Education in East Asia & Pacific

96 indicators covering education for East Asia & Pacific.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 68.5% 2025 down 1.7%
Population ages 0-14 17.6% 2025 down 13.4%
School enrollment, primary 100.0% 2024 down 1.7%
Primary education, teachers 10.94 million 2024 up 6.2%
School enrollment, primary, female 100.1% 2024 down 1.8%
School enrollment, primary, male 100.0% 2024 down 1.7%
Labor force, total 1.28 billion 2025 up 2.9%
Labor force, female 44.6% 2025 up 1.7%
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.997 GPI 2020 up 0.5%
School enrollment, secondary 92.0% 2024 up 5.9%
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 23.5%
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.5 per 1,000 2024 unchanged
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 18.8%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.3 per 1,000 2024 down 14.8%
Secondary education, teachers 11.42 million 2024 up 13.7%
School enrollment, secondary, female 92.5% 2024 up 5.0%
School enrollment, secondary, male 91.6% 2024 up 6.7%
School enrollment, tertiary 63.3% 2024 up 51.2%
School enrollment, preprimary 83.2% 2020 up 52.5%
School enrollment, tertiary, male 59.2% 2024 up 51.0%
School enrollment, tertiary, female 67.9% 2024 up 51.5%
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.13 GPI 2024 up 0.3%
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2020 up 2.1%
Secondary education, teachers, female 6.83 million 2024 up 30.1%
Primary completion rate, male 95.2% 2022 down 1.3%
Primary completion rate, female 95.5% 2022 down 2.7%
Government expenditure on education, total 3.5% 2023 down 10.8%
Secondary education, general pupils 131.00 million 2018 down 5.1%
Lower secondary completion rate, total 97.3% 2024 up 11.9%
School enrollment, preprimary, male 83.6% 2020 up 51.5%
School enrollment, preprimary, female 82.8% 2020 up 53.6%
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 95.5% 2021 up 9.7%
Government expenditure on education, total 13.0% 2023 down 22.4%
Secondary education, general pupils 48.9% 2018 up 1.4%
Lower secondary completion rate, female 97.8% 2024 up 9.8%
Lower secondary completion rate, male 96.8% 2024 up 13.9%
Primary education, pupils 191.34 million 2024 up 6.5%
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, pupils 174.05 million 2024 up 11.4%
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 95.0% 2021 up 10.0%
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 96.0% 2021 up 9.3%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 24.90 million 2018 down 3.1%
Number of infant deaths, female 97,812 2024 down 50.1%
Number of infant deaths, male 128,128 2024 down 50.6%
Number of under-five deaths, female 122,280 2024 down 50.1%
Number of under-five deaths, male 160,673 2024 down 50.4%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 42.6% 2018 down 11.6%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 103.6% 2018 down 2.7%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.8% 2025 down 6.9%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 6.7%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.4% 2025 down 7.0%
Primary education, teachers 74.6% 2024 up 15.1%
Repeaters, primary, total 0.7% 2018 down 50.6%
Persistence to grade 5, total 99.2% 2019
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 41,436 2024 down 10.4%
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 39,263 2024 down 26.7%
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 70,891 2024 down 16.7%
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 103,578 2024 down 17.5%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 103.7% 2018 down 3.4%