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 Page 1 of 2 Next →