Education in Macao 137 indicators covering education for Macao. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 71.2% 2025 down 9.1% 19th Population ages 0-14 13.7% 2025 up 4.9% 199th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 89.8% 2024 down 10.8% 176th Primary education, teachers 2,896 2024 up 73.5% 167th School enrollment, primary, female 89.9% 2024 down 11.6% 174th School enrollment, primary, male 89.7% 2024 down 10.1% 177th Labor force, total 401,572 2025 up 1.5% 161st Labor force, female 51.0% 2025 up 2.1% 7th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9787 GPI 2021 down 0.8% 127th School enrollment, secondary 94.7% 2024 down 7.0% 84th Secondary education, teachers 2,938 2024 up 11.9% 164th School enrollment, secondary, female 94.5% 2024 down 6.3% 92nd School enrollment, secondary, male 94.8% 2024 down 7.6% 78th School enrollment, tertiary 141.9% 2024 up 104.7% 2nd School enrollment, primary, private 96.4% 2024 down 1.3% 1st School enrollment, preprimary 86.4% 2021 down 8.8% 67th School enrollment, tertiary, male 133.7% 2024 up 121.3% 2nd School enrollment, tertiary, female 149.6% 2024 up 91.3% 2nd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9965 GPI 2021 up 3.7% 116th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.11 GPI 2024 down 9.9% 123rd Secondary education, teachers, female 1,687 2024 up 9.1% 155th Primary completion rate, female 93.9% 2024 down 0.6% 106th Primary completion rate, male 94.3% 2024 down 1.7% 90th Government expenditure on education, total 3.5% 2023 up 70.8% 125th Secondary education, general pupils 25,672 2018 down 36.0% 170th Lower secondary completion rate, total 94.2% 2024 down 5.5% 67th School enrollment, preprimary, female 85.0% 2021 down 10.7% 68th School enrollment, preprimary, male 87.8% 2021 down 6.9% 62nd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.3% 2023 up 1.1% 23rd Government expenditure on education, total 12.3% 2022 down 45.1% 106th Secondary education, general pupils 48.8% 2018 down 1.2% 152nd Lower secondary completion rate, female 92.7% 2024 down 9.8% 87th Lower secondary completion rate, male 95.7% 2024 down 1.0% 52nd Children out of school 10.8% 2024 up 120.5% 46th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 38,349 2024 up 67.7% 170th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 31,617 2024 down 1.4% 172nd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.5% 2023 up 0.2% 18th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.2% 2023 down 0.3% 26th Secondary education, vocational pupils 936 2018 down 20.1% 167th Children out of school, female 10.6% 2024 up 279.0% 54th Children out of school, male 10.9% 2024 up 61.1% 53rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 34.5% 2018 down 20.5% 144th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 94.6% 2018 up 6.5% 152nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.3% 2025 up 29.7% 164th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.7% 2025 up 31.8% 152nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.1% 2025 up 27.9% 171st Primary education, teachers 81.1% 2024 down 6.4% 80th Repeaters, primary, total 1.7% 2018 down 72.4% 106th Persistence to grade 5, total 99.6% 2023 up 1.0% 15th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 93.6% 2018 up 6.0% 154th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 95.6% 2018 up 6.9% 144th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.4% 2100 down 32.2% 83rd Number of adults with no formal education by region 3,100 people 2100 down 36.7% 145th Population by level of education 427,500 people 2100 down 0.7% 161st Repeaters, primary, male 2.1% 2018 down 73.0% 98th Repeaters, primary, female 1.3% 2018 down 70.9% 104th Page 1 of 3 Next →