Education in Slovakia 139 indicators covering education for Slovakia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 15-64 65.4% 2025 down 7.3% 86th Population ages 0-14 15.6% 2025 up 1.5% 170th Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 unchanged 192nd School enrollment, primary 102.8% 2024 up 4.3% 74th Primary education, teachers 18,530 2024 up 32.1% 124th School enrollment, primary, female 102.8% 2024 up 4.4% 74th School enrollment, primary, male 102.7% 2024 up 4.2% 80th Labor force, total 2.76 million 2025 up 0.9% 117th Labor force, female 47.1% 2025 up 4.6% 63rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9965 GPI 2020 up 0.5% 81st School enrollment, secondary 93.2% 2024 up 0.5% 90th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.3 per 1,000 2024 down 11.5% 156th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% 160th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 153rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 down 28.6% 151st Secondary education, teachers 37,693 2024 down 9.9% 100th School enrollment, secondary, female 93.8% 2024 up 0.4% 97th School enrollment, secondary, male 92.6% 2024 up 0.5% 86th School enrollment, tertiary 54.5% 2024 up 1.1% 75th School enrollment, primary, private 9.4% 2024 up 39.8% 119th School enrollment, preprimary 101.8% 2020 up 11.9% 24th School enrollment, tertiary, female 64.9% 2024 down 1.2% 72nd School enrollment, tertiary, male 44.6% 2024 up 4.7% 75th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2020 up 0.0% 97th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.31 GPI 2024 down 2.9% 61st Secondary education, teachers, female 28,450 2024 down 9.7% 87th Primary completion rate, female 98.5% 2024 up 5.3% 54th Primary completion rate, male 98.2% 2024 up 6.2% 55th Government expenditure on education, total 4.7% 2022 up 20.8% 73rd Secondary education, general pupils 304,392 2017 down 24.3% 117th Lower secondary completion rate, total 84.9% 2024 down 1.1% 106th School enrollment, preprimary, female 100.5% 2020 up 12.1% 24th School enrollment, preprimary, male 103.0% 2020 up 11.8% 20th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.7% 2023 up 1.9% 7th Government expenditure on education, total 10.8% 2022 up 12.5% 135th Secondary education, general pupils 50.7% 2017 down 0.1% 69th Lower secondary completion rate, female 83.7% 2024 down 1.7% 117th Lower secondary completion rate, male 85.9% 2024 down 0.5% 97th Children out of school 1.1% 2024 down 83.2% 147th Secondary education, duration 9 years 2025 unchanged 1st Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 186th Primary education, pupils 244,806 2024 up 14.5% 134th Secondary education, pupils 473,316 2024 up 1.8% 110th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 100.0% 2023 up 1.6% 8th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.5% 2023 up 2.2% 15th Secondary education, vocational pupils 137,227 2017 down 36.2% 57th Number of under-five deaths, male 186 2024 down 8.8% 132nd Number of under-five deaths, female 142 2024 down 11.2% 133rd Number of infant deaths, male 156 2024 down 7.7% 133rd Number of infant deaths, female 119 2024 down 9.2% 134th Children out of school, female 1.0% 2024 down 84.1% 158th Children out of school, male 1.2% 2024 down 82.5% 154th Secondary education, vocational pupils 45.3% 2017 down 1.5% 63rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 97.7% 2017 down 5.4% 133rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.4% 2025 down 53.4% 88th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.8% 2025 down 55.2% 94th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.0% 2025 down 51.7% 90th Primary education, teachers 89.2% 2024 down 0.9% 34th Repeaters, primary, total 3.3% 2017 up 21.4% 74th Page 1 of 3 Next →