Education in Iraq 110 indicators covering education for Iraq. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 0-14 36.0% 2025 down 10.8% 49th Population ages 15-64 60.5% 2025 up 7.0% 160th School enrollment, primary 104.6% 2007 up 26.6% 62nd Primary education, teachers 286,890 2007 up 97.2% 23rd School enrollment, primary, female 94.9% 2007 up 25.4% 153rd School enrollment, primary, male 113.8% 2007 up 27.6% 26th Labor force, female 13.3% 2025 down 20.8% 184th Labor force, total 12.49 million 2025 up 29.6% 49th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.8417 GPI 2007 down 1.8% 194th School enrollment, secondary 50.6% 2007 up 30.4% 170th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2.2 per 1,000 2024 down 24.1% 65th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.6 per 1,000 2024 down 16.1% 59th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.7 per 1,000 2024 down 11.9% 91st Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 4.2 per 1,000 2024 down 10.6% 112th Secondary education, teachers 148,363 2007 up 138.2% 43rd School enrollment, secondary, female 42.8% 2007 up 43.5% 179th School enrollment, secondary, male 58.1% 2007 up 22.4% 162nd School enrollment, tertiary 15.6% 2005 up 33.9% 140th School enrollment, primary, private 0.0% 1991 — 198th School enrollment, preprimary 3.8% 2011 down 27.0% 192nd School enrollment, tertiary, female 11.4% 2005 up 41.7% 150th School enrollment, tertiary, male 19.6% 2005 up 29.8% 120th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.7493 GPI 2007 up 17.5% 184th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.5838 GPI 2005 up 9.1% 174th Secondary education, teachers, female 81,142 2007 up 133.5% 42nd Primary completion rate, female 53.7% 2007 up 7.4% 180th Primary completion rate, male 73.1% 2007 up 17.8% 153rd Secondary education, general pupils 1.97 million 2007 up 89.6% 45th Lower secondary completion rate, total 44.9% 2007 up 80.3% 160th School enrollment, preprimary, female 3.6% 2011 down 32.5% 189th School enrollment, preprimary, male 4.1% 2011 down 21.4% 189th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 49.5% 1999 down 14.8% 168th Secondary education, general pupils 42.5% 2007 up 8.6% 194th Lower secondary completion rate, female 40.8% 2007 up 92.0% 165th Lower secondary completion rate, male 48.8% 2007 up 71.8% 153rd Children out of school 10.7% 2007 down 59.0% 47th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 4.86 million 2007 up 67.5% 33rd Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 2.04 million 2007 up 75.6% 51st Persistence to last grade of primary, female 47.2% 1999 down 2.8% 154th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 51.5% 1999 down 24.1% 151st Secondary education, vocational pupils 70,869 2007 down 42.4% 80th Number of infant deaths, female 10,270 2024 down 29.5% 37th Number of infant deaths, male 13,186 2024 down 29.0% 35th Number of under-five deaths, female 11,141 2024 down 30.3% 38th Number of under-five deaths, male 14,255 2024 down 29.8% 39th Children out of school, female 16.8% 2007 down 46.0% 34th Children out of school, male 4.9% 2007 down 77.0% 92nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 12.0% 2007 down 53.3% 185th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 110.2% 2007 up 0.7% 40th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 30.1% 2025 up 35.2% 6th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 13.3% 2025 up 54.6% 17th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 15.5% 2025 up 42.5% 15th Primary education, teachers 68.8% 2007 down 3.1% 133rd Repeaters, primary, total 16.8% 2007 up 67.7% 10th Persistence to grade 5, total 65.6% 1999 down 9.1% 146th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 2,499 2024 down 11.8% 38th Page 1 of 2 Next →