Education in Eritrea 510 indicators covering education for Eritrea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 0-14 37.6% 2025 down 10.7% 38th Population ages 15-64 58.2% 2025 up 7.8% 182nd Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Duration of pre-primary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 146th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years 2025 unchanged 14th Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th School enrollment, primary 89.7% 2022 up 8.6% 177th Primary education, teachers 12,025 2022 up 47.3% 133rd Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.68 live births per woman 2024 down 13.9% 37th School enrollment, primary, female 82.4% 2022 up 10.5% 187th School enrollment, primary, male 96.9% 2022 up 7.0% 137th Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 3.71 live births per woman 2023 down 14.3% 38th Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 3.71 live births per woman 2023 down 14.3% 38th Labor force, female 47.7% 2025 down 0.3% 46th Labor force, total 1.76 million 2025 up 23.8% 130th Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 89.7% 2022 up 8.6% 188th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.8604 GPI 2019 up 1.9% 192nd School enrollment, secondary 44.0% 2022 down 16.4% 180th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 3.1 per 1,000 2024 down 29.5% 48th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.8 per 1,000 2024 down 22.2% 52nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 7.4 per 1,000 2024 down 21.3% 26th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 11.6 per 1,000 2024 down 18.9% 27th Secondary education, teachers 9,725 2022 up 38.7% 140th School enrollment, secondary, female 40.3% 2022 down 13.0% 183rd School enrollment, secondary, male 47.8% 2022 down 19.2% 176th School enrollment, tertiary 3.2% 2016 up 62.5% 185th School enrollment, primary, private 10.6% 2018 up 17.3% 109th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 304,262 number 2016 down 12.0% 123rd School age population, pre-primary education, female 94,276 number 2019 up 21.2% 117th School age population, pre-primary education, male 98,678 number 2019 up 21.9% 117th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 101,322 number 2020 up 64.4% 108th School age population, primary education, female 242,031 number 2020 up 44.1% 111th School age population, lower secondary education, female 141,267 number 2020 up 48.5% 112th School age population, primary education, both sexes 494,886 number 2020 up 44.8% 111th School age population, primary education, male 252,855 number 2020 up 45.5% 111th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 288,471 number 2020 up 50.1% 113th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 192,954 number 2019 up 21.6% 117th School age population, upper secondary education, male 158,566 number 2020 up 10.8% 106th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 311,059 number 2020 up 9.2% 106th School age population, upper secondary education, female 152,493 number 2020 up 7.5% 106th School age population, secondary education, male 305,770 number 2020 up 27.3% 111th School age population, lower secondary education, male 147,204 number 2020 up 51.7% 113th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 49,594 number 2020 up 63.3% 108th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 599,530 number 2020 up 25.7% 111th School age population, secondary education, female 293,760 number 2020 up 23.9% 111th School age population, tertiary education, female 150,703 number 2016 down 12.5% 123rd School age population, tertiary education, male 153,559 number 2016 down 11.6% 124th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 47,079 number 2020 up 25.2% 108th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 49,250 number 2020 up 26.1% 108th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 96,329 number 2020 up 25.7% 108th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 14 years 2020 down 6.7% 174th Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 10.6% 2018 up 17.3% 112th Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 7.34 years 2023 down 2.6% 191st School enrollment, preprimary 23.9% 2019 up 0.8% 164th School enrollment, tertiary, male 3.8% 2016 up 8.4% 181st School enrollment, tertiary, female 2.6% 2016 up 416.1% 181st School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9168 GPI 2019 up 27.9% 172nd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.7043 GPI 2016 up 375.9% 164th Secondary education, teachers, female 3,016 2022 up 161.8% 146th Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 5.09 years 2023 up 9.5% 168th Page 1 of 9 Next →