Education in Low & middle income

110 indicators covering education for Low & middle income.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 0-14 26.3% 2025 down 8.9%
Population ages 15-64 65.3% 2025 up 0.9%
School enrollment, primary 102.3% 2024 up 0.6%
Primary education, teachers 27.98 million 2024 up 11.0%
School enrollment, primary, female 101.6% 2024 up 0.3%
School enrollment, primary, male 103.0% 2024 up 1.0%
Labor force, female 39.0% 2025 up 2.0%
Labor force, total 3.00 billion 2025 up 12.2%
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9807 GPI 2020 up 0.9%
School enrollment, secondary 73.9% 2024 up 4.2%
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 3.75 per 1,000 2024 down 22.0%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.97 per 1,000 2024 down 14.8%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.63 per 1,000 2024 down 14.7%
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 6.43 per 1,000 2024 down 7.3%
Secondary education, teachers 33.92 million 2024 up 32.2%
School enrollment, secondary, female 73.7% 2024 up 4.8%
School enrollment, secondary, male 74.1% 2024 up 3.6%
School enrollment, tertiary 38.8% 2024 up 30.2%
School enrollment, preprimary 58.0% 2020 up 37.9%
School enrollment, tertiary, female 40.7% 2024 up 32.0%
School enrollment, tertiary, male 37.0% 2024 up 28.4%
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9863 GPI 2020 up 2.7%
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.09 GPI 2024 up 2.4%
Secondary education, teachers, female 18.71 million 2024 up 41.6%
Primary completion rate, female 86.6% 2024 up 0.4%
Primary completion rate, male 87.2% 2024 down 0.4%
Government expenditure on education, total 3.5% 2023 down 7.8%
Secondary education, general pupils 456.00 million 2018 up 14.6%
Lower secondary completion rate, total 75.7% 2024 up 4.8%
School enrollment, preprimary, female 57.4% 2020 up 37.6%
School enrollment, preprimary, male 58.5% 2020 up 38.2%
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 77.6% 2023 up 5.0%
Government expenditure on education, total 14.2% 2024 down 11.0%
Secondary education, general pupils 48.5% 2018 up 2.4%
Lower secondary completion rate, female 75.8% 2024 up 4.6%
Lower secondary completion rate, male 75.7% 2024 up 5.0%
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Primary education, pupils 701.53 million 2024 up 10.4%
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, pupils 554.22 million 2024 up 14.0%
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 79.1% 2023 up 5.7%
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 76.3% 2023 up 4.4%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 48.60 million 2018 up 14.9%
Number of infant deaths, female 1.59 million 2024 down 22.2%
Number of infant deaths, male 1.98 million 2024 down 20.9%
Number of under-five deaths, female 2.18 million 2024 down 23.3%
Number of under-five deaths, male 2.62 million 2024 down 21.7%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 42.3% 2018 down 8.4%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 105.9% 2018 down 5.8%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.0% 2025 down 13.8%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.8% 2025 down 18.3%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.9% 2025 down 16.6%
Primary education, teachers 66.4% 2024 up 10.3%
Repeaters, primary, total 3.3% 2018 down 32.7%
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 457,856 2024 down 17.8%
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 358,565 2024 down 6.8%
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 529,628 2024 down 8.0%
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 692,715 2024 down 5.3%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 104.1% 2018 down 5.6%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 107.5% 2018 down 6.0%