Education in Israel 137 indicators covering education for Israel. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 15-64 60.1% 2025 down 1.0% 162nd Population ages 0-14 27.2% 2025 down 3.8% 83rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 97.4% 2024 down 1.8% 132nd Primary education, teachers 92,770 2024 up 30.4% 60th School enrollment, primary, female 97.5% 2024 down 1.7% 129th School enrollment, primary, male 97.4% 2024 down 1.8% 134th Labor force, total 4.83 million 2025 up 22.5% 89th Labor force, female 48.3% 2025 up 3.0% 37th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2020 up 0.7% 37th School enrollment, secondary 98.5% 2024 up 0.0% 66th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.8 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 173rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.2 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 170th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 177th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 161st Secondary education, teachers 71,062 2009 up 17.5% 75th School enrollment, secondary, female 98.7% 2024 down 0.4% 70th School enrollment, secondary, male 98.4% 2024 up 0.4% 66th School enrollment, tertiary 56.3% 2024 down 10.2% 70th School enrollment, primary, private 24.9% 2024 up 8.6% 51st School enrollment, preprimary 111.2% 2020 up 13.1% 10th School enrollment, tertiary, female 66.5% 2024 down 7.5% 67th School enrollment, tertiary, male 46.5% 2024 down 13.6% 72nd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2020 down 0.9% 94th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.3 GPI 2024 up 4.0% 66th Secondary education, teachers, female 51,530 2009 up 22.3% 59th Primary completion rate, female 97.4% 2024 down 0.7% 67th Primary completion rate, male 96.6% 2024 down 0.9% 75th Government expenditure on education, total 5.9% 2022 up 6.7% 30th Secondary education, general pupils 657,883 2017 up 17.1% 83rd Lower secondary completion rate, total 97.8% 2024 up 2.2% 40th School enrollment, preprimary, female 110.4% 2020 up 13.3% 9th School enrollment, preprimary, male 112.0% 2020 up 13.0% 8th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 98.2% 2023 down 1.1% 40th Government expenditure on education, total 16.1% 2022 up 14.1% 47th Secondary education, general pupils 49.0% 2017 down 2.3% 144th Lower secondary completion rate, female 98.0% 2024 up 2.3% 43rd Lower secondary completion rate, male 97.6% 2024 up 2.1% 40th Children out of school 2.7% 2024 up 508.0% 113th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 1.05 million 2024 up 21.6% 83rd Secondary education, pupils 948,390 2024 up 23.5% 79th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 97.4% 2023 down 1.3% 51st Persistence to last grade of primary, male 98.9% 2023 down 0.8% 28th Secondary education, vocational pupils 161,579 2017 up 31.6% 54th Number of under-five deaths, male 318 2024 down 13.4% 120th Number of under-five deaths, female 258 2024 down 14.0% 119th Number of infant deaths, male 252 2024 down 15.2% 122nd Number of infant deaths, female 205 2024 down 15.6% 122nd Children out of school, female 2.6% 2024 up 401.7% 125th Children out of school, male 2.7% 2024 up 651.0% 118th Secondary education, vocational pupils 49.2% 2017 up 14.0% 34th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 103.8% 2017 down 0.1% 77th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.4% 2025 down 36.6% 142nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.5% 2025 down 32.6% 130th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.6% 2025 down 28.8% 125th Primary education, teachers 86.2% 2024 up 1.0% 56th Repeaters, primary, total 0.8% 2017 down 31.7% 130th Page 1 of 3 Next →