Education in Rwanda 161 indicators covering education for Rwanda. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 59.0% 2025 up 5.5% 173rd Population ages 0-14 37.0% 2025 down 10.0% 42nd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 down 7.7% 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 down 14.3% 33rd School enrollment, primary 149.6% 2024 up 8.1% 3rd Primary education, teachers 68,326 2024 up 65.9% 75th School enrollment, primary, female 146.7% 2024 up 5.3% 3rd School enrollment, primary, male 152.5% 2024 up 11.0% 3rd Labor force, total 5.84 million 2025 up 40.7% 77th Labor force, female 46.8% 2025 down 0.9% 68th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9939 GPI 2021 down 3.5% 95th School enrollment, secondary 48.8% 2024 up 16.7% 175th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.3 per 1,000 2024 down 35.4% 91st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.7 per 1,000 2024 down 40.3% 91st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.9 per 1,000 2024 down 64.8% 80th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2.4 per 1,000 2024 down 68.4% 57th Secondary education, teachers 34,324 2024 up 26.6% 104th School enrollment, secondary, female 53.3% 2024 up 23.4% 165th School enrollment, secondary, male 44.2% 2024 up 9.6% 182nd School enrollment, tertiary 9.4% 2024 up 27.9% 164th School enrollment, primary, private 6.5% 2024 up 122.3% 133rd School enrollment, preprimary 28.2% 2021 up 124.7% 157th School enrollment, tertiary, male 10.4% 2024 up 28.9% 155th School enrollment, tertiary, female 8.4% 2024 up 26.4% 157th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.15 GPI 2021 up 10.1% 13th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.8043 GPI 2024 down 2.0% 157th Secondary education, teachers, female 11,758 2024 up 48.5% 110th Primary completion rate, female 73.3% 2024 up 6.0% 156th Primary completion rate, male 60.3% 2024 up 1.7% 173rd Government expenditure on education, total 4.6% 2024 up 10.0% 75th Secondary education, general pupils 569,711 2018 up 136.3% 89th Lower secondary completion rate, total 47.6% 2024 up 26.6% 156th School enrollment, preprimary, female 29.1% 2021 up 126.2% 155th School enrollment, preprimary, male 27.3% 2021 up 123.2% 155th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 67.1% 2023 up 94.2% 145th Government expenditure on education, total 13.9% 2025 up 11.1% 77th Secondary education, general pupils 54.1% 2018 up 13.7% 7th Lower secondary completion rate, female 52.3% 2024 up 32.2% 151st Lower secondary completion rate, male 42.8% 2024 up 20.7% 163rd Children out of school 1.0% 2024 up 20.6% 149th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 3.01 million 2024 up 25.3% 52nd Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 901,617 2024 up 53.6% 84th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 73.7% 2023 up 89.2% 128th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 60.5% 2023 up 99.5% 143rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 88,574 2018 up 88.9% 74th Number of under-five deaths, male 8,249 2024 down 14.5% 47th Number of under-five deaths, female 6,661 2024 down 17.2% 47th Number of infant deaths, male 6,485 2024 down 6.7% 48th Number of infant deaths, female 5,141 2024 down 8.0% 48th Children out of school, female 1.9% 2019 — 135th Children out of school, male 1.3% 2019 — 151st Secondary education, vocational pupils 46.9% 2018 down 4.4% 52nd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 127.1% 2018 down 40.4% 21st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 11.4% 2025 down 4.0% 31st Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 12.8% 2025 up 1.8% 33rd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 10.1% 2025 down 9.6% 32nd Primary education, teachers 56.7% 2024 up 6.4% 158th Repeaters, primary, total 13.6% 2018 down 23.2% 19th Page 1 of 3 Next →