Education in European Union

95 indicators covering education for European Union.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 0-14 14.2% 2025 down 6.7%
Population ages 15-64 63.3% 2025 down 3.4%
School enrollment, primary 102.4% 2024 up 0.9%
Primary education, teachers 1.89 million 2024 up 3.9%
School enrollment, primary, female 102.5% 2024 up 1.0%
School enrollment, primary, male 102.4% 2024 up 0.8%
Labor force, female 46.4% 2025 up 1.2%
Labor force, total 221.68 million 2025 up 3.9%
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9996 GPI 2020 up 0.8%
School enrollment, secondary 107.0% 2024 down 1.2%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.4811 per 1,000 2024 down 9.4%
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.3976 per 1,000 2024 down 12.3%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.23 per 1,000 2024 down 7.3%
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.87 per 1,000 2024 down 7.7%
Secondary education, teachers 3.39 million 2024 up 7.9%
School enrollment, secondary, female 107.3% 2024 down 0.7%
School enrollment, secondary, male 106.6% 2024 down 1.7%
School enrollment, tertiary 79.5% 2024 up 15.7%
School enrollment, preprimary 100.6% 2020 up 8.1%
School enrollment, tertiary, female 89.9% 2024 up 18.6%
School enrollment, tertiary, male 69.7% 2024 up 12.5%
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 up 0.8%
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.22 GPI 2024 up 3.6%
Secondary education, teachers, female 2.22 million 2024 up 9.7%
Primary completion rate, male 97.3% 2024 up 0.3%
Primary completion rate, female 97.4% 2024 up 0.3%
Government expenditure on education, total 4.7% 2022 down 3.6%
Secondary education, general pupils 31.20 million 2018 down 2.5%
Lower secondary completion rate, total 89.2% 2024 up 1.7%
School enrollment, preprimary, female 100.3% 2020 up 8.0%
School enrollment, preprimary, male 100.9% 2020 up 8.2%
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 97.7% 2023 up 1.1%
Government expenditure on education, total 10.7% 2022 down 4.6%
Secondary education, general pupils 50.3% 2018 down 0.8%
Lower secondary completion rate, female 89.9% 2024 up 1.5%
Lower secondary completion rate, male 88.5% 2024 up 2.0%
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged
Primary education, pupils 23.26 million 2024 down 2.3%
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, pupils 37.39 million 2024 up 3.2%
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 97.2% 2023 up 1.2%
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 98.2% 2023 up 0.9%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 11.20 million 2018 up 1.8%
Number of under-five deaths, female 6,504 2024 down 21.6%
Number of under-five deaths, male 8,153 2024 down 22.5%
Number of infant deaths, male 6,691 2024 down 22.6%
Number of infant deaths, female 5,332 2024 down 21.6%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 43.7% 2018 up 0.9%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 93.9% 2018 down 6.0%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.9% 2025 down 40.8%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.7% 2025 down 42.6%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.2% 2025 down 38.9%
Primary education, teachers 85.6% 2024 up 1.0%
Repeaters, primary, total 1.7% 2018 down 13.6%
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 1,782 2024 down 13.7%
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2,198 2024 down 6.7%
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 5,831 2024 down 6.4%
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 8,981 2024 down 15.0%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 94.3% 2018 down 6.1%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 93.6% 2018 down 5.9%