Education in Jordan 165 indicators covering education for Jordan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 65.1% 2025 up 5.1% 93rd Population ages 0-14 30.2% 2025 down 13.3% 70th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 98.6% 2024 up 1.0% 119th Primary education, teachers 64,348 2024 up 11.0% 76th School enrollment, primary, female 98.8% 2024 up 0.9% 113th School enrollment, primary, male 98.4% 2024 up 1.1% 124th Labor force, total 3.22 million 2025 up 37.5% 105th Labor force, female 19.3% 2025 up 12.9% 177th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9878 GPI 2021 up 1.1% 113th School enrollment, secondary 91.8% 2024 up 3.2% 97th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 48.1% 187th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 40.9% 167th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 down 50.0% 153rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.7 per 1,000 2024 down 50.0% 140th Secondary education, teachers 73,057 2024 up 42.4% 72nd School enrollment, secondary, female 92.9% 2024 up 1.0% 102nd School enrollment, secondary, male 90.6% 2024 up 5.4% 98th School enrollment, tertiary 35.9% 2024 down 1.9% 108th School enrollment, primary, private 33.9% 2024 up 1.7% 32nd School enrollment, preprimary 26.6% 2021 down 1.6% 161st School enrollment, tertiary, male 29.4% 2024 down 10.3% 103rd School enrollment, tertiary, female 43.6% 2024 up 5.9% 106th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2021 down 1.6% 86th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.33 GPI 2024 up 10.1% 56th Secondary education, teachers, female 41,705 2024 up 70.9% 69th Primary completion rate, female 97.8% 2024 up 3.5% 64th Primary completion rate, male 96.4% 2024 up 2.2% 76th Government expenditure on education, total 3.2% 2024 down 14.2% 138th Secondary education, general pupils 766,641 2018 up 14.1% 75th Lower secondary completion rate, total 91.3% 2024 up 1.4% 87th School enrollment, preprimary, female 26.8% 2021 up 2.4% 159th School enrollment, preprimary, male 26.4% 2021 down 5.3% 158th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 95.2% 2023 down 2.8% 70th Government expenditure on education, total 9.8% 2024 down 22.0% 155th Secondary education, general pupils 50.7% 2018 up 1.1% 70th Lower secondary completion rate, female 94.1% 2024 up 2.4% 74th Lower secondary completion rate, male 88.6% 2024 up 0.4% 89th Children out of school 1.9% 2024 down 72.5% 125th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 1.12 million 2024 up 13.9% 82nd Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 1.03 million 2024 up 37.2% 75th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 95.7% 2023 down 3.2% 64th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 94.7% 2023 down 2.4% 63rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 23,181 2018 down 17.8% 107th Number of under-five deaths, male 1,706 2024 down 13.0% 85th Number of under-five deaths, female 1,342 2024 down 12.4% 86th Number of infant deaths, male 1,578 2024 down 11.6% 79th Number of infant deaths, female 1,237 2024 down 10.8% 79th Children out of school, female 1.6% 2024 down 75.9% 141st Children out of school, male 2.1% 2024 down 69.3% 131st Secondary education, vocational pupils 39.7% 2018 up 5.7% 109th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 81.0% 2018 down 7.5% 178th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 14.9% 2025 up 34.6% 12th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 23.3% 2025 up 2.5% 13th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 16.5% 2025 up 26.5% 13th Primary education, teachers 79.9% 2024 down 3.9% 87th Repeaters, primary, total 1.2% 2018 up 97.2% 120th Page 1 of 3 Next →