Education in Portugal

3,343 indicators covering education for Portugal.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Students enrolment - Regions — Enrolment rate 92.3 Percentage of population in the same sex and age 2022 up 4.5% 5th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 10th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 49.2% 2023 up 15.3% 58th
HICP - Education services (Neither seasonally nor working day) 15.64 2026 down 0.6% 8th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 49.1% 2023 up 14.7% 54th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 49.0% 2023 up 14.2% 53rd
Share of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation 100.0% 2021 unchanged 1st
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.9948 GPIA 2023 down 0.9% 28th
Mean age of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates — Students 14.61 Years 2024 up 2.3% 7th
Share of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by gender 48.73 Percentage of students 2024 up 1.0% 17th
Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education 0 millions 2009 — 77th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged 6th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 15th
Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education, PPP$ 0 millions 2009 — 77th
Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education 0 millions 2009 — 77th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 1 LPIA 2023 unchanged 4th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.7251 LPIA 2023 up 1.0% 53rd
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are qualified 81.2% 2020 up 1.9% 37th
Percentage of enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 37.3% 2023 up 15.1% 73rd
Percentage of enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 0.6% 2023 up 24.1% 73rd
Percentage of enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 62.7% 2023 down 7.2% 24th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.7309 LPIA 2023 down 3.7% 50th
Share of enrolled part-time and full-time students — Students enrolled 91.46 Percentage of students 2024 up 5.5% 24th
Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.03 GPIA 2023 up 53.1% 15th
Trends in teachers’ actual salaries since 2000 96.82 Index 2025 down 3.2% 11th
Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) 20,362 2023 up 1,198.6% 21st
Trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 90.57 Index 2025 down 9.4% 18th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.06 GPIA 2021 down 11.1% 37th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2021 down 5.0% 61st
Share of mobile students enrolled at tertiary level by country of 0.8079 Percentage of students 2024 down 42.7% 29th
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) 8.8% 2023 up 618.1% 17th
Participation rate in education and training 64.4% 2025 up 8.1% 17th
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by 64.4% 2025 up 8.1% 17th
Early leavers from education and training by degree of urbanisation 6.1% 2025 down 54.8% 29th
Number of enrolled students, graduates and new entrants by field of 0 Persons 2024 — 6th
Adjusted location parity index for completion rate, by sex, wealth 0.9899 2021 down 4.0% 28th
Number of enrolled students, graduates and new entrants by field of 0 Persons 2024 — 8th
Education indicators by NUTS 2 region 56.4 2012 down 21.1% 15th
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 10.0% 2024 up 135.0% 11th
Percentage of enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 2.1% 2023 down 83.0% 60th
Initial private expenditure on education (household) as a percentage 0.9% 2022 down 30.9% 35th
Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year — Students enrolled 1.98 million Persons 2023 down 2.9% 14th
HICP - EDUCATION 3.6 2025 up 414.3% 16th
Distribution of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by 100 Percentage of students 2023 unchanged 1st
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, both sexes 90.6% 2021 up 42.0% 18th
Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates — Students 15.41 Percentage of students 2024 up 407.3% 4th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe, adjusted gender 1.2 GPIA 2023 up 3.2% 37th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity 0.9899 LPIA 2021 down 4.0% 26th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa, adjusted gender 0.8879 GPIA 2023 down 0.2% 21st
Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on 0.5363 Percentage of GDP 2023 down 16.0% 17th
Number of enrolled students, graduates and new entrants by field of 0 Persons 2024 — 6th
Number of national tertiary students enrolled abroad 17,558 Persons 2023 up 79.2% 19th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, both sexes 98.9% 2021 up 9.5% 17th
Distribution of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates by 100 Percentage of students 2024 unchanged 1st
Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates 5.71 Percentage of students 2024 up 870.2% 9th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity 0.9668 LPIA 2021 down 7.0% 21st
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, both sexes 87.6% 2021 up 31.8% 16th
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America and 1.16 2023 up 11.3% 32nd