Education in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)

106 indicators covering education for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income).

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 0-14 22.7% 2025 down 0.4%
Population ages 15-64 65.7% 2025 down 3.2%
School enrollment, primary 96.7% 2024 down 5.7%
Primary education, teachers 906,553 2024 up 12.4%
School enrollment, primary, female 96.2% 2024 down 6.1%
School enrollment, primary, male 97.1% 2024 down 5.3%
Labor force, female 39.9% 2025 down 2.9%
Labor force, total 91.03 million 2025 down 11.2%
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9932 GPI 2020 down 0.1%
School enrollment, secondary 101.2% 2024 up 2.0%
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.35 per 1,000 2024 down 3.8%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.45 per 1,000 2024 up 4.7%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.44 per 1,000 2024 up 25.0%
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.35 per 1,000 2024 up 36.6%
Secondary education, teachers 2.80 million 2024 up 29.0%
School enrollment, secondary, female 100.1% 2024 up 1.7%
School enrollment, secondary, male 102.2% 2024 up 2.3%
School enrollment, tertiary 85.1% 2024 up 48.0%
School enrollment, preprimary 61.9% 2020 up 21.0%
School enrollment, tertiary, female 87.3% 2024 up 52.2%
School enrollment, tertiary, male 83.0% 2024 up 44.0%
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9818 GPI 2020 up 1.3%
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2024 up 5.5%
Secondary education, teachers, female 1.84 million 2024 up 31.2%
Primary completion rate, female 97.1% 2023 down 1.1%
Primary completion rate, male 97.6% 2023 down 1.2%
Government expenditure on education, total 3.7% 2023 down 20.7%
Secondary education, general pupils 30.50 million 2018 up 1.7%
Lower secondary completion rate, total 91.4% 2023 down 2.8%
School enrollment, preprimary, female 61.4% 2020 up 20.8%
School enrollment, preprimary, male 62.5% 2020 up 21.3%
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 98.2% 2023 up 1.6%
Government expenditure on education, total 17.6% 2024 up 32.2%
Secondary education, general pupils 49.1% 2018 down 0.6%
Lower secondary completion rate, female 91.2% 2023 down 1.7%
Lower secondary completion rate, male 91.7% 2023 down 3.8%
Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged
Primary education, pupils 15.66 million 2024 up 10.5%
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, pupils 28.09 million 2024 up 9.5%
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 98.1% 2023 up 1.2%
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 98.2% 2023 up 2.0%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 6.99 million 2018 up 14.0%
Number of infant deaths, female 17,908 2024 down 32.7%
Number of infant deaths, male 24,116 2024 down 32.4%
Number of under-five deaths, female 21,213 2024 down 32.1%
Number of under-five deaths, male 28,157 2024 down 31.8%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 43.9% 2018 up 6.0%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 98.5% 2018 down 2.3%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 8.1% 2025 down 10.2%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.0% 2025 down 32.6%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.8% 2025 down 23.6%
Primary education, teachers 82.7% 2024 up 4.1%
Repeaters, primary, total 0.7% 2018 down 25.4%
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 5,352 2024 up 5.9%
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 5,736 2024 up 24.1%
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 12,083 2024 up 21.1%
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 17,735 2024 up 14.2%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 98.8% 2018 down 1.2%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 98.2% 2018 down 3.4%