Education in France 483 indicators covering education for France. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 0-14 16.2% 2025 down 11.1% 161st Population ages 15-64 61.2% 2025 down 2.7% 155th School enrollment, primary 103.4% 2024 up 2.1% 69th Primary education, teachers 229,471 2013 up 12.8% 33rd Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.64 live births per woman 2024 down 17.1% 146th School enrollment, primary, female 103.5% 2024 up 2.4% 66th School enrollment, primary, male 103.4% 2024 up 1.9% 74th Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 1.64 live births per woman 2023 down 16.9% 145th Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 1.64 live births per woman 2023 down 16.9% 145th Labor force, female 48.4% 2025 up 1.2% 32nd Labor force, total 31.86 million 2025 up 5.3% 22nd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9925 GPI 2020 up 0.5% 101st School enrollment, secondary 103.8% 2024 up 0.3% 47th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 161st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 177th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 182nd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.1 per 1,000 2024 up 5.0% 160th Secondary education, teachers 457,956 2019 down 2.4% 17th School enrollment, secondary, female 104.4% 2024 up 0.1% 48th School enrollment, secondary, male 103.2% 2024 up 0.6% 46th School enrollment, tertiary 71.5% 2024 up 16.3% 48th School enrollment, primary, private 15.3% 2024 up 4.2% 89th Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 15.3% 2024 up 4.2% 92nd School enrollment, preprimary 106.7% 2020 up 0.7% 12th School enrollment, tertiary, female 82.0% 2024 up 20.1% 48th School enrollment, tertiary, male 61.6% 2024 up 12.2% 46th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 down 1.0% 113th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.25 GPI 2024 up 4.4% 83rd Secondary education, teachers, female 274,885 2019 down 5.2% 15th Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 11.77 years 2023 up 6.2% 46th Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 11.77 years 2023 up 6.2% 46th Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 14.1% 2024 up 11.7% 145th Duration of compulsory education 13 years 2025 up 30.0% 17th Official entrance age to compulsory education 3 years 2025 down 50.0% 193rd Government expenditure on education, total 5.3% 2022 down 2.6% 46th Secondary education, general pupils 4.98 million 2017 up 4.6% 18th Lower secondary completion rate, total 99.5% 2024 up 2.3% 29th School enrollment, preprimary, male 107.3% 2020 up 1.0% 11th School enrollment, preprimary, female 106.0% 2020 up 0.4% 12th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 98.0% 1999 up 1.6% 42nd Government expenditure on education, total 9.1% 2022 down 3.8% 163rd Secondary education, general pupils 50.3% 2017 down 0.5% 80th Lower secondary completion rate, female 99.7% 2024 up 1.7% 34th Lower secondary completion rate, male 99.3% 2024 up 2.9% 30th Children out of school 0.2% 2024 down 85.0% 181st Primary education, pupils 4.13 million 2024 down 1.5% 41st Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 154th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 99.8% 2024 up 1.2% 17th Secondary education, pupils 6.27 million 2024 up 5.5% 21st Secondary education, vocational pupils 1.08 million 2017 down 8.6% 12th Number of infant deaths, male 1,210 2024 down 11.8% 89th Number of under-five deaths, male 1,558 2024 down 14.0% 87th Number of infant deaths, female 975 2024 down 9.5% 88th Number of under-five deaths, female 1,257 2024 down 12.0% 87th Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2016 down 0.2% 79th Page 1 of 9 Next →