Education in Germany

3,348 indicators covering education for Germany.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.6% 2024 up 0.6% 31st
Distribution of young adults' education and work status, for a given 22.9 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 1.1% 8th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 3.6% 2024 up 52.1% 70th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 8.2% 2024 down 16.7% 14th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 23rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 3.1% 2024 up 9.0% 54th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0 2024 — 12th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 6.2% 2024 up 37.2% 43rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.7% 2024 down 1.3% 22nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 1.6% 2024 down 0.7% 16th
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government 9.2% 2022 down 3.4% 97th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.3% 2024 up 4.4% 80th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender 1.23 GPIA 2024 down 5.0% 45th
Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) 169,264 2023 up 304.9% 5th
Government expenditure on upper secondary education as a percentage 0.8% 2022 down 12.2% 49th
Adjusted gender parity index for completion rate, by location, wealth 1.02 ratio 2021 down 1.7% 40th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 24.8% 2024 up 1.8% 71st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 22.7% 2024 up 6.6% 79th
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 80.0% 2024 down 0.3% 103rd
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 47.5% 2024 up 3.5% 119th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 52.5% 2024 down 2.7% 4th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 20.0% 2024 up 1.5% 19th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.1% 2024 down 3.7% 42nd
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 1.4% 2024 down 1.5% 5th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 10.0% 2024 up 13.6% 54th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.7% 2024 down 4.5% 78th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 8.2% 2024 down 10.9% 13th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 8.2% 2024 down 21.7% 19th
Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 91.5% 2017 down 0.4% 56th
Number of repeaters in all grades of primary education 15,242 2024 up 30.5% 20th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.9% 2024 up 80.2% 52nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 9.8% 2024 up 30.3% 57th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 0.4% 2024 up 4.3% 73rd
Share of young women vs. men who are not in education, employment or training 7.7% 2023 up 7.2% 98th
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 89.3% 2022 down 4.8% 95th
Percentage of enrolments in private schools of primary education 5.13 2024 up 7.1% 41st
Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training 17.9% 2023 down 3.6% 34th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, both 0 2024 down 100.0% 7th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education 0 2024 down 100.0% 7th
Repeaters in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 23,258 2024 down 1.8% 16th
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 90.8% 2022 down 3.8% 84th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 84.6% 2023 up 1.5% 13th
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 90.2% 2022 down 2.4% 81st
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in secondary 9.2% 2022 up 65.5% 45th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Latin America and the 22,000 2024 up 94.8% 6th
Government expenditure on lower secondary education as a percentage 1.2% 2022 up 1.2% 13th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 1.06 GPIA 2023 up 7.2% 60th
Official entrance age to early childhood educational development 0 years 2025 — 43rd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 153 2024 up 178.2% 6th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.5% 2024 up 6.1% 11th
Theoretical duration of early childhood educational development 3 years 2025 unchanged 12th
Repeaters in grade unknown of lower secondary general education, male 0 2024 down 100.0% 7th
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in public 9.8% 2022 up 29.4% 46th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.0% 2024 up 13.8% 49th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 88.1% 2023 down 2.7% 11th
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in primary 10.7% 2022 up 71.6% 33rd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 81.2% 2023 down 1.3% 32nd
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 82.9% 2023 down 5.0% 31st
Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 2025 unchanged 9th