Education in North America

109 indicators covering education for North America.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 0-14 16.9% 2025 down 10.7%
Population ages 15-64 64.5% 2025 down 3.1%
School enrollment, primary 96.8% 2024 down 2.9%
Primary education, teachers 2.04 million 2024 up 8.2%
School enrollment, primary, female 96.2% 2024 down 3.3%
School enrollment, primary, male 97.4% 2024 down 2.5%
Labor force, female 45.8% 2025 up 1.2%
Labor force, total 197.68 million 2025 up 8.8%
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.995 GPI 2020 down 0.6%
School enrollment, secondary 98.1% 2024 down 0.1%
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 unchanged
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.8 per 1,000 2024 up 14.3%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.5 per 1,000 2024 up 8.7%
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 4.3 per 1,000 2024 up 4.9%
Secondary education, teachers 1.89 million 2024 up 6.3%
School enrollment, secondary, female 97.6% 2024 down 1.2%
School enrollment, secondary, male 98.6% 2024 up 1.0%
School enrollment, tertiary 79.0% 2024 down 8.7%
School enrollment, preprimary 70.3% 2020 up 13.5%
School enrollment, tertiary, female 93.4% 2024 down 6.8%
School enrollment, tertiary, male 65.3% 2024 down 11.3%
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9819 GPI 2020 down 2.7%
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.3 GPI 2024 up 2.8%
Secondary education, teachers, female 1.20 million 2024 up 7.5%
Primary completion rate, female 94.5% 2023 down 3.4%
Primary completion rate, male 97.4% 2023 down 2.8%
Government expenditure on education, total 4.8% 2022 down 7.9%
Secondary education, general pupils 27.50 million 2018 up 0.7%
Lower secondary completion rate, total 100.8% 2023 down 3.4%
School enrollment, preprimary, female 70.4% 2020 up 14.3%
School enrollment, preprimary, male 70.2% 2020 up 12.7%
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 85.0% 2023 down 6.8%
Government expenditure on education, total 10.7% 2022 down 12.8%
Secondary education, general pupils 48.8% 2018 up 0.4%
Lower secondary completion rate, female 99.8% 2023 down 2.5%
Lower secondary completion rate, male 101.1% 2023 down 4.8%
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Primary education, pupils 26.20 million 2024 down 2.2%
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, pupils 28.14 million 2024 up 4.6%
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 82.7% 2023 down 6.8%
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 87.2% 2023 down 6.9%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 128,051 2018 up 53.9%
Number of infant deaths, female 9,724 2024 down 12.1%
Number of infant deaths, male 11,992 2024 down 13.2%
Number of under-five deaths, female 11,420 2024 down 11.4%
Number of under-five deaths, male 14,214 2024 down 12.5%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 45.9% 2018 up 45.0%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 100.8% 2018 down 5.6%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.5% 2025 down 15.8%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.6% 2025 down 18.6%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.5% 2025 down 17.4%
Primary education, teachers 85.9% 2024 up 0.2%
Persistence to grade 5, total 84.4% 2021
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 2,675 2024 up 2.4%
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 3,946 2024 up 22.1%
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 12,542 2024 up 18.4%
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 21,376 2024 up 0.9%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 101.7% 2018 down 6.5%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 100.0% 2018 down 4.6%