Education in Least developed countries: UN classification

109 indicators covering education for Least developed countries: UN classification.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 0-14 38.4% 2025 down 5.8%
Population ages 15-64 57.7% 2025 up 3.4%
School enrollment, primary 100.7% 2024 down 0.4%
Primary education, teachers 4.43 million 2024 up 19.6%
School enrollment, primary, female 99.3% 2024 up 1.2%
School enrollment, primary, male 102.0% 2024 down 1.9%
Labor force, female 42.3% 2025 up 1.2%
Labor force, total 450.68 million 2025 up 23.7%
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9545 GPI 2020 up 2.3%
School enrollment, secondary 46.9% 2024 up 9.4%
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 6.82 per 1,000 2024 down 24.6%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 4.8 per 1,000 2024 down 16.1%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 8.1 per 1,000 2024 down 14.2%
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 10.74 per 1,000 2024 down 9.7%
Secondary education, teachers 3.12 million 2024 up 45.4%
School enrollment, secondary, female 45.6% 2024 up 13.0%
School enrollment, secondary, male 48.2% 2024 up 6.3%
School enrollment, tertiary 11.0% 2024 up 22.3%
School enrollment, preprimary 26.6% 2020 up 76.9%
School enrollment, tertiary, female 9.8% 2024 up 32.3%
School enrollment, tertiary, male 12.3% 2024 up 15.5%
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9329 GPI 2020 up 10.6%
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.792 GPI 2024 up 14.5%
Secondary education, teachers, female 893,693 2024 up 64.3%
Primary completion rate, female 70.5% 2024 up 6.5%
Primary completion rate, male 70.0% 2024 up 2.6%
Government expenditure on education, total 3.2% 2023 up 3.4%
Secondary education, general pupils 61.10 million 2018 up 62.1%
Lower secondary completion rate, total 46.3% 2023 up 12.2%
School enrollment, preprimary, female 26.7% 2020 up 76.7%
School enrollment, preprimary, male 26.6% 2020 up 77.1%
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 59.5% 2023 up 11.9%
Government expenditure on education, total 12.5% 2024 down 15.4%
Secondary education, general pupils 48.0% 2018 up 6.6%
Lower secondary completion rate, female 46.0% 2023 up 16.7%
Lower secondary completion rate, male 46.6% 2023 up 8.0%
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Primary education, pupils 171.01 million 2024 up 17.7%
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, pupils 75.92 million 2024 up 33.5%
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 61.3% 2023 up 10.5%
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 57.7% 2023 up 13.2%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 3.36 million 2018 up 56.6%
Number of infant deaths, female 649,582 2024 down 6.5%
Number of infant deaths, male 827,804 2024 down 5.6%
Number of under-five deaths, female 934,072 2024 down 10.2%
Number of under-five deaths, male 1.14 million 2024 down 8.8%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 37.5% 2018 up 1.2%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 121.8% 2018 down 1.0%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.7% 2025 down 12.0%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.6% 2025 up 4.2%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.7% 2025 down 3.3%
Primary education, teachers 47.8% 2024 up 6.3%
Repeaters, primary, total 8.2% 2018 down 23.4%
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 208,252 2024 down 10.8%
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 133,212 2024 up 0.5%
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 204,760 2024 up 6.5%
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 239,084 2024 up 15.0%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 117.1% 2018 down 1.4%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 126.5% 2018 down 0.7%