Education in Namibia 2,727 indicators covering education for Namibia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 56.1% 2025 up 14.6% 120th Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 65.7% 2025 up 18.7% 112th Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.29 modelled data 2025 up 4.5% 4th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 46.9% 2025 up 10.2% 132nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 37.6% 2025 up 16.9% 114th Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 42.5% 2025 up 20.9% 109th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.23 modelled data 2025 up 4.8% 23rd Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 32.8% 2025 up 12.7% 117th Teachers in secondary education, male 4,389 2024 up 4.7% 134th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 18.4% 2025 down 18.4% 18th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 20.1% 2025 up 5.2% 6th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 19.3% 2025 down 7.2% 8th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 33.1% 2022 up 62.0% 117th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 19.2% 2022 up 44.6% 123rd Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.42 GPIA 2022 up 5.1% 27th Primary education, teachers 70.8% 2024 up 3.9% 127th Repeaters, primary, total 15.7% 2018 down 13.5% 14th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 1.84 years 2022 down 37.0% 115th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 1.07 years 2022 down 37.6% 117th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.41 GPIA 2022 up 0.4% 31st Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 1.5% 2018 down 82.3% 113th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 15.43 years 2022 up 6.1% 60th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 88.6% 2024 down 3.0% 133rd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 3,369 number 2017 up 341.5% 119th Persistence to grade 5, total 91.6% 2017 up 0.1% 84th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 84.1% 2017 up 1.9% 117th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 273 2024 down 25.8% 89th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 211 2024 down 23.3% 102nd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 335 2024 down 23.9% 104th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 597 2024 down 25.7% 95th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 113.9% 2018 up 9.9% 26th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 112.7% 2018 up 6.8% 36th Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 7.2% 2024 down 73.9% 106th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 0.7122 years 2024 up 52.1% 177th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.6958 years 2024 up 51.4% 175th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2024 up 0.4% 66th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 93.6% 2024 down 2.7% 142nd Teachers in pre-primary education, male 148 2024 up 214.9% 93rd Teachers in pre-primary education, female 2,172 2024 up 81.6% 131st School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2006 down 2.5% 115th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 2,122 2022 up 327.8% 103rd Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 50.9% 2022 up 23.5% 43rd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 2,050 2022 up 189.5% 121st Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.3% 2100 down 28.3% 109th Number of adults with no formal education by region 11,900 people 2100 down 29.2% 119th Population by level of education 978,300 people 2100 up 15.1% 139th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.902 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 5.8% 125th Repeaters, primary, female 12.8% 2018 down 10.6% 18th Repeaters, primary, male 18.4% 2018 down 15.5% 12th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 16.19 years 2022 up 7.4% 58th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 14.7 years 2022 up 4.7% 67th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.09 GPIA 2022 up 2.1% 42nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 86.7% 2024 down 2.3% 128th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 90.4% 2024 down 3.5% 124th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% 43rd Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 59.0% 2023 up 4.0% 50th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 65.7% 2023 up 12.2% 56th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.84 GPIA 2023 down 10.6% 38th School enrollment, secondary, private 4.9% 2007 up 8.6% 139th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1.07 GPIA 2017 up 0.1% 27th ← Previous Page 8 of 46 Next →