Education in New Zealand 114 indicators covering education for New Zealand. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th Population ages 0-14 17.9% 2025 down 10.1% 142nd Population ages 15-64 64.5% 2025 down 1.6% 106th School enrollment, primary 96.7% 2024 down 2.0% 144th Primary education, teachers 26,597 2024 up 6.1% 111th School enrollment, primary, female 96.8% 2024 down 1.8% 136th School enrollment, primary, male 96.6% 2024 down 2.1% 142nd Labor force, female 47.6% 2025 up 1.0% 49th Labor force, total 3.08 million 2025 up 21.8% 108th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 down 0.1% 60th School enrollment, secondary 114.2% 2024 down 1.6% 22nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 161st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3% 153rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.8 per 1,000 2024 down 21.7% 144th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.6 per 1,000 2024 down 10.3% 144th Secondary education, teachers 36,426 2024 up 3.5% 102nd School enrollment, secondary, female 118.3% 2024 down 0.9% 17th School enrollment, secondary, male 110.3% 2024 down 2.3% 25th School enrollment, tertiary 77.2% 2024 down 4.3% 37th School enrollment, primary, private 2.2% 2024 up 21.8% 172nd School enrollment, preprimary 91.7% 2020 down 13.2% 56th School enrollment, tertiary, female 96.3% 2024 up 1.1% 27th School enrollment, tertiary, male 59.4% 2024 down 11.4% 49th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2020 up 0.4% 61st School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.38 GPI 2024 up 6.7% 37th Secondary education, teachers, female 23,475 2024 up 6.8% 90th Government expenditure on education, total 5.2% 2023 down 11.4% 54th Secondary education, general pupils 416,083 2017 down 2.7% 104th School enrollment, preprimary, female 91.3% 2020 down 15.3% 52nd School enrollment, preprimary, male 92.1% 2020 down 11.2% 49th Government expenditure on education, total 12.7% 2023 down 18.2% 96th Secondary education, general pupils 49.4% 2017 down 0.5% 127th Children out of school 2.6% 2024 up 183.6% 115th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 383,018 2024 up 6.3% 120th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Secondary education, pupils 562,417 2024 up 14.4% 102nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 70,251 2017 down 39.0% 81st Number of infant deaths, female 107 2024 down 13.0% 137th Number of infant deaths, male 131 2024 down 14.4% 138th Number of under-five deaths, female 125 2024 down 15.5% 138th Number of under-five deaths, male 155 2024 down 17.1% 139th Children out of school, female 2.5% 2024 up 170.7% 127th Children out of school, male 2.7% 2024 up 196.0% 119th Secondary education, vocational pupils 56.1% 2017 up 15.6% 9th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 98.3% 2017 — 131st Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.3% 2025 down 10.6% 102nd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.9% 2025 down 1.7% 95th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.1% 2025 down 6.3% 96th Primary education, teachers 84.6% 2024 up 0.9% 62nd Repeaters, primary, total 3.8% 1992 up 14.7% 68th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 24 2024 down 17.2% 145th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 40 2024 up 2.6% 136th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 119 2024 down 17.9% 132nd Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 173 2024 down 7.5% 135th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 98.8% 2017 — 124th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 97.9% 2017 — 129th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.1% 2100 down 42.0% 159th Number of adults with no formal education by region 4,300 people 2100 down 42.7% 136th Page 1 of 2 Next →