Education in France 3,296 indicators covering education for France. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 31 2023 down 18.4% 76th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 12 2023 up 100.0% 53rd Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 4 years 2020 unchanged 18th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2020 unchanged 52nd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 40,890 number 2013 down 11.0% 23rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 53.1% 100th Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 15.3% 2024 up 4.2% 92nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 22.0% 114th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 6.2% 68th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 100.0% 117th Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 1 GPI 2018 down 0.0% 92nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 421 2023 up 0.2% 34th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 415 2023 unchanged 31st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 80.4% 96th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 2.4% 2023 up 33.8% 105th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 2.2% 2023 up 34.6% 57th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 32.3% 80th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 4.4% 73rd Share of primary school teachers who are women 83.0% 2013 up 3.0% 76th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 4.3% 75th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.7605 GPIA 2024 down 6.9% 97th Share of students studying abroad 4.0% 2023 up 22.6% 109th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 15,054 2024 up 47.7% 45th End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 9 2025 unchanged 24th End month of the academic school year 6 2025 unchanged 105th Enrolment in primary education, female 2.10 million number 2018 up 4.6% 37th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 99.7% 2024 up 1.7% 38th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 99.3% 2024 up 2.9% 33rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% 124th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 5.6% 1999 down 29.7% 57th Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 11,105 2024 up 71.9% 56th Over-age students, primary 2.9% 2017 down 39.7% 126th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 10,143 2024 up 99.0% 52nd Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 2,923 2024 up 48.2% 75th Secondary education, teachers 60.0% 2019 down 2.9% 95th School enrollment, primary, female 99.1% 2016 up 3.8% 6th School enrollment, primary, male 98.5% 2016 up 3.9% 9th Official entrance age to compulsory education 3 years 2020 down 50.0% 187th Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education 10 2025 unchanged 73rd Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in 3 2025 — 3rd Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 14.1% 2024 up 11.7% 145th Over-age students, primary, male 3.4% 2017 down 38.2% 124th Over-age students, primary, female 2.4% 2017 down 41.8% 128th Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2022 down 0.2% 86th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both 1.69 million number 2019 up 1.8% 21st School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 818,990 number 2019 up 1.2% 21st School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 866,998 number 2019 up 2.5% 21st Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 up 76.9% 101st Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 6.2% 1999 up 21.9% 50th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 96.0% 2018 up 5.1% 40th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2018 up 0.7% 74th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 91.7% 2018 up 4.4% 41st Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 4,308 2024 up 110.7% 60th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 101.4% 2018 down 3.0% 69th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, female 6,610 2024 up 59.5% 44th Compulsory education, duration 13 years 2025 up 30.0% 17th Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 98.5% 1999 up 0.5% 45th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male 8,444 2024 up 39.7% 44th Progression to secondary school 97.7% 1991 down 0.1% 79th ← Previous Page 9 of 55 Next →