Education in Eritrea 510 indicators covering education for Eritrea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 5.09 years 2023 up 9.5% 168th Average years of schooling among adults 5.09 years 2023 up 9.5% 168th Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 43.8% 2022 down 18.1% 69th Average years of schooling, males vs. females 5.71 years 2023 up 4.5% 170th Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 7.75 years 2023 down 7.6% 190th Primary completion rate, female 55.8% 2022 up 6.8% 175th Primary completion rate, male 66.7% 2022 up 4.0% 166th Duration of compulsory education 8 years 2025 unchanged 161st Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st Government expenditure on education, total 2.1% 2006 up 29.8% 174th Secondary education, general pupils 257,599 2018 up 13.3% 123rd Lower secondary completion rate, total 53.4% 2022 down 3.8% 150th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 57.7% 2018 down 11.5% 192nd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 7.09 years 2018 down 10.8% 191st School enrollment, preprimary, female 23.7% 2019 down 0.5% 162nd School enrollment, preprimary, male 24.0% 2019 up 2.0% 163rd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 80.0% 2017 up 9.1% 122nd School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.1681 years 2016 up 115.3% 174th Government expenditure on education, total 5.4% 2006 up 86.8% 189th Secondary education, general pupils 46.7% 2018 up 12.6% 182nd Lower secondary completion rate, female 52.2% 2022 up 4.7% 152nd Lower secondary completion rate, male 54.6% 2022 down 10.8% 147th Children out of school 40.4% 2022 up 20.9% 7th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 47,047 number 2018 up 31.3% 130th Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 154th Primary education, pupils 398,090 2022 up 19.1% 118th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 59.6% 2022 down 10.5% 201st Secondary education, pupils 266,829 2022 up 0.5% 128th Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 40.4% 2022 up 20.9% 8th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 53.9% 2018 down 5.7% 187th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 61.4% 2018 down 16.1% 189th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 6.59 years 2018 down 6.0% 186th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 0.8698 GPI 2018 up 10.0% 176th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 7.57 years 2018 down 14.6% 185th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 79.8% 2017 up 16.2% 116th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 80.2% 2017 up 3.4% 109th Secondary education, vocational pupils 2,822 2018 up 72.4% 153rd Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 56.5% 2022 down 8.0% 183rd Number of under-five deaths, male 1,924 2024 down 27.1% 81st Number of under-five deaths, female 1,468 2024 down 27.9% 82nd Number of infant deaths, male 1,422 2024 down 23.9% 84th Number of infant deaths, female 1,046 2024 down 23.4% 86th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.1393 years 2016 up 578.1% 169th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 0.709 GPI 2016 up 368.0% 149th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.1964 years 2016 up 44.9% 172nd Teachers in primary education, female 3,523 number 2018 up 8.7% 152nd Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 0.9015 index 2022 up 5.2% 171st Children out of school, female 43.5% 2022 up 12.8% 6th Children out of school, male 37.3% 2022 up 31.9% 8th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 22,895 number 2018 up 31.6% 130th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 57.4% 2018 up 19.6% 55th Secondary education, vocational pupils 46.7% 2018 up 7.6% 54th Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 1.1% 2018 up 56.8% 173rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 8.03 years 2015 down 0.5% 173rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 73.4% 2018 down 4.6% 184th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 1.1% 2018 up 44.9% 159th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.0% 2025 up 3.9% 77th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.3% 2025 up 4.1% 83rd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.7% 2025 up 3.9% 77th ← Previous Page 2 of 9 Next →