Education in Papua New Guinea 1,131 indicators covering education for Papua New Guinea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of under-five deaths, female 4,427 2024 down 23.2% 55th Number of infant deaths, male 4,475 2024 down 20.6% 57th Number of infant deaths, female 3,494 2024 down 22.1% 57th School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes 3.19 years 2023 up 43.6% 175th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.1125 years 1999 down 7.2% 175th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 0.5701 GPI 1999 up 68.8% 163rd School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.0641 years 1999 up 56.7% 174th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 10.58 years 2023 up 25.1% 144th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 88.0% 2023 up 24.9% 151st Teachers in primary education, female 17,740 number 2016 up 216.3% 107th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 36,393 2023 down 31.2% 49th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 44,522 2023 down 33.2% 52nd Net enrollment rate primary gender parity index gpi 0.9841 2020 up 4.5% 138th Children out of school, female 4.0% 2020 down 87.8% 107th Children out of school, male 2.4% 2020 down 91.4% 127th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 171,835 number 2016 up 103.4% 64th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 1.9% 1999 up 4.8% 191st Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 85.2% 2023 up 28.1% 154th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 90.6% 2023 up 22.5% 133rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.94 GPIA 2023 up 4.6% 178th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 48.2% 2023 up 47.4% 174th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.866 GPIA 2023 up 8.5% 191st Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 55.6% 2023 up 35.9% 167th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private institutio 0.7% 2016 — 183rd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 10.25 years 2023 up 28.6% 154th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.0975 years 1999 up 4.8% 193rd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.9354 GPIA 2023 up 4.3% 182nd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 10.96 years 2023 up 23.2% 127th School life expectancy, secondary, male 3.43 years 2023 up 39.6% 173rd School life expectancy, secondary, female 2.93 years 2023 up 49.6% 179th School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.8558 GPIA 2023 up 7.2% 194th Secondary education, vocational pupils 30.8% 2016 — 160th Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 0.0% 2022 — 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 — 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 — 2nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 — 1st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 0 2022 — 1st Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational p 10.0% 2016 — 95th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 5.36 years 1998 up 32.6% 183rd Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 9,447 2023 up 9.8% 90th School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 1.86 years 2023 up 9.6% 99th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 127.8% 2016 up 320.7% 20th Completion rate, primary education, male (modelled data) 60.6% 2025 up 4.1% 148th Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1.16 modelled data 2025 up 5.9% 13th Completion rate, primary education, female (modelled data) 71.9% 2025 up 12.1% 143rd Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (modelled data) 66.0% 2025 up 8.1% 145th Teachers in secondary education, female 5,631 2016 — 132nd Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 38.1% 2016 — 165th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment), f 1.8% 2018 down 64.9% 155th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 14.9% 2025 up 13.4% 148th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.9086 modelled data 2025 up 21.4% 138th Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 13.5% 2025 up 37.6% 147th Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 14.2% 2025 up 23.3% 150th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 32.2% 2025 up 1.1% 151st Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.23 modelled data 2025 up 10.1% 11th Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 42.0% 2025 up 16.1% 140th ← Previous Page 4 of 19 Next →