Education in Nauru 972 indicators covering education for Nauru. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary completion rate, male 80.5% 2025 down 37.3% 142nd Primary completion rate, female 92.7% 2025 down 8.2% 111th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number), per unit 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 — 133rd Expected years of schooling males vs females, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 37.4% 2nd Years of schooling, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% 5th Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.004 units per person 2025 down 4.7% 156th Secondary education, teachers, per square kilometre 0.95 units per square kilometre 2023 down 57.8% 69th Duration of compulsory education 14 years 2025 unchanged 8th Official entrance age to compulsory education 4 years 2025 unchanged 171st Expected years of schooling males vs females, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% 17th Secondary education, general pupils, per capita 0.089 units per person 2016 up 9.5% 42nd Secondary education, general pupils 992 2016 up 21.7% 204th Duration of compulsory education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 39.9% 151st Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 281 number 2019 down 56.7% 199th Lower secondary completion rate, total 97.9% 2025 up 21.9% 37th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 110.5% 2019 up 37.6% 18th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 13.13 years 2019 up 37.2% 28th Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 2.4 units per square kilometre 2023 up 29.7% 18th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), per square 12.2 units per square kilometre 2023 down 43.0% 12th Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre 0.7 units per square kilometre 2023 up 366.7% 21st Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), per square 13.9 units per square kilometre 2023 down 43.6% 10th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), per 0 units per square kilometre 2023 — 177th Secondary education, general pupils, per square kilometre 49.6 units per square kilometre 2016 up 21.7% 13th School enrollment, preprimary, male 30.8% 2020 down 71.3% 149th School enrollment, preprimary, female 33.6% 2020 down 61.7% 147th Secondary education, teachers, female, annual growth rate 7.41 % change on previous year 2025 up 151.9% 44th Secondary education, vocational pupils, gaps filled 17 1985 — 184th Secondary education, general pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2016 down 63.6% 106th Government expenditure on education, total 6.6% 2025 up 6.4% 184th Secondary education, general pupils 50.4% 2016 down 2.4% 77th Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 52 number 2019 unchanged 196th 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 Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 281 number 2019 down 57.6% 199th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0243 number per person 2019 down 63.4% 105th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 160 2025 up 50.9% 211th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 152 2025 up 42.1% 210th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 312 2025 up 46.5% 211th Start of the academic school year 2,024 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% 1st Theoretical duration of secondary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 99th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 167th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2025 unchanged 10th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 4 years 2025 unchanged 18th Official entrance age to lower secondary education 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Start of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Theoretical duration of pre-primary education 2 years 2025 down 33.3% 146th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years 2025 up 33.3% 14th Theoretical duration of primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 29th Official entrance age to primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Teachers in primary education, male 12 2025 up 300.0% 203rd Teachers in primary education, female 54 2025 up 45.9% 206th Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 81.8% 2025 down 11.5% 80th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 94.4% 2025 down 4.7% 168th School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.66 years 2025 down 5.0% 132nd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.3% 1985 — 141st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 3.8% 1985 — 153rd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Share of 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