Education in New Zealand 808 indicators covering education for New Zealand. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 12.88 years 2023 down 3.4% 20th Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 12.88 years 2023 down 3.4% 20th Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 99.0% 2024 up 0.6% 9th Average years of schooling, males vs. females 12.88 years 2023 down 3.9% 21st Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 18.86 years 2023 up 3.1% 5th Duration of compulsory education 10 years 2025 unchanged 86th Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st Government expenditure on education, total 5.2% 2023 down 11.4% 54th Secondary education, general pupils 416,083 2017 down 2.7% 104th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 108.2% 2018 down 1.6% 27th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 14.05 years 2018 down 1.5% 11th School enrollment, preprimary, male 92.1% 2020 down 11.2% 49th School enrollment, preprimary, female 91.3% 2020 down 15.3% 52nd School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 4.19 years 2018 up 2.7% 14th 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 Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 114,707 number 2018 — 109th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 97.4% 2024 down 1.7% 86th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, pupils 383,018 2024 up 6.3% 120th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Secondary education, pupils 562,417 2024 up 14.4% 102nd Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 2.6% 2024 up 183.6% 120th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 106.3% 2018 down 2.1% 37th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 110.2% 2018 down 1.1% 18th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 13.81 years 2018 down 1.9% 13th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2018 up 0.8% 29th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 14.28 years 2018 down 1.1% 10th Secondary education, vocational pupils 70,251 2017 down 39.0% 81st Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 97.5% 2024 down 1.6% 54th Number of under-five deaths, male 155 2024 down 17.1% 139th Number of under-five deaths, female 125 2024 down 15.5% 138th Number of infant deaths, male 131 2024 down 14.4% 138th Number of infant deaths, female 107 2024 down 13.0% 137th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.45 years 2018 up 2.4% 18th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.42 GPI 2018 up 0.6% 46th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4.91 years 2018 up 3.0% 11th Teachers in primary education, female 22,006 number 2018 up 15.9% 97th Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2024 up 0.2% 86th Children out of school, female 2.5% 2024 up 170.7% 127th Children out of school, male 2.7% 2024 up 196.0% 119th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 55,419 number 2018 — 109th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 98.7% 2018 — 10th Secondary education, vocational pupils 56.1% 2017 up 15.6% 9th Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 12.8% 2017 down 40.8% 74th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 18.88 years 2018 up 0.2% 8th Productivity vs. educational attainment 49.56 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 2.5% 31st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 98.3% 2017 — 131st Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 18.8% 2024 up 1.6% 43rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.1% 2025 down 6.3% 96th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.9% 2025 down 1.7% 95th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.3% 2025 down 10.6% 102nd Primary education, teachers 84.6% 2024 up 0.9% 62nd Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 14,815 number 2018 — 64th Repeaters, primary, total 3.8% 1992 up 14.7% 68th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.3% 2018 down 81.6% 169th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 16,834 number 2018 up 12.6% 70th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 173 2024 down 7.5% 135th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 119 2024 down 17.9% 132nd ← Previous Page 2 of 14 Next →