Education in Slovakia

864 indicators covering education for Slovakia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th
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
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
School enrollment, primary 102.8% 2024 up 4.3% 74th
Primary education, teachers 18,530 2024 up 32.1% 124th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.56 live births per woman 2024 up 9.9% 155th
School enrollment, primary, female 102.8% 2024 up 4.4% 74th
School enrollment, primary, male 102.7% 2024 up 4.2% 80th
Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 1.56 live births per woman 2023 up 11.7% 156th
Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 1.56 live births per woman 2023 up 11.7% 156th
Labor force, total 2.76 million 2025 up 0.9% 117th
Labor force, female 47.1% 2025 up 4.6% 63rd
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 102.8% 2024 up 4.3% 81st
Share of children who have completed primary school 99.8% 2025 up 0.1% 16th
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
Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2020 unchanged 68th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 29,014 number 2020 up 9.8% 131st
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 27,730 number 2020 up 10.2% 130th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 56,744 number 2020 up 10.0% 131st
School age population, tertiary education, male 163,162 number 2018 down 25.1% 123rd
School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 318,395 number 2018 down 25.4% 122nd
School age population, tertiary education, female 155,233 number 2018 down 25.8% 122nd
School age population, upper secondary education, male 107,398 number 2020 down 29.0% 114th
School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 209,507 number 2020 down 29.1% 114th
School age population, upper secondary education, female 102,109 number 2020 down 29.2% 114th
School age population, secondary education, male 250,238 number 2020 down 18.0% 116th
School age population, secondary education, both sexes 488,467 number 2020 down 18.0% 116th
School age population, secondary education, female 238,229 number 2020 down 18.0% 116th
School age population, lower secondary education, male 142,840 number 2020 down 7.2% 114th
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 278,960 number 2020 down 7.1% 114th
School age population, lower secondary education, female 136,120 number 2020 down 7.0% 114th
School age population, primary education, male 116,700 number 2020 up 8.8% 137th
School age population, primary education, both sexes 228,174 number 2020 up 9.0% 137th
School age population, primary education, female 111,474 number 2020 up 9.2% 137th
School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 57,259 number 2020 up 7.0% 130th
School age population, last grade of primary education, female 27,964 number 2020 up 7.2% 129th
School age population, pre-primary education, male 86,413 number 2020 up 7.2% 126th
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 168,993 number 2020 up 7.3% 126th
School age population, pre-primary education, female 82,580 number 2020 up 7.5% 125th
Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 9.4% 2024 up 39.8% 123rd
Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 14.95 years 2023 down 1.1% 67th
School enrollment, preprimary 101.8% 2020 up 11.9% 24th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 44.6% 2024 up 4.7% 75th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 64.9% 2024 down 1.2% 72nd
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.31 GPI 2024 down 2.9% 61st
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2020 up 0.0% 97th
Secondary education, teachers, female 28,450 2024 down 9.7% 87th