Education in Ethiopia 1,800 indicators covering education for Ethiopia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both 71.9% 2025 up 9.3% 10th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female 73.1% 2025 up 4.9% 11th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male 70.7% 2025 up 14.0% 9th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 17.6% 2025 down 28.7% 40th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 21.2% 2025 down 17.5% 35th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male (modelled) 14.1% 2025 down 40.5% 55th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted 1.03 modelled data 2025 down 7.0% 60th Enrolment in upper secondary education, both sexes 795,587 2015 up 300.2% 51st Proportion of 15-24 year-olds enrolled in vocational education 1.11 GPIA 2015 up 36.1% 10th Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 2.3% 2024 down 50.1% 173rd Primary education, pupils 47.1% 2015 up 4.5% 180th Inequality in education 0.4277 2023 down 3.5% 18th Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 6.8% 2014 down 33.0% 46th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 17.4% 2015 up 233.6% 177th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 17.7% 2015 up 127.4% 178th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index 0.9843 GPI 2015 up 46.7% 121st Enrolment in upper secondary education, female 389,852 2015 up 390.6% 50th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.08 modelled data 2025 down 3.6% 53rd Number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal 0 2025 — 101st Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in 8 2025 unchanged 161st End of the academic school year 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% 147th Outbound mobility ratio to the Pacific, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2014 up 36.1% 88th Enrolment in upper secondary education, male 405,735 2015 up 239.9% 53rd Tertiary education, academic staff 11.7% 2014 up 23.7% 161st Start month of the academic school year 9 tertiary education 2022 unchanged 32nd End month of the academic school year 7 tertiary education 2022 unchanged 80th Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 88,392 2024 down 8.0% 10th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 1.33 modelled data 2025 up 23.9% 14th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female 7.8% 2014 down 7.7% 36th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male 8.2% 2014 down 15.7% 45th Outbound mobility ratio to Central and Eastern Europe, male (UIS) 0.0% 2014 up 50.1% 153rd Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 44.8% 2023 down 0.7% 187th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2014 down 74.6% 120th Persistence to grade 5, female 58.9% 2021 up 26.1% 139th Persistence to grade 5, male 52.7% 2021 up 25.8% 141st Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 68.6% 2023 down 6.7% 190th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 45.1% 2023 up 4.3% 185th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 44.5% 2023 down 5.2% 187th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 10.0% 70th Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 0.6% 2014 down 66.8% 174th Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.0% 2014 down 74.6% 124th Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 0.9% 2014 down 64.2% 184th School enrollment, secondary 30.8% 2015 up 104.5% 145th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 6.89 years 2023 down 5.4% 181st Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 66.8% 2023 down 5.8% 189th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.951 GPIA 2023 up 1.9% 177th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 70.3% 2023 down 7.6% 189th Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 unchanged 104th Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, female 52,838 2024 down 22.0% 7th Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, male 62,773 2024 down 18.6% 6th Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 11.02 million 2025 up 20.6% 9th School age population, early childhood education, female 5.40 million 2025 up 20.5% 9th School age population, early childhood education, male 5.62 million 2025 up 20.7% 9th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 17.0% 2015 up 170.6% 191st Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 177,446 2024 up 74.1% 3rd Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 1.35 million 2023 up 269.2% 1st School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 7.1 years 2023 down 5.9% 178th School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 6.75 years 2023 down 3.8% 181st School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 0.9515 GPIA 2023 up 2.2% 177th ← Previous Page 11 of 30 Next →