Education in Papua New Guinea 1,143 indicators covering education for Papua New Guinea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 40,888 2023 up 13.9% 94th Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Duration of pre primary education 4 2025 unchanged 1st Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 2025 unchanged 56th Population ages 15-64 63.3% 2025 up 3.8% 134th Population ages 0-14 33.1% 2025 down 8.4% 56th Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st School enrollment, primary 121.1% 2023 up 20.1% 10th Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person 2023 down 1.7% 142nd Primary education, teachers 40,888 2023 up 13.9% 94th Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.07 2024 down 15.3% 56th Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 23.3% 63rd School enrollment, primary, female 118.9% 2023 up 22.4% 12th School enrollment, primary, male 123.1% 2023 up 18.1% 12th Womens educational attainment vs fertility, annual growth rate -2.09 % change on previous year 2023 down 26.0% 202nd Fertility rate vs share of women between 25 and 29 years old with no e 3.1 2023 down 15.9% 56th Womens educational attainment vs fertility 3.1 2023 down 15.9% 56th Labor force, total, per capita 0.3481 units per person 2025 up 9.6% 156th Labor force, total 3.75 million 2025 up 34.9% 98th Labor force, female 47.7% 2025 up 0.5% 47th Primary secondary enrollment completion rates 121.09 2023 up 20.1% 10th Labor force, total, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 9.9% 55th School completion 65.98 2025 up 8.1% 145th Labor force, total, annual growth rate 2.49 % change on previous year 2025 down 30.4% 49th Primary education, teachers, annual growth rate -8.91 % change on previous year 2001 down 474.4% 193rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9329 GPI 2018 up 5.4% 178th Human capital composite index -0.4368 standard deviations from the yearly mean 2023 up 52.3% 159th School enrollment, secondary 52.1% 2023 up 40.6% 167th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 7.8 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3% 54th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 6.2 per 1,000 2024 down 15.1% 41st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 3.3 per 1,000 2024 down 19.5% 42nd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 4.3 per 1,000 2024 down 24.6% 36th Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre 0.0903 units per square kilometre 2023 up 13.9% 178th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 45.81 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 27.3% 125th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 51.14 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 11.7% 21st Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 3.05 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 50.2% 56th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 81.59 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 15.4% 60th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 18.41 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 35.6% 104th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 100.0% 112th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 38 - Projected education 12.51 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over 2040 down 29.9% 59th Secondary education, teachers 14,791 2016 — 130th School enrollment, secondary, female 48.2% 2023 up 47.4% 170th School enrollment, secondary, male 55.6% 2023 up 35.9% 163rd School enrollment, tertiary 1.9% 1999 up 4.8% 191st School enrollment, primary, private 1.2% 2018 — 189th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2020 unchanged 68th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 108,794 number 2020 up 12.6% 81st Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 101,747 number 2020 up 12.3% 82nd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 210,541 number 2020 up 12.5% 82nd School age population, tertiary education, male 374,045 number 2014 up 19.1% 85th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 728,582 number 2014 up 19.0% 85th School age population, tertiary education, female 354,537 number 2014 up 18.8% 86th School age population, upper secondary education, male 384,387 number 2020 up 25.4% 76th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 745,192 number 2020 up 25.0% 77th School age population, upper secondary education, female 360,805 number 2020 up 24.6% 77th School age population, secondary education, male 586,009 number 2020 up 23.3% 84th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 1.14 million number 2020 up 22.9% 85th School age population, secondary education, female 549,818 number 2020 up 22.5% 85th School age population, lower secondary education, male 201,622 number 2020 up 19.4% 98th Page 1 of 20 Next →