Education in Oman 152 indicators covering education for Oman. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 73.0% 2025 down 2.9% 12th Population ages 0-14 24.3% 2025 up 9.3% 99th Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 down 16.7% 192nd Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 94.7% 2024 down 10.4% 156th Primary education, teachers 34,743 2024 down 8.4% 103rd School enrollment, primary, female 95.5% 2024 down 12.1% 148th School enrollment, primary, male 94.0% 2024 down 8.6% 160th Labor force, total 2.84 million 2025 up 25.8% 116th Labor force, female 14.9% 2025 up 11.4% 183rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9965 GPI 2021 down 1.6% 82nd School enrollment, secondary 95.1% 2024 down 12.9% 81st Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.2 per 1,000 2024 down 3.0% 128th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.7 per 1,000 2024 down 3.6% 118th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.2 per 1,000 2024 down 7.7% 112th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.2 per 1,000 2024 down 7.7% 101st Secondary education, teachers 43,982 2024 up 48.3% 93rd School enrollment, secondary, female 94.5% 2024 down 14.3% 91st School enrollment, secondary, male 95.7% 2024 down 11.5% 76th School enrollment, tertiary 42.2% 2024 up 2.5% 98th School enrollment, primary, private 16.2% 2024 down 15.0% 82nd School enrollment, preprimary 27.4% 2021 down 50.7% 159th School enrollment, tertiary, male 31.3% 2024 down 2.1% 101st School enrollment, tertiary, female 56.6% 2024 up 8.7% 90th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9365 GPI 2021 down 2.5% 166th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.45 GPI 2024 up 4.4% 22nd Secondary education, teachers, female 30,704 2024 up 52.2% 83rd Primary completion rate, female 92.1% 2024 down 11.6% 113th Primary completion rate, male 92.0% 2024 down 10.2% 108th Government expenditure on education, total 4.4% 2022 up 0.7% 85th Secondary education, general pupils 420,787 2018 up 32.4% 102nd Lower secondary completion rate, total 95.3% 2024 down 2.4% 60th School enrollment, preprimary, female 27.0% 2021 down 51.7% 158th School enrollment, preprimary, male 27.8% 2021 down 49.7% 154th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.6% 2023 up 1.0% 10th Government expenditure on education, total 14.2% 2022 up 28.0% 73rd Secondary education, general pupils 48.7% 2018 up 1.4% 153rd Lower secondary completion rate, female 95.4% 2024 down 4.1% 65th Lower secondary completion rate, male 95.2% 2024 down 0.7% 55th Children out of school 5.8% 2024 up 200.1% 77th Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 down 33.3% 186th Primary education, pupils 358,346 2024 up 9.7% 125th Secondary education, duration 8 years 2025 up 33.3% 3rd Secondary education, pupils 541,921 2024 up 85.5% 105th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.3% 2023 up 1.1% 22nd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 100.0% 2023 up 0.9% 2nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 1,653 2018 down 15.6% 156th Number of under-five deaths, male 491 2024 down 1.2% 114th Number of under-five deaths, female 393 2024 down 0.8% 114th Number of infant deaths, male 402 2024 down 4.5% 115th Number of infant deaths, female 318 2024 down 3.3% 114th Children out of school, female 5.6% 2024 up 234.5% 83rd Children out of school, male 6.0% 2024 up 174.6% 82nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 22.3% 2018 — 170th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 100.2% 2018 down 7.1% 110th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.3% 2025 down 4.5% 138th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 11.1% 2025 down 12.0% 43rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.9% 2025 down 5.3% 167th Primary education, teachers 74.8% 2024 up 6.9% 117th Repeaters, primary, total 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% 178th Page 1 of 3 Next →