Education in Seychelles

131 indicators covering education for Seychelles.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 71.5% 2025 down 0.1% 17th
Population ages 0-14 19.8% 2025 down 7.5% 125th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
School enrollment, primary 93.4% 2024 down 21.0% 161st
Primary education, teachers 671 2024 up 1.4% 186th
School enrollment, primary, female 93.5% 2024 down 19.5% 157th
School enrollment, primary, male 93.3% 2024 down 22.5% 162nd
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2021 down 2.0% 14th
School enrollment, secondary 70.8% 2024 down 20.8% 150th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.8 per 1,000 2024 up 2.7% 116th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.1 per 1,000 2024 up 2.5% 78th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 15.4% 118th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1 per 1,000 2024 down 23.1% 115th
Secondary education, teachers 713 2024 up 29.6% 185th
School enrollment, secondary, female 73.1% 2024 down 19.3% 151st
School enrollment, secondary, male 68.7% 2024 down 22.2% 151st
School enrollment, tertiary 14.5% 2024 up 99.3% 146th
School enrollment, primary, private 15.2% 2024 up 41.6% 91st
School enrollment, preprimary 104.3% 2021 up 1.1% 15th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 9.8% 2024 up 134.9% 157th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 20.1% 2024 up 87.7% 138th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.09 GPI 2021 up 3.4% 37th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.51 GPI 2024 down 6.1% 13th
Secondary education, teachers, female 405 2024 up 19.5% 179th
Primary completion rate, female 93.8% 2024 down 22.2% 107th
Primary completion rate, male 94.6% 2024 down 21.3% 89th
Government expenditure on education, total 4.5% 2023 up 23.1% 82nd
Secondary education, general pupils 7,371 2018 down 6.8% 188th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 93.2% 2024 down 23.3% 77th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 104.9% 2021 up 2.9% 14th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 103.7% 2021 down 0.6% 16th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 95.3% 2023 down 1.5% 69th
Government expenditure on education, total 10.7% 2025 down 31.5% 138th
Secondary education, general pupils 51.0% 2018 up 0.5% 56th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 90.0% 2024 down 28.6% 97th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 96.3% 2024 down 17.7% 49th
Children out of school 6.8% 2024 68th
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Primary education, pupils 9,592 2024 up 8.9% 188th
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Secondary education, pupils 8,091 2024 up 11.2% 189th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 95.6% 2023 down 1.8% 65th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 95.0% 2023 down 1.4% 61st
Secondary education, vocational pupils 88 2018 down 66.9% 180th
Number of under-five deaths, male 13 2024 unchanged 176th
Number of under-five deaths, female 11 2024 unchanged 176th
Number of infant deaths, male 12 2024 up 9.1% 176th
Number of infant deaths, female 10 2024 unchanged 176th
Children out of school, female 6.5% 2024 75th
Children out of school, male 7.1% 2024 72nd
Secondary education, vocational pupils 18.2% 2018 up 27.3% 174th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 104.3% 2018 down 0.2% 74th
Primary education, teachers 87.6% 2024 up 0.2% 45th
Repeaters, primary, total 0.0% 1994 178th
Persistence to grade 5, total 95.9% 2023 up 9.0% 59th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 7 2024 up 16.7% 176th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 2 2024 unchanged 178th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 6 2024 unchanged 183rd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2 2024 unchanged 178th