Education in France

3,296 indicators covering education for France.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 1 modelled data 2025 unchanged 70th
Outbound mobility ratio to Central and Eastern Europe, male (UIS) 0.2% 2023 up 58.1% 109th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 100.6% 2024 up 0.2% 75th
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 down 16.1% 86th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 102.1% 2024 up 1.2% 69th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 100.7% 2024 up 0.5% 72nd
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 100.6% 2024 down 0.1% 78th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% 97th
Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 3.6% 2023 up 18.0% 80th
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.0% 2023 down 16.0% 92nd
Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 4.0% 2023 up 17.3% 130th
School enrollment, secondary 94.7% 2017 up 2.2% 22nd
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 9.19 years 2024 up 1.1% 83rd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 102.2% 2024 up 1.5% 70th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.5% 79th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 102.1% 2024 up 1.0% 74th
Preprimary education, duration 3 years 2025 unchanged 104th
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, female 2,032 2024 up 131.2% 57th
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, male 2,276 2024 up 95.2% 63rd
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 2.17 million 2024 down 12.5% 41st
School age population, early childhood education, female 1.06 million 2024 down 12.5% 41st
School age population, early childhood education, male 1.11 million 2024 down 12.4% 41st
Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 4,341 2024 down 57.2% 73rd
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 107.9% 2024 up 0.4% 32nd
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 39,441 2024 down 48.1% 47th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 9.18 years 2024 up 0.8% 86th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 9.2 years 2024 up 1.4% 83rd
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.6% 77th
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes 1.0% 2023 up 74.3% 113th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 17.6% 2018 down 12.1% 53rd
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 39.3% 2018 down 10.3% 44th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 109.2% 2024 down 0.4% 32nd
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2024 down 1.5% 101st
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 106.7% 2024 up 1.2% 35th
Official entrance age to early childhood education 3 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.4% 2012 down 87.2% 66th
Theoretical duration of early childhood education 3 years 2025 unchanged 106th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.1% 2012 down 90.8% 66th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 94.6% 2024 up 3.7% 49th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Repeaters in Grade 3 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 6,551 2024 down 62.0% 50th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 58.6% 2024 up 2.3% 155th
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 2.62 million number 2018 up 21.0% 17th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 0.3% 2012 down 88.3% 73rd
School enrollment, secondary, female 95.3% 2017 up 2.0% 21st
School enrollment, secondary, male 94.0% 2017 up 2.4% 25th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 41.4% 2024 down 3.0% 37th
Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes 99.8% 2024 up 1.2% 17th
Government expenditure on education, US$ 148,885 millions 2022 up 5.2% 5th
Expenditure on tertiary education 17.6% 1999 up 18.4% 95th
Initial government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 5.3% 2022 down 2.6% 31st
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 99,488 number 2018 up 111.7% 6th
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 5.6% 1999 down 29.7% 54th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 0.8% 2018 down 1.3% 125th
Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female 2,754 2024 down 60.2% 64th
Children out of school, primary 8,155 2024 down 85.5% 119th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes 8,155 2024 down 85.5% 119th
Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, male 4,141 2024 down 66.3% 64th