Education in Papua New Guinea 1,138 indicators covering education for Papua New Guinea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 0 2023 — 144th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 4 years 2020 unchanged 5th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 2 years 2020 unchanged 188th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 191st Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 1.2% 2018 — 194th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 128th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 148th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 156th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 1,541.7% 192nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 3 2023 down 85.7% 153rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 4 2023 down 81.8% 154th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.2% 2023 down 14.9% 202nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 26.7% 204th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 down 27.5% 38th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 88.2% 166th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 84.6% 165th Female teachers 49.35 2023 down 0.1% 177th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.9937 GPIA 2018 up 90.3% 37th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 23,196 2023 down 39.4% 41st End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st End month of the academic school year 12 2025 unchanged 1st Start month of the academic school year 1 2025 down 50.0% 185th Enrolment in primary education, female 588,562 number 2016 up 149.4% 79th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 37.7% 2023 down 33.1% 168th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 0.8246 GPIA 2023 down 9.5% 178th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 45.7% 2023 down 26.0% 159th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 2005 — 165th Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 19,503 2023 down 40.9% 43rd Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 11,204 2023 down 21.8% 49th Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 9,859 2023 down 24.9% 54th Secondary education, teachers 38.1% 2016 — 160th Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education 0 2025 — 196th Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in 0 2025 — 60th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 0.7% 2018 — 191st Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity in 0.945 GPI 1997 down 3.1% 145th Secondary net enrollment gpi 0.9536 2023 up 1.6% 146th 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 School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sex 175,593 number 2019 up 20.6% 75th Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 — 118th Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 1997 — 166th Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 8,864 2023 down 20.0% 48th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, female 10,503 2023 down 40.0% 40th Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 72.9% 1997 up 0.0% 162nd Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, male 12,693 2023 down 38.9% 40th Outbound mobility ratio to the Arab States, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 — 167th Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 1999 — 159th Enrolment in lower secondary education, both sexes 581,122 2023 up 139.4% 79th Outbound mobility ratio to sub-Saharan Africa, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 — 133rd School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 107,665 2025 up 18.7% 74th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 97,133 2025 up 18.9% 74th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both 204,798 2025 up 18.8% 74th Enrolment in lower secondary education, female 256,280 2023 up 146.7% 82nd Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, female 4,991 2023 down 19.3% 48th Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, female 8,876 2023 down 40.5% 41st Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, male 10,627 2023 down 41.3% 44th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, male 6,213 2023 down 23.7% 51st Enrolment in lower secondary education, male 324,842 2023 up 133.9% 76th Education spending 0.7821 2023 down 51.9% 193rd Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, female 4,397 2023 down 21.7% 54th ← Previous Page 6 of 19 Next →