 down 6.7% 41st Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2023 up 0.1% 89th Children out of school, female 4.9% 2023 up 731.7% 89th Children out of school, male 5.1% 2023 up 697.5% 89th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 248,071 number 1996 up 20.8% 52nd Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 4.7% 1996 up 34.3% 168th Secondary education, vocational pupils 45.9% 2017 up 6.3% 61st Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 5.1% 2017 up 8.8% 126th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 16.22 years 2018 up 6.9% 35th Productivity vs. educational attainment 61.96 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 1.1% 21st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 99.8% 2011 down 1.2% 113th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 4.3% 2023 up 8.3% 117th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.9% 2025 down 0.5% 63rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 7.2% 2025 down 3.9% 53rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.6% 2025 up 4.0% 79th Primary education, teachers 75.1% 2022 — 116th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 12,880 number 1996 up 2.0% 71st Repeaters, primary, total 0.0% 2011 — 178th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.2% 2018 down 61.4% 173rd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 173,685 number 2016 down 17.5% 12th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 1,435 2024 up 16.6% 74th ← Previous Page 2 of 13 Next →