Education in Ethiopia

1,800 indicators covering education for Ethiopia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 12.8% 2025 up 14.6% 154th
Teachers in secondary education, male 210,129 2024 up 210.9% 16th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.5% 2025 up 39.4% 111th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.4% 2025 up 36.0% 160th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.3% 2025 up 36.1% 135th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 3.6% 2014 up 154.8% 178th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 8.2% 2014 up 104.3% 163rd
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.433 GPIA 2014 up 24.7% 183rd
Primary education, teachers 44.8% 2024 up 6.8% 179th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 23,467 number 2017 up 192.7% 52nd
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 5.47 % change on previous year 2011 down 61.4% 42nd
Repeaters, primary, total 6.9% 2015 down 5.4% 49th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.249 years 2014 up 256.7% 176th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.5109 years 2014 up 154.0% 160th
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 0.4873 GPIA 2014 up 40.4% 183rd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 14.4% 2015 down 63.0% 33rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 8.04 years 2012 up 58.4% 173rd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 54.4% 2024 up 6.4% 186th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 24,252 number 2014 up 404.9% 54th
Persistence to grade 5, total 55.5% 2021 up 25.9% 155th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 50.5% 2021 up 38.1% 167th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 14,365 2024 down 34.6% 7th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 10,025 2024 down 26.8% 6th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 19,606 2024 down 12.0% 6th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 20,690 2024 up 6.6% 9th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 129.2% 2015 down 0.3% 16th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 153.6% 2015 up 9.8% 7th
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 37.4% 2024 down 45.2% 39th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 1.25 years 2024 up 86.3% 139th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 1.29 years 2024 up 85.1% 138th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9661 GPIA 2024 up 0.7% 173rd
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 83.3% 2024 up 15.1% 175th
Teachers in pre-primary education, male 12,762 2024 up 205.2% 12th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 63,715 2024 up 481.6% 25th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.8913 GPI 2012 up 31.6% 154th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 2,841 2014 up 524.4% 95th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 11.7% 2014 up 23.7% 163rd
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 21,411 2014 up 392.4% 44th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 3.6% 2100 down 29.2% 14th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 10.24 million people 2100 down 28.4% 3rd
Population by level of education 26.12 million people 2100 up 22.0% 30th
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.791 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 6.5% 193rd
Repeaters, primary, female 6.7% 2015 up 3.3% 43rd
Repeaters, primary, male 7.0% 2015 down 11.2% 52nd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 7.61 years 2012 up 84.9% 169th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 8.46 years 2012 up 40.8% 167th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.8998 GPIA 2012 up 31.3% 159th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 93.2% 2017 up 51.3% 132nd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 54.7% 2024 up 6.4% 182nd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 54.2% 2024 up 6.4% 181st
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9922 GPIA 2024 down 0.0% 137th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 21,860 number 2017 up 343.0% 50th
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 17.8% 2022 up 20.5% 79th
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 27.4% 2022 up 18.1% 81st
Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.3 GPIA 2022 up 63.9% 72nd
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1.15 GPIA 2021 up 0.4% 9th
School enrollment, primary 84.6% 2015 up 40.1% 147th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 54.9% 2021 up 38.6% 146th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 46.9% 2021 up 37.9% 153rd
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 0.9884 GPIA 2015 up 1.5% 203rd