Education in Small states

111 indicators covering education for Small states.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 0-14 24.2% 2025 down 10.1%
Population ages 15-64 66.0% 2025 up 1.2%
School enrollment, primary 100.9% 2024 down 1.9%
Primary education, teachers 243,069 2024 up 18.5%
School enrollment, primary, female 100.4% 2024 down 1.2%
School enrollment, primary, male 101.3% 2024 down 2.6%
Labor force, female 43.3% 2025 up 2.0%
Labor force, total 8.86 million 2025 up 15.1%
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9896 GPI 2020 up 1.6%
School enrollment, secondary 77.5% 2024 up 7.8%
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2.41 per 1,000 2024 down 24.7%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.57 per 1,000 2024 down 11.7%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 5.33 per 1,000 2024 down 0.5%
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 7.33 per 1,000 2024 up 2.7%
Secondary education, teachers 231,955 2024 up 20.1%
School enrollment, secondary, female 79.3% 2024 up 8.3%
School enrollment, secondary, male 75.7% 2024 up 7.4%
School enrollment, tertiary 22.9% 2024 up 16.4%
School enrollment, preprimary 45.4% 2020 up 5.1%
School enrollment, tertiary, female 27.8% 2024 up 18.3%
School enrollment, tertiary, male 18.3% 2024 up 13.2%
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.04 GPI 2020 up 1.8%
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.34 GPI 2024 up 2.2%
Secondary education, teachers, female 121,470 2024 up 19.4%
Primary completion rate, female 84.6% 2024 down 1.4%
Primary completion rate, male 81.9% 2024 down 2.0%
Government expenditure on education, total 4.8% 2023 down 2.9%
Secondary education, general pupils 2.71 million 2018 up 9.6%
Lower secondary completion rate, total 67.7% 2024 down 0.5%
School enrollment, preprimary, female 45.8% 2020 up 5.2%
School enrollment, preprimary, male 45.1% 2020 up 5.1%
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 75.1% 2023 down 1.9%
Government expenditure on education, total 11.7% 2024 down 2.2%
Secondary education, general pupils 50.6% 2018 up 0.2%
Lower secondary completion rate, female 69.6% 2024 down 0.4%
Lower secondary completion rate, male 65.9% 2024 down 0.5%
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Primary education, pupils 5.13 million 2024 up 9.5%
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, pupils 3.48 million 2024 up 19.8%
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 77.5% 2023 down 1.0%
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 72.7% 2023 down 2.9%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 183,018 2018 up 8.9%
Number of infant deaths, female 3,100 2024 down 26.2%
Number of infant deaths, male 3,965 2024 down 25.5%
Number of under-five deaths, female 3,658 2024 down 27.1%
Number of under-five deaths, male 4,639 2024 down 26.3%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 39.8% 2018 up 1.1%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 102.7% 2018 down 1.3%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 8.7% 2025 down 10.9%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 7.0% 2025 down 12.7%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.8% 2025 down 11.7%
Primary education, teachers 69.4% 2024 up 0.6%
Repeaters, primary, total 9.9% 2018 down 16.2%
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 808 2024 down 24.3%
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 855 2024 down 9.3%
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1,743 2024 up 1.8%
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2,333 2024 up 0.9%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 102.3% 2018 down 0.6%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 103.0% 2018 down 2.0%