Education in Central Europe and the Baltics

109 indicators covering education for Central Europe and the Baltics.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 0-14 14.8% 2025 down 1.9%
Population ages 15-64 64.3% 2025 down 5.4%
School enrollment, primary 98.6% 2024 up 0.9%
Primary education, teachers 337,770 2024 down 14.8%
School enrollment, primary, female 98.4% 2024 up 0.8%
School enrollment, primary, male 98.8% 2024 up 1.0%
Labor force, female 45.8% 2025 up 1.1%
Labor force, total 48.84 million 2025 down 0.4%
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9848 GPI 2020 down 0.6%
School enrollment, secondary 99.3% 2024 down 4.0%
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.4919 per 1,000 2024 down 22.5%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.6176 per 1,000 2024 down 23.3%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.68 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3%
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.55 per 1,000 2024 down 11.9%
Secondary education, teachers 810,833 2024 up 7.1%
School enrollment, secondary, female 99.3% 2024 down 3.1%
School enrollment, secondary, male 99.3% 2024 down 4.7%
School enrollment, tertiary 68.5% 2024 up 6.5%
School enrollment, preprimary 94.0% 2020 up 20.0%
School enrollment, tertiary, female 80.9% 2024 up 6.8%
School enrollment, tertiary, male 56.7% 2024 up 6.2%
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9981 GPI 2020 up 0.2%
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.3 GPI 2024 up 0.3%
Secondary education, teachers, female 583,489 2024 up 8.6%
Primary completion rate, female 96.8% 2024 up 0.4%
Primary completion rate, male 97.2% 2024 up 0.6%
Government expenditure on education, total 4.3% 2022 down 2.6%
Secondary education, general pupils 5.28 million 2018 down 20.2%
Lower secondary completion rate, total 103.0% 2024 up 9.7%
School enrollment, preprimary, female 93.6% 2020 up 19.8%
School enrollment, preprimary, male 94.3% 2020 up 20.1%
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 98.9% 2023 up 1.7%
Government expenditure on education, total 10.4% 2022 down 4.8%
Secondary education, general pupils 51.0% 2018 down 1.3%
Lower secondary completion rate, female 103.7% 2024 up 10.5%
Lower secondary completion rate, male 102.3% 2024 up 8.9%
Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 down 20.0%
Primary education, pupils 4.52 million 2024 down 10.8%
Secondary education, duration 8 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, pupils 8.33 million 2024 up 5.9%
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.0% 2023 up 1.6%
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 98.8% 2023 up 1.8%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 2.02 million 2018 down 22.8%
Number of infant deaths, female 1,537 2024 down 32.6%
Number of infant deaths, male 1,974 2024 down 32.9%
Number of under-five deaths, female 1,880 2024 down 31.3%
Number of under-five deaths, male 2,397 2024 down 31.8%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 41.6% 2018 up 1.4%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 77.1% 2018 down 23.7%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.2% 2025 down 47.4%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 46.6%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 47.0%
Primary education, teachers 91.6% 2024 up 2.8%
Repeaters, primary, total 1.0% 2018 down 25.3%
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 541 2024 down 21.8%
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 680 2024 down 12.6%
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1,812 2024 down 15.6%
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2,562 2024 down 33.4%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 76.2% 2018 down 24.3%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 78.1% 2018 down 23.1%