Education in Iran 158 indicators covering education for Iran. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 15-64 69.4% 2025 down 1.4% 33rd Population ages 0-14 22.0% 2025 down 6.7% 109th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 102.0% 2023 down 8.5% 84th Primary education, teachers 372,396 2023 up 21.6% 15th School enrollment, primary, female 102.0% 2023 down 10.0% 80th School enrollment, primary, male 101.9% 2023 down 7.0% 90th Labor force, total 29.52 million 2025 up 11.5% 24th Labor force, female 16.9% 2025 up 0.3% 182nd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2020 up 8.3% 6th School enrollment, secondary 85.1% 2023 up 4.4% 126th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.8 per 1,000 2024 up 3.6% 81st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.7 per 1,000 2024 up 6.8% 62nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.7 per 1,000 2024 down 22.7% 90th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 down 31.8% 84th Secondary education, teachers 406,399 2023 up 21.5% 21st School enrollment, secondary, female 86.2% 2023 up 8.1% 126th School enrollment, secondary, male 84.2% 2023 up 0.9% 124th School enrollment, tertiary 58.7% 2022 up 8.9% 65th School enrollment, primary, private 15.2% 2023 up 121.0% 90th School enrollment, preprimary 72.5% 2020 up 80.5% 90th School enrollment, tertiary, male 58.3% 2022 up 9.3% 53rd School enrollment, tertiary, female 59.1% 2022 up 8.5% 83rd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9895 GPI 2020 up 5.6% 131st School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2022 down 0.7% 139th Secondary education, teachers, female 200,449 2023 up 12.1% 25th Primary completion rate, female 98.0% 2023 up 4.3% 61st Primary completion rate, male 96.9% 2023 up 3.2% 71st Government expenditure on education, total 2.8% 2023 down 1.0% 157th Secondary education, general pupils 4.92 million 2017 down 34.0% 20th Lower secondary completion rate, total 85.2% 2023 down 3.6% 104th School enrollment, preprimary, female 73.7% 2020 up 77.7% 89th School enrollment, preprimary, male 71.3% 2020 up 83.4% 91st Persistence to last grade of primary, total 94.7% 2022 down 1.6% 75th Government expenditure on education, total 18.8% 2022 up 8.2% 28th Secondary education, general pupils 50.2% 2017 down 0.6% 84th Lower secondary completion rate, female 87.1% 2023 down 0.4% 105th Lower secondary completion rate, male 83.5% 2023 down 6.6% 103rd Children out of school 0.1% 2023 down 95.3% 189th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 9.09 million 2023 up 15.6% 15th Secondary education, pupils 6.62 million 2023 up 12.8% 18th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 94.9% 2022 down 0.9% 62nd Persistence to last grade of primary, female 94.4% 2022 down 2.2% 74th Secondary education, vocational pupils 763,440 2017 down 11.8% 18th Number of under-five deaths, male 7,088 2024 down 45.1% 52nd Number of infant deaths, female 5,502 2024 down 45.8% 47th Number of under-five deaths, female 6,104 2024 down 45.7% 50th Number of infant deaths, male 6,467 2024 down 45.2% 49th Children out of school, female 1.5% 2020 down 67.6% 145th Children out of school, male 2.1% 2020 down 66.2% 129th Secondary education, vocational pupils 34.0% 2017 down 8.1% 151st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 105.0% 2017 up 1.8% 66th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 8.3% 2025 down 25.7% 54th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.8% 2025 down 27.9% 58th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 15.6% 2025 down 20.5% 21st Primary education, teachers 76.6% 2023 up 16.9% 109th Repeaters, primary, total 1.4% 2017 down 45.3% 113th Page 1 of 3 Next →