Education in Eswatini

1,910 indicators covering education for Eswatini.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 6.5% 2013 up 55.6% 171st
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.9874 GPIA 2013 down 10.7% 147th
Primary education, teachers 69.8% 2023 up 0.0% 132nd
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 1,935 number 2011 133rd
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year 2018 up 127.1% 74th
Repeaters, primary, total 13.4% 2017 down 25.4% 21st
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.3464 years 2013 up 48.9% 167th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.3551 years 2013 up 70.6% 173rd
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9756 GPIA 2013 down 11.7% 148th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 16.3% 2018 down 8.8% 29th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 12.73 years 2013 up 33.6% 117th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 93.6% 2023 up 12.0% 109th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 712 number 2015 up 64.8% 149th
Persistence to grade 5, total 97.3% 2018 up 1.2% 45th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 83.2% 2018 down 0.8% 119th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 101 2024 down 37.7% 116th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 213 2024 up 10.4% 101st
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 221 2024 down 7.1% 112th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 311 2024 down 7.4% 114th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 94.9% 2017 down 15.0% 149th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 97.9% 2017 down 16.5% 128th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 0.798 years 2015 up 10.5% 169th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.8931 years 2015 up 26.6% 160th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.8935 GPIA 2015 down 12.7% 194th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.9085 GPI 2013 down 2.8% 151st
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 299 2015 up 91.7% 138th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 42.0% 2015 up 16.3% 91st
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 413 2015 up 49.6% 143rd
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.3% 2100 down 26.8% 104th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 3,900 people 2100 down 30.4% 139th
Population by level of education 321,700 people 2100 up 12.1% 164th
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.01 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 3.9% 72nd
Repeaters, primary, female 11.0% 2017 down 27.9% 25th
Repeaters, primary, male 15.6% 2017 down 23.9% 18th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 12.18 years 2013 up 34.0% 127th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 13.3 years 2013 up 33.0% 96th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.9158 GPIA 2013 up 0.7% 157th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 92.0% 2023 up 11.4% 112th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 95.3% 2023 up 12.5% 93rd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% 53rd
School enrollment, secondary, private 2.0% 2016 158th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1.07 GPIA 2018 up 0.6% 25th
School enrollment, primary 82.5% 2017 up 0.6% 152nd
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 86.4% 2018 down 0.4% 102nd
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 80.2% 2018 down 1.3% 108th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.02 GPIA 2016 up 2.5% 94th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 17.2% 2018 down 6.0% 30th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 15.5% 2018 down 11.7% 30th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 67.6% 2023 up 20.0% 138th
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 98.7% 2022 42nd
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 98.5% 2022 39th
Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2022 23rd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 76.2% 2013 up 24.2% 101st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 189 2023 up 21.9% 177th
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 1,587 2023 up 9.5% 154th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 1 2023 down 87.5% 146th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 8 2023 up 166.7% 145th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 87 2023 up 102.3% 143rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 1,276 2023 up 4.6% 17th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 11 2023 up 266.7% 95th