Education in Least developed countries

297 indicators covering education for Least developed countries.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 11th
Secondary education, pupils 75.92 million 2024 up 33.5% 24th
Secondary education, teachers, female, per square kilometre 0.0431 units per square kilometre 2023 up 70.9% 39th
Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year 2018 down 49.3% 8th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 74.5% 2019 up 11.3% 37th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 79.1% 2019 up 6.0% 37th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 8.76 years 2019 up 11.8% 37th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 0.9301 GPI 2019 up 5.4% 38th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 9.41 years 2019 up 6.0% 37th
Government expenditure on education, total 3.2% 2023 up 3.4% 41st
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 up 6.6% 5th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per square 0.9146 number per square kilometre 2019 up 74.1% 32nd
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 61.3% 2023 up 10.5% 43rd
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 57.7% 2023 up 13.2% 43rd
Secondary education, vocational pupils 3.36 million 2018 up 56.6% 33rd
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita 0.0033 units per person 2018 up 23.8% 37th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.76 % change on previous year 2019 down 72.5% 18th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre 0.1649 units per square kilometre 2018 up 37.4% 35th
Number of infant deaths, female 649,582 2024 down 6.5% 11th
Number of infant deaths, male 827,804 2024 down 5.6% 11th
Number of under-five deaths, female 934,072 2024 down 10.2% 10th
Number of under-five deaths, male 1.14 million 2024 down 8.8% 10th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.4591 years 2019 up 64.0% 38th
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 0.7126 GPI 2019 up 17.7% 42nd
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.6442 years 2019 up 39.3% 38th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2018 down 10.9% 4th
Teachers in primary education, female 1.97 million number 2019 up 60.6% 28th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0019 number per person 2019 up 26.9% 43rd
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 0.0967 number per square kilometre 2019 up 40.8% 36th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per unit of GDP 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 down 13.8% 3rd
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 9.21 million number 2019 up 100.1% 29th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 35.9% 2019 down 2.6% 24th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 37.5% 2018 up 1.2% 40th
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.2% 2018 up 1.4% 37th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 9.63 years 2019 up 10.1% 37th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 121.8% 2018 down 1.0% 2nd
Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate 6.78 % change on previous year 2018 down 51.6% 3rd
Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 5.4% 2024 up 24.6% 32nd
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.7% 2025 down 12.0% 32nd
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.6% 2025 up 4.2% 29th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.7% 2025 down 3.3% 29th
Primary education, teachers 47.8% 2024 up 6.3% 43rd
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 669,942 number 2019 up 118.0% 31st
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year 2019 down 72.3% 35th
Repeaters, primary, total 8.2% 2018 down 23.4% 5th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 16.2% 2019 down 15.4% 9th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 364,498 number 2019 up 66.7% 36th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 208,252 2024 down 10.8% 11th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 133,212 2024 up 0.5% 13th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 204,760 2024 up 6.5% 14th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 239,084 2024 up 15.0% 14th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 117.1% 2018 down 1.4% 2nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 126.5% 2018 down 0.7% 2nd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.9141 GPI 2019 up 5.4% 41st
Repeaters, primary, female 8.1% 2018 down 23.3% 5th
Repeaters, primary, male 8.3% 2018 down 23.6% 5th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 75.1% 2019 up 2.3% 45th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 503,366 number 2019 up 123.0% 33rd
School enrollment, primary 80.8% 2018 up 1.9% 36th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 17.9% 2019 down 16.7% 9th