Education in Euro area

273 indicators covering education for Euro area.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 down 14.3% 11th
Secondary education, pupils 28.96 million 2024 up 1.8% 38th
Secondary education, teachers, female, per square kilometre 0.5923 units per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% 1st
Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate 0.4717 % change on previous year 2018 up 149.8% 1st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 105.9% 2019 up 0.6% 2nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 106.4% 2019 up 0.4% 2nd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 13.08 years 2019 up 0.7% 2nd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 0.9943 GPI 2019 up 0.0% 20th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 13.15 years 2019 up 0.7% 2nd
Government expenditure on education, total 4.7% 2022 down 4.0% 6th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 down 2.0% 2nd
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per square 3.53 number per square kilometre 2019 up 1.8% 2nd
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 98.0% 2023 up 0.8% 6th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 96.7% 2023 up 1.1% 6th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 6.88 million 2018 down 10.0% 23rd
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita 0.0195 units per person 2018 down 11.5% 5th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -0.9377 % change on previous year 2019 down 430.8% 1st
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre 2.43 units per square kilometre 2018 down 10.1% 2nd
Number of infant deaths, female 3,984 2024 down 18.1% 38th
Number of infant deaths, male 4,965 2024 down 19.2% 38th
Number of under-five deaths, female 4,873 2024 down 18.5% 38th
Number of under-five deaths, male 6,073 2024 down 19.5% 38th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 3.83 years 2019 up 20.3% 7th
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.17 GPI 2019 down 1.2% 18th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.26 years 2019 up 21.7% 6th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2018 down 7.4% 38th
Teachers in primary education, female 1.22 million number 2019 up 5.5% 37th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0034 number per person 2019 up 3.8% 15th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 0.429 number per square kilometre 2019 up 5.4% 6th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per unit of GDP 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 up 1.4% 42nd
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 4.86 million number 2019 up 1.9% 35th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 34.8% 2019 up 4.3% 28th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 41.9% 2018 down 3.7% 26th
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 27.5% 2018 down 6.9% 3rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 16.93 years 2019 up 4.4% 1st
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 98.1% 2018 down 1.7% 37th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate 0.2623 % change on previous year 2018 down 64.5% 27th
Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 21.0% 2024 down 4.0% 3rd
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.6% 2025 down 39.9% 10th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.0% 2025 down 44.1% 10th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.3% 2025 down 42.1% 10th
Primary education, teachers 85.3% 2024 up 0.7% 7th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 851,892 number 2019 up 14.2% 26th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1264 % change on previous year 2019 down 128.0% 44th
Repeaters, primary, total 2.4% 2018 down 10.5% 22nd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 1.3% 2019 up 16.7% 43rd
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 1.09 million number 2019 up 8.8% 26th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 1,336 2024 down 11.2% 42nd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 1,613 2024 down 4.9% 42nd
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 4,304 2024 down 2.3% 42nd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 6,714 2024 down 8.0% 42nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 97.9% 2018 down 1.3% 36th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 98.3% 2018 down 2.0% 36th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2019 up 0.2% 15th
Repeaters, primary, female 1.9% 2018 down 13.2% 25th
Repeaters, primary, male 2.8% 2018 down 8.8% 22nd
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 95.2% 2019 up 0.9% 18th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 811,388 number 2019 up 15.2% 26th
School enrollment, primary 97.4% 2017 down 0.6% 1st
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 1.2% 2019 down 1.6% 44th