Education in Portugal

3,343 indicators covering education for Portugal.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 94.4% 2025 up 5.7% 65th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 95.7% 2025 up 5.1% 65th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.03 modelled data 2025 down 1.1% 75th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 93.2% 2025 up 6.3% 63rd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 83.1% 2025 up 17.6% 54th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 87.7% 2025 up 14.7% 53rd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.1 modelled data 2025 down 4.0% 62nd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 78.7% 2025 up 20.9% 55th
Teachers in secondary education, male 24,429 2018 down 17.5% 80th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.5% 2025 down 48.4% 80th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.8% 2025 down 52.3% 77th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.2% 2025 down 50.3% 75th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 85.4% 2023 up 27.5% 41st
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 70.3% 2023 up 23.7% 23rd
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.18 GPIA 2023 up 2.2% 107th
Primary education, teachers 81.9% 2023 up 3.4% 74th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 15,304 number 2018 down 9.9% 61st
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.6665 % change on previous year 2018 down 58.3% 122nd
Repeaters, primary, total 14.3% 1991 down 14.0% 17th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4.12 years 2023 up 21.5% 47th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.42 years 2023 up 17.6% 29th
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.17 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% 112th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.4% 2018 up 494.6% 161st
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 17.54 years 2023 up 7.4% 23rd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 104.5% 2023 up 5.1% 20th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 34,227 number 2018 down 2.7% 43rd
Persistence to grade 5, total 99.5% 2020 19th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 99.3% 2020 24th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 33 2024 down 26.7% 137th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 43 2024 down 24.6% 135th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 129 2024 up 4.0% 129th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 203 2024 up 2.0% 128th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 104.5% 2009 down 5.0% 74th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 105.4% 2009 down 4.8% 62nd
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 0.1% 2023 down 98.0% 177th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 2.97 years 2023 up 12.3% 30th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 2.99 years 2023 up 9.7% 34th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9909 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% 140th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 99.0% 2023 up 0.1% 64th
Teachers in pre-primary education, male 161 2023 down 5.3% 89th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 16,633 2023 up 2.9% 60th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1 GPI 2018 down 2.3% 116th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 22,337 2023 up 42.9% 36th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 47.5% 2023 up 7.8% 69th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 24,705 2023 up 24.4% 37th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.4% 2100 down 32.2% 98th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 32,400 people 2100 down 33.7% 88th
Population by level of education 4.44 million people 2100 up 5.9% 88th
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.2 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 2.8% 40th
Repeaters, primary, female 12.1% 1991 down 18.1% 20th
Repeaters, primary, male 16.3% 1991 down 11.1% 17th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 17.93 years 2023 up 8.4% 25th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 17.17 years 2023 up 6.4% 18th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.04 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% 97th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 99.0% 2018 up 2.5% 59th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 104.6% 2023 up 4.8% 18th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 104.4% 2023 up 5.5% 24th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9986 GPIA 2023 up 0.6% 117th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 15,154 number 2018 down 7.7% 59th
School enrollment, secondary, private 19.1% 2023 up 13.9% 68th