Education in Iraq 1,525 indicators covering education for Iraq. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 49.5% 2025 up 23.9% 127th Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 57.1% 2025 up 91.8% 92nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 49.3% 2025 up 67.7% 103rd Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7627 modelled data 2025 down 21.8% 148th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 64.6% 2025 up 114.4% 74th Teachers in secondary education, male 67,221 2007 up 144.0% 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 Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 11.4% 2005 up 41.7% 150th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 19.6% 2005 up 29.8% 120th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.5838 GPIA 2005 up 9.1% 176th Primary education, teachers 68.8% 2007 down 3.1% 133rd Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 7,232 number 2007 up 49.4% 99th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -4.19 % change on previous year 2004 down 188.4% 174th Repeaters, primary, total 16.8% 2007 up 67.7% 10th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.5713 years 2005 up 41.7% 152nd School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.9785 years 2005 up 29.8% 121st School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 0.5838 GPIA 2005 up 9.1% 176th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 7.2% 2007 down 69.8% 59th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 9.46 years 2004 down 2.0% 159th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 63.6% 2007 up 13.2% 175th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 19,231 number 2005 up 63.1% 63rd Persistence to grade 5, total 65.6% 1999 down 9.1% 146th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 49.5% 1999 down 14.8% 169th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 2,499 2024 down 11.8% 38th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2,962 2024 up 10.3% 32nd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 3,525 2024 up 6.8% 42nd Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 3,574 2024 up 9.9% 47th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 109.1% 2007 up 5.9% 41st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 111.1% 2007 down 3.6% 38th Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 82.6% 2007 down 13.2% 6th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 0.1839 years 2023 down 8.4% 196th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.1752 years 2023 down 10.6% 197th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.05 GPIA 2023 up 2.3% 35th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 100.0% 2007 unchanged 2nd Teachers in pre-primary education, male 0 2007 — 170th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 7,232 2007 up 49.4% 93rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.7615 GPI 2004 up 1.4% 168th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 6,751 2005 up 86.2% 69th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 35.1% 2005 up 14.2% 123rd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 12,480 2005 up 52.8% 60th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 3.0% 2100 down 9.5% 19th Number of adults with no formal education by region 2.82 million people 2100 down 8.6% 10th Population by level of education 37.24 million people 2100 up 11.1% 23rd Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.84 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 5.4% 172nd Repeaters, primary, female 14.4% 2007 up 55.6% 14th Repeaters, primary, male 18.8% 2007 up 76.1% 11th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 8.07 years 2004 down 1.7% 162nd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 10.79 years 2004 down 2.4% 145th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.7473 GPIA 2004 up 0.7% 173rd Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 100.0% 2007 unchanged 1st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 73.1% 2007 up 17.8% 157th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 53.7% 2007 up 7.4% 185th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.7342 GPIA 2007 down 8.8% 193rd Teachers in pre-primary education, female 7,232 number 2007 up 49.4% 95th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 0.9172 GPIA 1999 up 28.1% 163rd School enrollment, primary 92.8% 2007 up 21.9% 107th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 47.2% 1999 down 2.8% 154th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, male 51.5% 1999 down 24.1% 151st ← Previous Page 8 of 26 Next →