Education in Ethiopia 154 indicators covering education for Ethiopia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 57.9% 2025 up 6.8% 183rd Population ages 0-14 38.8% 2025 down 9.5% 30th Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st School enrollment, primary 84.4% 2024 down 9.3% 186th Primary education, teachers 338,716 2024 up 38.4% 17th School enrollment, primary, female 81.4% 2024 down 9.1% 190th School enrollment, primary, male 87.3% 2024 down 9.6% 182nd Labor force, total 56.78 million 2025 up 22.7% 13th Labor force, female 43.1% 2025 down 5.0% 113th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9124 GPI 2021 down 0.9% 186th School enrollment, secondary 33.9% 2015 up 42.2% 193rd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 7.8 per 1,000 2024 down 22.0% 54th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 6.7 per 1,000 2024 down 29.5% 35th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 3.3 per 1,000 2024 down 35.3% 42nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 4.2 per 1,000 2024 down 43.2% 39th Secondary education, teachers 272,545 2024 up 236.0% 29th School enrollment, secondary, female 33.3% 2015 up 83.9% 191st School enrollment, secondary, male 34.5% 2015 up 17.4% 191st School enrollment, tertiary 5.9% 2014 up 116.8% 176th School enrollment, primary, private 4.4% 2021 down 17.3% 155th School enrollment, preprimary 30.1% 2021 up 543.2% 152nd School enrollment, tertiary, male 8.2% 2014 up 104.3% 163rd School enrollment, tertiary, female 3.6% 2014 up 154.8% 176th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9617 GPI 2015 up 59.9% 154th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.433 GPI 2014 up 24.7% 181st Secondary education, teachers, female 62,416 2024 up 361.8% 48th Primary completion rate, female 54.2% 2024 up 6.4% 176th Primary completion rate, male 54.7% 2024 up 6.4% 178th Government expenditure on education, total 2.3% 2024 down 50.1% 170th Secondary education, general pupils 4.97 million 2017 up 53.5% 19th Lower secondary completion rate, total 21.4% 2023 down 13.0% 182nd School enrollment, preprimary, female 29.3% 2021 up 539.5% 154th School enrollment, preprimary, male 30.9% 2021 up 546.5% 148th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 50.5% 2021 up 38.1% 166th Government expenditure on education, total 16.7% 2024 down 35.6% 42nd Secondary education, general pupils 46.9% 2017 up 18.0% 179th Lower secondary completion rate, female 21.1% 2023 down 6.3% 182nd Lower secondary completion rate, male 21.7% 2023 down 18.4% 184th Children out of school 22.5% 2024 up 17.4% 27th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 15.93 million 2024 up 1.2% 9th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 5.03 million 2015 up 102.1% 24th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 54.9% 2021 up 38.6% 146th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 46.9% 2021 up 37.9% 153rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 352,134 2015 up 231.2% 33rd Number of under-five deaths, male 104,910 2024 down 18.7% 5th Number of under-five deaths, female 76,318 2024 down 19.7% 5th Number of infant deaths, male 83,419 2024 down 15.0% 5th Number of infant deaths, female 58,159 2024 down 14.1% 5th Children out of school, female 25.1% 2024 up 17.0% 23rd Children out of school, male 19.9% 2024 up 17.9% 29th Secondary education, vocational pupils 52.3% 2015 up 2.3% 19th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 141.5% 2015 up 5.0% 12th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.3% 2025 up 36.1% 134th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.5% 2025 up 39.4% 110th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.4% 2025 up 36.0% 159th Primary education, teachers 44.8% 2024 up 6.8% 179th Repeaters, primary, total 6.9% 2015 down 5.4% 49th Page 1 of 3 Next →