Education in Gabon 1,300 indicators covering education for Gabon. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 18,061 number 2019 down 41.4% 114th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 18,284 number 2019 down 41.5% 115th Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 — 119th Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 32.5% 2002 up 0.9% 2nd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 74.2% 1999 up 0.4% 107th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.9612 GPI 1999 up 0.1% 138th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 77.2% 1999 up 0.3% 93rd Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 10,623 2003 up 123.7% 44th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, female 15,614 2003 up 15.0% 38th Compulsory education, duration 10 years 2025 unchanged 81st Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 82.1% 2002 up 27.9% 143rd Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male 1,783 2019 — 79th Progression to secondary school 58.1% 1987 up 72.8% 165th Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2011 — 168th Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 37.0% 2002 up 0.7% 2nd Population of compulsory school age, both sexes 586,856 2025 up 34.9% 123rd Population of compulsory school age, female 291,986 2025 up 34.5% 123rd Population of compulsory school age, male 294,870 2025 up 35.3% 124th Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2007 — 133rd School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both 46,524 2025 up 25.1% 116th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 23,221 2025 up 26.3% 116th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 23,303 2025 up 23.8% 116th Duration of compulsory education 10 years 2025 unchanged 86th Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, female 8,046 2003 up 37.8% 46th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, female 9,604 2003 up 61.1% 39th Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male 8,581 2003 up 35.3% 49th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, male 10,666 2003 up 79.7% 44th Government spending on education as a share of GDP 2.3% 2023 down 23.6% 172nd Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, female 5,068 2003 up 86.8% 51st Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, male 5,199 2003 up 88.3% 58th Outbound mobility ratio to South and West Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2003 — 64th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 38.6% 2025 up 107.5% 23rd Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 39.8% 2025 up 103.1% 24th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 37.4% 2025 up 111.3% 24th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, both 53.4% 2025 up 43.2% 33rd Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, female 51.9% 2025 up 48.7% 35th Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male 54.8% 2025 up 38.0% 31st Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 27.9% 2025 up 51.6% 22nd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 27.2% 2025 up 64.8% 23rd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male (modelled) 28.6% 2025 up 41.6% 21st Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, adjusted 0.9471 modelled data 2025 up 7.7% 89th Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 2.3% 2023 down 23.6% 172nd Primary education, pupils 48.8% 2011 down 1.5% 68th Inequality in education 0.2064 2023 down 12.1% 66th Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 24.8% 2002 down 8.6% 3rd Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 1.06 modelled data 2025 down 3.3% 57th Number of years of free pre-primary education guaranteed in legal 0 2025 — 101st Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in 10 2025 unchanged 132nd End of the academic school year 2,022 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% 147th Outbound mobility ratio to the Pacific, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 — 139th Start month of the academic school year 10 tertiary education 2022 unchanged 9th End month of the academic school year 6 tertiary education 2022 unchanged 134th Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 3,802 1995 up 114.2% 78th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 0.951 modelled data 2025 up 16.4% 105th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female 47.0% 2002 up 6.2% 1st Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male 49.1% 2002 up 8.2% 1st Outbound mobility ratio to Central and Eastern Europe, male (UIS) 0.0% 2003 — 152nd Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2003 — 106th Persistence to grade 5, female 61.9% 1995 down 6.2% 138th ← Previous Page 9 of 22 Next →