Education in Slovenia

142 indicators covering education for Slovenia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 15-64 63.3% 2025 down 5.7% 130th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Population ages 0-14 14.5% 2025 down 2.3% 186th
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
School enrollment, primary 100.9% 2023 up 2.3% 98th
Primary education, teachers 8,663 2016 up 41.1% 145th
School enrollment, primary, female 100.5% 2023 up 1.8% 97th
School enrollment, primary, male 101.2% 2023 up 2.8% 97th
Labor force, total 1.05 million 2025 up 3.6% 144th
Labor force, female 45.3% 2025 down 1.6% 97th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.998 GPI 2020 down 0.1% 76th
School enrollment, secondary 107.6% 2023 down 2.7% 32nd
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 36.4% 187th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1 per 1,000 2024 down 33.3% 186th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 177th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.3 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 178th
Secondary education, teachers 15,351 2016 down 6.4% 128th
School enrollment, secondary, female 108.6% 2023 down 1.7% 31st
School enrollment, secondary, male 106.7% 2023 down 3.6% 35th
School enrollment, tertiary 80.1% 2023 down 8.9% 29th
School enrollment, primary, private 1.1% 2023 up 77.5% 192nd
School enrollment, preprimary 94.0% 2020 up 5.3% 42nd
School enrollment, tertiary, male 64.2% 2023 down 11.4% 39th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 97.8% 2023 down 6.1% 24th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2020 up 2.3% 93rd
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.34 GPI 2023 up 3.0% 47th
Secondary education, teachers, female 11,362 2016 down 2.8% 112th
Primary completion rate, female 96.8% 2023 down 1.1% 75th
Primary completion rate, male 98.0% 2023 up 1.3% 58th
Government expenditure on education, total 5.3% 2022 down 6.9% 49th
Secondary education, general pupils 81,407 2017 down 15.2% 151st
Lower secondary completion rate, total 93.5% 2023 down 2.1% 73rd
School enrollment, preprimary, female 93.1% 2020 up 5.5% 46th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 94.8% 2020 up 5.1% 37th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.4% 2022 down 0.2% 20th
Government expenditure on education, total 11.1% 2022 down 2.3% 129th
Secondary education, general pupils 52.4% 2017 down 0.1% 19th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 95.0% 2023 down 1.7% 71st
Lower secondary completion rate, male 92.1% 2023 down 2.6% 75th
Children out of school 1.4% 2023 down 27.4% 138th
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Primary education, pupils 132,709 2023 up 21.5% 147th
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Secondary education, pupils 160,956 2023 up 9.1% 141st
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 100.0% 2022 up 0.5% 1st
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 98.8% 2022 down 0.9% 31st
Secondary education, vocational pupils 66,513 2017 up 17.3% 83rd
Number of under-five deaths, male 22 2024 down 31.2% 170th
Number of under-five deaths, female 18 2024 down 30.8% 170th
Number of infant deaths, male 19 2024 down 26.9% 170th
Number of infant deaths, female 14 2024 down 33.3% 170th
Children out of school, female 1.3% 2023 down 28.3% 151st
Children out of school, male 1.6% 2023 down 26.6% 145th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 44.5% 2017 up 6.5% 70th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 101.3% 2017 down 0.8% 99th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.0% 2025 down 62.9% 138th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.4% 2025 down 66.1% 141st
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.2% 2025 down 64.6% 141st
Primary education, teachers 97.3% 2016 down 0.1% 6th
Repeaters, primary, total 0.8% 2017 up 99.1% 127th