Education in Hong Kong 130 indicators covering education for Hong Kong. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 66.0% 2025 down 9.7% 73rd Population ages 0-14 10.3% 2025 down 10.7% 214th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 103.2% 2024 down 1.8% 70th Primary education, teachers 28,284 2024 up 20.8% 109th School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% 2024 down 2.2% 84th School enrollment, primary, male 104.7% 2024 down 1.4% 64th Labor force, total 3.79 million 2025 down 2.8% 96th Labor force, female 51.2% 2025 up 3.7% 6th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2021 up 4.0% 10th School enrollment, secondary 107.2% 2024 up 1.5% 34th Secondary education, teachers 31,678 2024 up 3.6% 109th School enrollment, secondary, female 105.6% 2024 up 2.0% 42nd School enrollment, secondary, male 108.6% 2024 up 1.1% 29th School enrollment, tertiary 120.1% 2024 up 72.3% 4th School enrollment, primary, private 20.6% 2024 up 9.3% 65th School enrollment, preprimary 93.6% 2020 down 18.6% 46th School enrollment, tertiary, male 114.4% 2024 up 75.4% 4th School enrollment, tertiary, female 126.0% 2024 up 69.6% 7th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9941 GPI 2021 down 1.0% 121st School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.09 GPI 2024 down 2.7% 125th Secondary education, teachers, female 17,472 2024 down 0.3% 104th Primary completion rate, female 90.7% 2024 down 10.3% 120th Primary completion rate, male 92.6% 2024 down 8.6% 102nd Government expenditure on education, total 3.8% 2024 up 6.5% 111th Secondary education, general pupils 341,591 2018 down 32.7% 111th Lower secondary completion rate, total 129.5% 2024 up 23.6% 1st School enrollment, preprimary, female 96.0% 2020 down 18.5% 32nd School enrollment, preprimary, male 91.5% 2020 down 18.6% 52nd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 95.6% 2023 down 2.9% 65th Government expenditure on education, total 15.7% 2024 down 10.7% 52nd Secondary education, general pupils 48.3% 2018 down 1.9% 165th Lower secondary completion rate, female 129.7% 2024 up 26.1% 1st Lower secondary completion rate, male 129.3% 2024 up 21.3% 2nd Children out of school 1.4% 2024 up 78.7% 141st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 329,780 2024 up 1.7% 127th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 340,877 2024 down 18.0% 119th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 94.8% 2023 down 4.1% 71st Persistence to last grade of primary, male 96.3% 2023 down 1.8% 53rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 7,495 2018 up 16.6% 132nd Children out of school, female 2.5% 2007 down 38.2% 126th Children out of school, male 1.2% 2007 down 70.7% 153rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 15.6% 2018 up 55.4% 177th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 113.6% 2018 up 2.1% 30th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.8% 2025 down 15.5% 155th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.3% 2025 down 2.6% 132nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.3% 2025 down 28.6% 165th Primary education, teachers 76.1% 2024 down 2.4% 112th Repeaters, primary, total 0.4% 2018 down 56.2% 147th Persistence to grade 5, total 97.6% 2023 down 1.9% 42nd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 117.2% 2018 up 4.3% 21st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 110.5% 2018 up 0.1% 41st Number of adults with no formal education by region 25,600 people 2100 down 35.5% 94th Population by level of education 3.90 million people 2100 up 0.0% 96th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.4% 2100 down 31.8% 86th Repeaters, primary, male 0.4% 2018 down 59.9% 144th Repeaters, primary, female 0.4% 2018 down 50.3% 142nd Page 1 of 3 Next →