Education in Norway 144 indicators covering education for Norway. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 15-64 65.0% 2025 down 1.1% 95th Population ages 0-14 15.9% 2025 down 11.4% 166th Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th School enrollment, primary 98.5% 2024 down 1.0% 120th Primary education, teachers 51,889 2024 up 7.8% 82nd School enrollment, primary, female 98.5% 2024 down 0.9% 116th School enrollment, primary, male 98.5% 2024 down 1.0% 120th Labor force, total 3.09 million 2025 up 9.3% 106th Labor force, female 47.1% 2025 down 0.5% 64th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 up 0.0% 57th School enrollment, secondary 116.3% 2024 up 2.5% 21st Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.8 per 1,000 2024 down 10.0% 173rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 up 7.7% 163rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 177th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.3 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 178th Secondary education, teachers 59,473 2024 up 15.8% 83rd School enrollment, secondary, female 115.5% 2024 up 3.7% 21st School enrollment, secondary, male 117.0% 2024 up 1.3% 19th School enrollment, tertiary 95.5% 2024 up 22.3% 13th School enrollment, primary, private 4.1% 2024 up 44.1% 157th School enrollment, preprimary 96.3% 2020 down 2.5% 32nd School enrollment, tertiary, female 115.4% 2024 up 24.1% 10th School enrollment, tertiary, male 76.6% 2024 up 19.6% 19th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9515 GPI 2020 down 3.3% 161st School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.34 GPI 2024 up 1.9% 51st Secondary education, teachers, female 39,184 2024 up 21.8% 70th Primary completion rate, female 98.8% 2024 down 1.2% 51st Primary completion rate, male 98.7% 2024 down 0.8% 52nd Government expenditure on education, total 5.4% 2022 down 25.9% 41st Secondary education, general pupils 321,518 2017 up 13.1% 115th Lower secondary completion rate, total 99.1% 2024 down 0.5% 32nd School enrollment, preprimary, female 96.2% 2020 down 2.2% 31st School enrollment, preprimary, male 96.4% 2020 down 2.8% 31st Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.3% 2021 up 0.9% 21st Government expenditure on education, total 14.5% 2022 down 16.3% 67th Secondary education, general pupils 51.1% 2017 down 0.5% 53rd Lower secondary completion rate, female 98.9% 2024 down 0.8% 38th Lower secondary completion rate, male 99.3% 2024 down 0.3% 29th Children out of school 1.4% 2024 up 232.6% 142nd Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Primary education, pupils 434,422 2024 up 2.0% 116th Secondary education, pupils 469,508 2024 up 6.9% 111th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 98.8% 2021 down 0.9% 37th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.9% 2021 up 2.6% 7th Secondary education, vocational pupils 126,007 2017 down 7.0% 62nd Number of under-five deaths, male 73 2024 down 21.5% 157th Number of under-five deaths, female 57 2024 down 19.7% 158th Number of infant deaths, male 60 2024 down 20.0% 157th Number of infant deaths, female 46 2024 down 20.7% 158th Children out of school, female 1.4% 2024 up 215.1% 149th Children out of school, male 1.4% 2024 up 251.3% 148th Secondary education, vocational pupils 38.7% 2017 down 7.9% 118th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 100.2% 2017 down 0.1% 109th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.6% 2025 up 7.9% 108th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.3% 2025 up 8.6% 116th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.9% 2025 up 7.3% 94th Primary education, teachers 73.6% 2024 down 1.7% 121st Repeaters, primary, total 0.0% 1993 — 178th Page 1 of 3 Next →