Education in New Zealand

2,563 indicators covering education for New Zealand.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 101.5% 2024 down 0.0% 66th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 101.8% 2024 down 0.1% 64th
Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9973 GPIA 2024 up 0.1% 110th
Outbound mobility ratio to North America and Western Europe, male 1.6% 2023 up 40.8% 129th
Outbound mobility ratio to Latin America and the Caribbean, male (UIS) 0.0% 2023 up 262.2% 126th
Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, male (UIS estimate) 2.5% 2023 down 6.5% 154th
School enrollment, secondary 96.9% 2017 11th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, both sexes 9.86 years 2024 down 1.3% 47th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, female 98.8% 2024 down 1.0% 101st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% 80th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, male 98.7% 2024 down 1.2% 108th
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, female 0 1979 152nd
Preprimary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 61st
Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, male 0 1979 152nd
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
School age population, early childhood education, both sexes 301,470 2024 down 2.2% 117th
School age population, early childhood education, female 147,340 2024 down 1.9% 118th
School age population, early childhood education, male 154,130 2024 down 2.5% 117th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 131.0% 2024 down 2.7% 13th
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 3,363 1995 down 59.0% 113th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male 9.86 years 2024 down 1.4% 43rd
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female 9.87 years 2024 down 1.2% 47th
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.2% 78th
Repetition rate in primary education (all grades), both sexes 3.8% 1991 up 18.0% 59th
Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational pr 14.2% 2018 down 33.0% 63rd
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocatio 29.6% 2018 down 25.2% 61st
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 140.8% 2024 down 1.1% 10th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.14 GPI 2024 up 2.6% 37th
Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 121.7% 2024 down 4.3% 16th
Official entrance age to early childhood education 0 years 2025 141st
Theoretical duration of early childhood education 5 years 2025 unchanged 61st
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 109.6% 2024 up 5.1% 13th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 65.7% 2024 down 0.5% 135th
Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 267,796 number 2018 up 4.4% 74th
School enrollment, secondary, female 97.7% 2017 9th
School enrollment, secondary, male 96.0% 2017 12th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 34.3% 2024 up 1.1% 57th
Total net enrolment rate, primary, both sexes 97.4% 2024 down 1.7% 83rd
Government expenditure on education, US$ 13,304 millions 2023 up 18.3% 38th
Expenditure on tertiary education 23.7% 2016 52nd
Initial government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 5.2% 2023 down 11.5% 37th
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroa 5,036 number 2018 up 19.3% 129th
Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 2018 170th
Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both 1.2% 2018 down 52.5% 117th
Children out of school, primary 10,396 2024 up 207.7% 109th
Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes 10,396 2024 up 207.7% 109th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 2.6% 2024 up 183.6% 120th
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 16,952 number 2018 down 0.6% 83rd
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 68.7% 2024 up 1.3% 120th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 63.0% 2024 down 2.3% 152nd
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 31.3% 2024 down 2.7% 70th
Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 37.0% 2024 up 4.1% 38th
Teachers in lower secondary education, both sexes 18,147 2024 up 10.1% 86th
Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, female 1,364 1995 down 67.1% 109th
Enrolment in secondary education, female 246,689 number 2018 down 3.8% 103rd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 1,313 2023 down 53.1% 34th
Teachers in upper secondary education, both sexes 18,279 2024 down 2.4% 77th
Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are female 67.0% 2018 up 2.1% 53rd