Education in Ethiopia 1,800 indicators covering education for Ethiopia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number), per 0.1541 units per square kilometre 2014 up 301.6% 156th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), per 0.3661 units per square kilometre 2014 up 220.7% 139th Secondary education, general pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2017 down 60.4% 24th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.4053 years 2014 up 211.8% 158th Government expenditure on education, total 16.7% 2024 down 35.6% 42nd Secondary education, general pupils 46.9% 2017 up 18.0% 179th Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 96,646 number 2011 up 279.0% 40th 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 Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 2.51 million number 2015 up 1,539.6% 14th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0242 number per person 2015 up 1,137.0% 106th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 1.54 million 2025 up 15.0% 8th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 1.49 million 2025 up 14.4% 8th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 3.04 million 2025 up 14.7% 8th Start of the academic school year 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% 156th Theoretical duration of secondary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 99th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 167th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 17 years 2025 unchanged 2nd Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 4 years 2025 unchanged 18th Official entrance age to lower secondary education 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th Start of the academic school year 2,024 2025 up 0.5% 56th Theoretical duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years 2025 unchanged 14th Theoretical duration of primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 29th Official entrance age to primary education 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 413,109 2014 up 220.7% 42nd Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 173,906 2014 up 301.6% 68th Teachers in primary education, male 186,951 2024 up 31.6% 8th Teachers in primary education, female 151,765 2024 up 47.8% 32nd Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 44.8% 2024 up 6.8% 190th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 84.4% 2024 down 9.3% 197th School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.1 years 2024 down 9.8% 165th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.6% 2015 up 28.9% 98th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.5% 2015 up 94.7% 132nd Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 587,015 2014 up 241.1% 49th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.4% 2015 down 1.8% 124th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.5% 2015 down 3.3% 91st Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 4.48 million 2024 up 79.3% 8th Enrolment in secondary education, male 2.59 million 2015 up 66.0% 24th Enrolment in secondary education, female 2.44 million 2015 up 162.8% 24th Teachers in primary education, both sexes 338,716 2024 up 38.4% 17th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.0% 2015 up 63.9% 116th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.0% 2015 down 2.9% 108th Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 5.03 million 2015 up 102.1% 24th Enrolment in primary education, male 8.38 million 2024 up 1.2% 8th Enrolment in primary education, female 7.55 million 2024 up 1.3% 9th School age population, upper secondary education, male 2.98 million 2025 up 26.0% 12th School age population, upper secondary education, female 2.91 million 2025 up 26.3% 12th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 5.89 million 2025 up 26.1% 12th School age population, secondary education, male 9.08 million 2025 up 20.8% 9th School age population, secondary education, female 8.82 million 2025 up 20.6% 9th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 17.90 million 2025 up 20.7% 9th School age population, tertiary education, male 6.94 million 2025 up 32.7% 9th School age population, tertiary education, female 6.82 million 2025 up 34.1% 9th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 13.76 million 2025 up 33.4% 9th School age population, lower secondary education, male 6.09 million 2025 up 18.4% 7th School age population, lower secondary education, female 5.91 million 2025 up 18.0% 7th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 12.01 million 2025 up 18.2% 7th School age population, last grade of primary education, male 1.55 million 2025 up 12.4% 8th ← Previous Page 5 of 30 Next →