Education in Hong Kong, China

2,559 indicators covering education for Hong Kong, China.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 55.2% 2024 down 3.7% 131st
Teachers in secondary education, female 17,472 2024 down 0.3% 104th
Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 0.2% 2024 down 61.7% 178th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.3% 2025 down 28.6% 165th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.3% 2025 down 2.6% 132nd
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.8% 2025 down 15.5% 155th
Teachers in secondary education, male 14,206 2024 up 8.8% 103rd
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 126.0% 2024 up 69.6% 7th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 114.4% 2024 up 75.4% 4th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.09 GPIA 2024 down 2.7% 127th
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
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 5.82 years 2024 up 63.1% 8th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 5.33 years 2024 up 64.5% 3rd
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.08 GPIA 2024 down 0.7% 131st
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 2.4% 2018 up 437.4% 91st
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 18.72 years 2024 up 14.8% 10th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 91.7% 2024 down 9.5% 116th
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
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 95.6% 2023 down 2.9% 67th
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
Children not in school 0.7964 2024 up 78.7% 159th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 3.03 years 2024 down 1.2% 28th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 3.14 years 2024 up 0.9% 24th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9655 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% 174th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 97.3% 2024 down 1.3% 100th
Teachers in pre-primary education, male 317 2024 up 84.3% 79th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 11,416 2024 down 6.5% 78th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2019 up 2.0% 104th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 1,656 1994 up 52.6% 109th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 25.5% 1994 up 46.1% 145th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 4,848 1994 down 5.7% 99th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.4134 2100 down 31.8% 86th
Total number of people aged 15 with no education in millions by contin 25,600 2100 down 35.5% 94th
World population level education 3.90 million 2100 up 0.0% 96th
Projections of the number of children per woman by education scenario 0.981 2100 down 3.3% 77th
Repeaters, primary, female 0.4% 2018 down 50.3% 142nd
Repeaters, primary, male 0.4% 2018 down 59.9% 144th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 18.75 years 2024 up 15.0% 17th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 18.71 years 2024 up 14.5% 6th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% 134th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 97.8% 2019 down 1.4% 83rd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 90.7% 2024 down 10.3% 122nd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 92.6% 2024 down 8.6% 105th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9799 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% 156th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 13,829 number 2019 up 41.4% 66th
School enrollment, secondary, private 22.1% 2024 up 23.2% 58th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 0.985 GPIA 2023 down 2.3% 145th
School enrollment, primary 95.5% 2018 up 1.3% 64th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 5.8% 1996 up 68.1% 72nd
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 94.8% 2023 down 4.1% 72nd
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 96.3% 2023 down 1.8% 54th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 1.3% 126th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 6.5% 1996 up 45.6% 65th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 129.5% 2024 up 23.6% 2nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 101.3% 2019 up 11.1% 17th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 15,674 2023 up 26.6% 23rd