Education in Hong Kong 803 indicators covering education for Hong Kong. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary completion rate, female 90.7% 2024 down 10.3% 120th Primary completion rate, male 92.6% 2024 down 8.6% 102nd Duration of compulsory education 9 years 2025 unchanged 120th Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st 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 Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 108.6% 2019 up 2.6% 23rd 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 Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 176,245 number 2019 up 26.6% 89th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 98.6% 2024 down 0.6% 58th 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 Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 1.4% 2024 up 78.7% 147th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 107.9% 2019 up 2.1% 29th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 109.4% 2019 up 3.1% 20th 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 Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 97.5% 2007 up 1.6% 55th Teachers in primary education, female 21,842 number 2019 up 20.5% 98th Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 0.9862 index 2007 down 1.2% 137th Children out of school, female 2.5% 2007 down 38.2% 126th Children out of school, male 1.2% 2007 down 70.7% 153rd Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 84,335 number 2019 up 26.7% 90th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 99.0% 2019 up 0.1% 9th Secondary education, vocational pupils 15.6% 2018 up 55.4% 177th Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 3.5% 2018 up 57.4% 141st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 17.22 years 2019 up 8.3% 19th Productivity vs. educational attainment 51.52 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 18.4% 28th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 113.6% 2018 up 2.1% 30th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 0.2% 2024 down 61.7% 178th 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 Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 14,145 number 2019 up 43.4% 67th Repeaters, primary, total 0.4% 2018 down 56.2% 147th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 2.4% 2018 up 437.4% 91st Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 6,504 number 1994 up 4.5% 107th 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 Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 0.8% 2024 up 78.7% 164th Number of adults with no formal education by region 25,600 people 2100 down 35.5% 94th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.4% 2100 down 31.8% 86th Population by level of education 3.90 million people 2100 up 0.0% 96th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.981 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 3.3% 78th Repeaters, primary, male 0.4% 2018 down 59.9% 144th Repeaters, primary, female 0.4% 2018 down 50.3% 142nd Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 97.8% 2019 down 1.4% 83rd ← Previous Page 2 of 14 Next →