Education in Namibia 151 indicators covering education for Namibia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 14 years 2025 unchanged 1st Population ages 15-64 59.6% 2025 down 0.7% 168th Population ages 0-14 36.7% 2025 up 0.4% 44th Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st School enrollment, primary 120.7% 2024 down 1.6% 12th Primary education, teachers 21,240 2024 up 32.1% 121st School enrollment, primary, female 117.9% 2024 down 1.7% 16th School enrollment, primary, male 123.6% 2024 down 1.6% 10th Labor force, total 1.15 million 2025 up 26.1% 143rd Labor force, female 48.3% 2025 down 0.5% 36th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9654 GPI 2021 up 0.4% 155th School enrollment, secondary 82.0% 2024 up 6.8% 133rd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 11.4 per 1,000 2024 down 27.8% 30th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 5.9 per 1,000 2024 down 33.7% 44th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 3.2 per 1,000 2024 down 41.8% 44th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 3.6 per 1,000 2024 down 47.1% 45th Secondary education, teachers 10,653 2024 up 21.3% 138th School enrollment, secondary, female 86.4% 2024 up 8.1% 125th School enrollment, secondary, male 77.5% 2024 up 5.4% 139th School enrollment, tertiary 26.1% 2022 up 54.4% 119th School enrollment, primary, private 5.9% 2018 up 37.3% 141st School enrollment, preprimary 36.5% 2021 up 180.3% 141st School enrollment, tertiary, male 19.2% 2022 up 44.6% 123rd School enrollment, tertiary, female 33.1% 2022 up 62.0% 117th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.14 GPI 2007 up 1.4% 16th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.42 GPI 2022 up 5.1% 25th Secondary education, teachers, female 6,264 2024 up 36.4% 129th Primary completion rate, female 90.4% 2024 down 3.5% 122nd Primary completion rate, male 86.7% 2024 down 2.3% 124th Government expenditure on education, total 9.1% 2024 up 147.7% 4th Secondary education, general pupils 202,252 2017 up 27.9% 131st Lower secondary completion rate, total 71.9% 2024 up 6.6% 132nd School enrollment, preprimary, female 37.4% 2021 up 126.2% 139th School enrollment, preprimary, male 35.7% 2021 up 118.3% 139th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 84.1% 2017 up 1.9% 116th Government expenditure on education, total 24.6% 2025 up 8.9% 5th Secondary education, general pupils 52.2% 2017 down 3.0% 22nd Lower secondary completion rate, female 76.8% 2024 up 7.9% 130th Lower secondary completion rate, male 67.0% 2024 up 5.2% 133rd Children out of school 0.9% 2024 down 25.2% 153rd Secondary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 183rd Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Primary education, pupils 590,029 2024 up 36.6% 102nd Secondary education, pupils 236,050 2024 up 24.3% 131st Persistence to last grade of primary, male 81.3% 2017 up 1.8% 106th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 87.0% 2017 up 2.0% 101st Secondary education, vocational pupils 97 1997 down 49.7% 179th Number of under-five deaths, male 1,680 2024 down 12.9% 86th Number of under-five deaths, female 1,358 2024 down 13.7% 85th Number of infant deaths, male 1,553 2024 down 10.8% 80th Number of infant deaths, female 1,255 2024 down 11.7% 77th Children out of school, female 1.3% 2012 down 84.8% 152nd Children out of school, male 2.7% 2012 down 75.5% 121st Secondary education, vocational pupils 51.5% 1997 up 142.9% 21st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 113.3% 2018 up 8.3% 33rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 20.1% 2025 up 5.2% 6th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 18.4% 2025 down 18.4% 18th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 19.3% 2025 down 7.2% 8th Primary education, teachers 70.8% 2024 up 3.9% 127th Repeaters, primary, total 15.7% 2018 down 13.5% 14th Page 1 of 3 Next →