Education in Nauru

78 indicators covering education for Nauru.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Population ages 0-14 37.2% 2025 down 2.8% 40th
Population ages 15-64 59.8% 2025 down 0.7% 165th
School enrollment, primary 94.4% 2025 down 4.7% 157th
Primary education, teachers 66 2025 up 65.0% 204th
School enrollment, primary, female 96.5% 2025 down 1.6% 141st
School enrollment, primary, male 92.4% 2025 down 7.6% 167th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2020 up 3.5% 15th
School enrollment, secondary 94.5% 2025 up 12.6% 86th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1 per 1,000 2024 down 54.5% 115th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.5 per 1,000 2024 down 35.2% 122nd
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.6 per 1,000 2024 down 38.1% 123rd
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1 per 1,000 2024 down 50.0% 126th
Secondary education, teachers 48 2025 up 6.7% 201st
School enrollment, secondary, female 97.5% 2025 up 15.1% 77th
School enrollment, secondary, male 91.8% 2025 up 10.4% 88th
School enrollment, preprimary 32.2% 2020 down 67.0% 149th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2019 down 2.5% 71st
Secondary education, teachers, female 29 2025 up 11.5% 198th
Primary completion rate, male 80.5% 2025 down 37.3% 142nd
Primary completion rate, female 92.7% 2025 down 8.2% 111th
Government expenditure on education, total 5.8% 2023 up 29.2% 33rd
Secondary education, general pupils 992 2016 up 21.7% 204th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 97.9% 2025 up 21.9% 37th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 30.8% 2020 down 71.3% 149th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 33.6% 2020 down 61.7% 147th
Government expenditure on education, total 6.6% 2025 up 6.4% 184th
Secondary education, general pupils 50.4% 2016 down 2.4% 77th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 104.3% 2025 up 50.6% 14th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 77.7% 2024 down 14.4% 115th
Children out of school 6.6% 2025 down 17.5% 71st
Primary education, pupils 1,703 2025 up 12.9% 202nd
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st
Secondary education, pupils 1,659 2025 up 61.4% 204th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 17 1985 184th
Number of infant deaths, female 1 2024 down 66.7% 191st
Number of infant deaths, male 1 2024 down 75.0% 191st
Number of under-five deaths, female 1 2024 down 66.7% 191st
Number of under-five deaths, male 1 2024 down 75.0% 191st
Children out of school, female 4.6% 2025 down 51.8% 97th
Children out of school, male 8.4% 2025 up 30.8% 63rd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 137.3% 2016 up 40.9% 15th
Primary education, teachers 81.8% 2025 down 11.5% 75th
Repeaters, primary, total 0.2% 2016 157th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 0 2024 down 100.0% 193rd
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 0 2024 down 100.0% 193rd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 0 2024 188th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 0 2024 186th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 132.6% 2016 up 45.1% 13th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 142.0% 2016 up 37.3% 14th
Repeaters, primary, female 0.2% 2016 152nd
Repeaters, primary, male 0.2% 2016 154th
School enrollment, primary 93.7% 2016 up 20.9% 93rd
Trained teachers in primary education 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Secondary education, teachers 60.4% 2025 up 4.6% 91st
Compulsory education, duration 14 years 2025 unchanged 8th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Trained teachers in primary education, male 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st