Education in Solomon Islands

101 indicators covering education for Solomon Islands.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
Population ages 0-14 36.6% 2025 down 8.5% 45th
Population ages 15-64 59.8% 2025 up 5.7% 166th
School enrollment, primary 81.8% 2024 down 24.9% 191st
Primary education, teachers 5,327 2024 up 6.1% 158th
School enrollment, primary, female 80.6% 2024 down 24.9% 192nd
School enrollment, primary, male 83.0% 2024 down 24.9% 187th
Labor force, female 48.0% 2025 down 0.1% 42nd
Labor force, total 448,502 2025 up 38.4% 158th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9924 GPI 2019 up 1.8% 102nd
School enrollment, secondary 49.0% 2012 up 62.7% 174th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2.3 per 1,000 2024 down 20.7% 61st
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% 70th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.3 per 1,000 2024 down 12.2% 70th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.5 per 1,000 2024 down 11.3% 86th
Secondary education, teachers 2,202 2015 up 64.7% 166th
School enrollment, secondary, female 47.7% 2012 up 78.5% 172nd
School enrollment, secondary, male 50.3% 2012 up 50.8% 172nd
School enrollment, primary, private 24.9% 2019 up 36.0% 50th
School enrollment, preprimary 93.3% 2019 down 8.5% 48th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9496 GPI 2012 up 18.3% 162nd
Secondary education, teachers, female 718 2015 up 64.3% 167th
Primary completion rate, female 71.9% 2024 down 13.8% 160th
Primary completion rate, male 69.1% 2024 down 16.9% 163rd
Government expenditure on education, total 8.3% 2023 up 10.9% 7th
Secondary education, general pupils 52,566 2018 up 92.3% 158th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 57.8% 2023 down 9.8% 142nd
School enrollment, preprimary, female 94.3% 2019 down 7.0% 37th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 92.3% 2019 down 9.9% 48th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 74.8% 2018 down 0.5% 130th
Government expenditure on education, total 25.2% 2024 down 23.8% 4th
Secondary education, general pupils 49.1% 2018 up 12.8% 142nd
Lower secondary completion rate, female 59.9% 2023 down 5.8% 144th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 55.8% 2023 down 13.4% 145th
Children out of school 30.1% 2024 up 983.9% 18th
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Primary education, pupils 98,955 2024 down 3.0% 155th
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Secondary education, pupils 41,660 2012 up 92.0% 166th
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 76.6% 2018 up 1.1% 121st
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 73.1% 2018 down 2.0% 119th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 0 1994 down 100.0% 185th
Number of infant deaths, female 156 2024 down 11.4% 126th
Number of infant deaths, male 199 2024 down 10.4% 126th
Number of under-five deaths, female 190 2024 down 12.4% 125th
Number of under-five deaths, male 241 2024 down 12.0% 125th
Children out of school, female 30.8% 2024 up 801.8% 19th
Children out of school, male 29.5% 2024 up 1,251.8% 17th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 108.0% 2018 down 13.0% 46th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 1.4% 2025 up 86.4% 176th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.4% 2025 up 102.5% 176th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.4% 2025 up 94.4% 178th
Primary education, teachers 47.5% 2019 up 4.8% 174th
Repeaters, primary, total 5.8% 2018 down 20.2% 55th
Persistence to grade 5, total 82.4% 2018 down 0.9% 110th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 48 2024 up 2.1% 124th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 38 2024 up 8.6% 139th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 72 2024 up 18.0% 146th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 84 2024 up 27.3% 151st