Education in New Zealand

2,575 indicators covering education for New Zealand.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Adolescents out of school, female 2.3% 2024 down 10.9% 120th
Proportion of youth not in education, employment or training, by sex 12.8% 2024 up 9.6% 70th
Adolescents out of school, male 2.4% 2024 down 14.9% 121st
Theoretical duration of early childhood education 5 years 2019 up 25.0% 50th
Official entrance age to early childhood education 0 years 2019 down 100.0% 156th
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 0 number 1979 152nd
Proportion of primary schools with single-sex basic sanitation 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Proportion of upper secondary schools with single-sex basic 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Youth not in education employment training 11.67 2023 down 4.5% 79th
Proportion of primary schools with access to basic drinking water 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Proportion of lower secondary schools with single-sex basic 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Proportion of primary schools with basic handwashing facilities 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to basic drinking 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to basic drinking 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female 97.7% 2024 up 0.3% 42nd
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% 90th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 54.6% 2024 up 4.5% 18th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 1.2% 2024 up 7.5% 18th
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 45.4% 2024 down 4.9% 151st
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to computers for 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Proportion of upper secondary schools with basic handwashing 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male 97.6% 2024 up 0.4% 41st
Proportion of primary schools with access to computers for 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Enrolment in lower secondary education, both sexes 253,919 number 2018 up 0.6% 107th
Proportion of lower secondary schools with basic handwashing 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Government expenditure on education not specified by level, US$ 0 millions 2023 74th
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private 44.0% 2024 down 4.5% 147th
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private 56.0% 2024 up 3.8% 21st
Percentage of enrolment in upper secondary education in private 1.2% 2024 up 6.0% 21st
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to Internet for 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to Internet for 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Government expenditure on secondary education, constant US$ 4,856 millions 2023 up 23.4% 36th
Government expenditure on primary education, constant US$ 3,380 millions 2023 up 40.9% 36th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 0.9456 GPIA 2024 up 4.8% 80th
Enrolment in lower secondary education, female 123,624 number 2018 up 1.3% 106th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 68 2023 down 5.6% 110th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 6.6% 98th
Enrolment in upper secondary education, both sexes 235,980 number 2018 down 10.0% 92nd
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 1,364 number 1995 down 67.1% 105th
Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 1978 130th
Government expenditure on education not specified by level, constant 0 millions 2023 72nd
Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female 0.0% 1978 126th
Net intake rate in grade 1 94.6% 2017 14th
Enrolment in upper secondary education, female 123,065 number 2018 down 8.4% 88th
Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, male 0.0% 1978 127th
Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in public institutions 90.0% 2024 up 4.3% 29th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 1,477 2023 up 43.3% 113th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 3 2023 up 200.0% 87th
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 2,258 2023 down 10.7% 133rd
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 2nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 666 2023 down 50.7% 34th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 9 2023 down 71.0% 126th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 22 2023 up 69.2% 154th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 12 2023 down 25.0% 83rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 2 2023 down 71.4% 119th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 4th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 201.6% 74th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 1.0% 2023 up 44.3% 96th
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 1.5% 2023 down 10.0% 133rd