Education in France 3,296 indicators covering education for France. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 87.6% 2025 up 4.6% 39th Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 90.3% 2025 up 5.1% 42nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.06 modelled data 2025 up 0.9% 82nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 85.0% 2025 up 4.1% 42nd Teachers in secondary education, male 183,071 2019 up 2.2% 18th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 7.5% 2025 down 23.7% 66th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 7.5% 2025 down 30.1% 52nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.5% 2025 down 27.2% 57th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 82.0% 2024 up 20.1% 48th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 61.6% 2024 up 12.2% 46th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.25 GPIA 2024 up 4.4% 85th Primary education, teachers 83.0% 2013 up 3.0% 71st Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 118,884 number 2018 down 16.3% 12th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -1.36 % change on previous year 2013 down 167.1% 155th Repeaters, primary, total 4.2% 2000 down 19.9% 64th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4.07 years 2024 up 20.3% 49th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.11 years 2024 up 12.9% 41st School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.24 GPIA 2024 up 4.2% 94th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.0% 2018 down 91.6% 184th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 16.06 years 2024 up 4.0% 46th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 109,827 number 2013 down 18.1% 21st Persistence to grade 5, total 98.0% 1999 up 1.6% 38th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 98.0% 1999 up 1.6% 42nd Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 277 2024 down 14.0% 86th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 320 2024 down 4.8% 82nd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 895 2024 up 1.0% 75th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 1,683 2024 up 10.4% 65th Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 0.2% 2024 down 40.2% 173rd School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 3.23 years 2024 up 3.2% 19th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 3.22 years 2024 up 2.8% 21st School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% 103rd Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 83.0% 2013 up 3.0% 176th Teachers in pre-primary education, male 21,350 2013 down 19.7% 7th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 104,599 2013 down 5.4% 16th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2018 up 0.8% 76th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 40,890 2013 down 11.0% 29th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 37.2% 2013 up 8.7% 112th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 68,937 2013 down 21.8% 23rd Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.1% 2100 down 32.2% 143rd Number of adults with no formal education by region 81,100 people 2100 down 31.6% 67th Population by level of education 43.90 million people 2100 up 6.7% 17th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.32 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 3.5% 15th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 16.6 years 2024 up 5.0% 47th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 15.55 years 2024 up 3.1% 43rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 1.7% 76th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 91.1% 2018 up 10.9% 143rd Teachers in pre-primary education, female 108,309 number 2018 down 7.2% 11th School enrollment, secondary, private 26.2% 2024 up 1.2% 47th School enrollment, primary 98.9% 2017 up 0.4% 17th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.06 GPIA 2024 up 1.4% 41st Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 0.0% 2016 down 99.3% 164th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 0.3% 2016 down 92.8% 161st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 99.5% 2024 up 2.3% 33rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 93.8% 2018 up 4.7% 43rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 45,507 2023 up 40.9% 6th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 50,913 2023 up 40.1% 13th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 534 2023 down 29.1% 42nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 646 2023 up 60.3% 48th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 2,689 2023 up 88.8% 39th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 281 2023 down 2.1% 43rd ← Previous Page 8 of 55 Next →