Education in Papua New Guinea 683 indicators covering education for Papua New Guinea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 8,607 number 2016 up 219.1% 90th Repeaters, primary, total 8.9% 2016 — 34th Persistence to grade 5, total 65.2% 1997 down 2.0% 148th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 1,027 2024 down 12.9% 56th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 743 2024 down 4.7% 62nd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1,303 2024 up 0.6% 67th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 1,520 2024 up 2.4% 70th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 124.3% 2016 up 341.2% 18th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 131.0% 2016 up 303.9% 19th Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 34.7% 2023 up 8.6% 44th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 1.4% 2100 down 21.2% 37th Number of adults with no formal education by region 233,300 people 2100 down 23.4% 46th Population by level of education 3.65 million people 2100 up 9.7% 102nd Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.813 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 6.0% 182nd Repeaters, primary, female 8.9% 2016 — 29th Repeaters, primary, male 8.9% 2016 — 41st Teachers in pre-primary education, female 4,150 number 2016 up 315.8% 111th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 34.0% 1998 up 25.9% 181st Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 2 years 2020 unchanged 188th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 4 years 2020 unchanged 5th Share of primary school teachers who are women 49.3% 2023 down 0.1% 183rd Enrolment in primary education, female 588,562 number 2016 up 149.4% 79th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 2005 — 165th Secondary education, teachers 38.1% 2016 — 160th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in 0.945 GPI 1997 down 3.1% 145th Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index 0.9536 index 2023 up 1.6% 148th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sex 175,593 number 2019 up 20.6% 75th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 90,410 number 2019 up 20.8% 75th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 85,183 number 2019 up 20.3% 75th Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 1997 — 166th Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 72.9% 1997 up 0.0% 162nd Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 1999 — 159th Government spending on education as a share of GDP 0.8% 2023 down 51.9% 196th Primary education, pupils 46.2% 2016 up 4.1% 192nd Inequality in education 0.3212 2023 down 9.9% 41st Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 1999 — 160th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male 0.0% 2005 — 162nd Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female 0.0% 2005 — 161st Persistence to grade 5, female 64.0% 1997 down 3.3% 133rd Persistence to grade 5, male 66.2% 1997 down 0.9% 133rd Preprimary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 88th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational pr 8.6% 2016 — 97th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 9,943 number 1999 up 55.4% 158th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroa 1,455 number 2018 up 53.2% 169th Children out of school, primary 53,289 2021 down 84.3% 70th Enrolment in secondary education, female 206,319 number 2016 — 112th Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, female 0.0% 1997 — 153rd Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male 0.0% 1997 — 155th Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education 19 years 2019 unchanged 6th Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 35.52 2016 down 1.9% 32nd Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, female 0.0% 1997 — 149th Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, male 0.0% 1997 — 149th Population, age 0, total 180,112 2015 up 0.5% 86th Population, age 0, female 87,000 2015 up 0.5% 86th Population, age 1, female 85,379 2015 down 2.3% 86th Population, age 3, female 83,551 2015 down 4.2% 86th Population, age 2, female 84,252 2015 down 3.8% 86th Population, age 1, total 176,662 2015 down 2.2% 86th Population, age 2, total 174,236 2015 down 3.7% 86th Population, age 4, female 83,210 2015 down 3.7% 88th ← Previous Page 3 of 12 Next →