Education in Euro area

95 indicators covering education for Euro area.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 0-14 14.0% 2025 down 7.7%
Population ages 15-64 63.1% 2025 down 3.0%
School enrollment, primary 102.9% 2024 up 0.9%
Primary education, teachers 1.51 million 2024 up 9.6%
School enrollment, primary, female 102.8% 2024 up 1.0%
School enrollment, primary, male 103.0% 2024 up 0.8%
Labor force, female 46.6% 2025 up 1.3%
Labor force, total 175.75 million 2025 up 4.4%
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 up 1.1%
School enrollment, secondary 108.0% 2024 down 0.2%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.4606 per 1,000 2024 down 3.5%
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.3904 per 1,000 2024 down 9.1%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.15 per 1,000 2024 down 3.3%
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.75 per 1,000 2024 down 4.1%
Secondary education, teachers 2.61 million 2024 up 7.1%
School enrollment, secondary, female 108.2% 2024 up 0.3%
School enrollment, secondary, male 107.7% 2024 down 0.7%
School enrollment, tertiary 81.9% 2024 up 17.0%
School enrollment, preprimary 101.9% 2020 up 2.0%
School enrollment, tertiary, female 91.5% 2024 up 21.2%
School enrollment, tertiary, male 72.9% 2024 up 12.7%
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9983 GPI 2020 up 0.5%
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.2 GPI 2024 up 5.3%
Secondary education, teachers, female 1.68 million 2024 up 9.3%
Primary completion rate, male 97.3% 2024 up 0.3%
Primary completion rate, female 97.5% 2024 up 0.4%
Government expenditure on education, total 4.7% 2022 down 4.0%
Secondary education, general pupils 21.30 million 2018 up 1.9%
Lower secondary completion rate, total 84.7% 2024 down 1.0%
School enrollment, preprimary, female 101.5% 2020 up 2.1%
School enrollment, preprimary, male 102.2% 2020 up 1.8%
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 97.3% 2023 up 0.9%
Government expenditure on education, total 10.8% 2022 down 3.9%
Secondary education, general pupils 50.4% 2018 down 0.7%
Lower secondary completion rate, female 85.4% 2024 down 1.5%
Lower secondary completion rate, male 84.1% 2024 down 0.5%
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 down 14.3%
Primary education, pupils 18.29 million 2024 up 0.0%
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, pupils 28.96 million 2024 up 1.8%
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 96.7% 2023 up 1.1%
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 98.0% 2023 up 0.8%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 6.88 million 2018 down 10.0%
Number of under-five deaths, female 4,873 2024 down 18.5%
Number of under-five deaths, male 6,073 2024 down 19.5%
Number of infant deaths, male 4,965 2024 down 19.2%
Number of infant deaths, female 3,984 2024 down 18.1%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 41.9% 2018 down 3.7%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 98.1% 2018 down 1.7%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.3% 2025 down 42.1%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.0% 2025 down 44.1%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.6% 2025 down 39.9%
Primary education, teachers 85.3% 2024 up 0.7%
Repeaters, primary, total 2.4% 2018 down 10.5%
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 1,336 2024 down 11.2%
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 1,613 2024 down 4.9%
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 4,304 2024 down 2.3%
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 6,714 2024 down 8.0%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 98.3% 2018 down 2.0%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 97.9% 2018 down 1.3%