Education in Somalia 75 indicators covering education for Somalia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 down 16.7% 192nd Population ages 0-14 46.6% 2025 down 2.2% 2nd Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 15-64 50.8% 2025 up 1.7% 213th School enrollment, primary 20.9% 2023 — 205th Primary education, teachers 12,870 2007 — 132nd School enrollment, primary, female 19.0% 2023 — 203rd School enrollment, primary, male 22.8% 2023 — 203rd Labor force, total 3.56 million 2025 up 43.9% 100th Labor force, female 30.9% 2025 down 0.3% 163rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.5532 GPI 2007 — 198th School enrollment, secondary 3.3% 2023 — 203rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 14.1 per 1,000 2024 down 28.4% 3rd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 25.8 per 1,000 2024 down 17.0% 3rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 16.9 per 1,000 2024 down 19.1% 2nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 8.5 per 1,000 2024 down 22.0% 7th Secondary education, teachers 4,504 2007 — 159th School enrollment, secondary, female 2.8% 2023 — 202nd School enrollment, secondary, male 3.9% 2023 — 202nd School enrollment, tertiary 2.4% 1987 up 393.4% 189th School enrollment, primary, private 56.5% 2023 — 10th School enrollment, preprimary 1.1% 2021 down 79.7% 196th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.4608 GPI 2007 — 196th Secondary education, teachers, female 609 2007 — 171st Government expenditure on education, total 0.0% 2023 up 103.1% 196th Secondary education, general pupils 86,929 2007 — 149th School enrollment, preprimary, male 1.3% 2021 down 79.2% 193rd School enrollment, preprimary, female 1.0% 2021 down 80.2% 194th Government expenditure on education, total 8.1% 2025 up 471.8% 176th Secondary education, general pupils 31.5% 2007 — 203rd Children out of school 85.3% 1980 — 1st Primary education, pupils 464,607 2023 — 111th Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 down 33.3% 186th Secondary education, duration 8 years 2025 up 33.3% 3rd Secondary education, pupils 115,828 2023 — 148th Secondary education, vocational pupils 0 2007 — 185th Number of infant deaths, female 23,148 2024 down 3.3% 14th Number of infant deaths, male 28,398 2024 down 1.9% 15th Number of under-five deaths, female 36,112 2024 down 5.6% 12th Number of under-five deaths, male 42,159 2024 down 4.5% 14th Children out of school, female 88.8% 1980 — 1st Children out of school, male 81.8% 1980 — 1st Secondary education, vocational pupils 22.9% 1986 down 16.8% 168th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 18.9% 2025 up 2.4% 9th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 16.4% 2025 up 2.5% 9th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 24.6% 2025 up 2.5% 12th Primary education, teachers 16.6% 2007 — 199th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 6,981 2024 up 11.7% 21st Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 9,082 2024 up 31.8% 20th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 4,093 2024 up 5.3% 24th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 8,401 2024 up 1.9% 14th Population by level of education 6.88 million people 2100 up 30.8% 73rd Share of the population with no formal education with projections 1.7% 2100 down 33.1% 31st Number of adults with no formal education by region 1.20 million people 2100 down 28.6% 24th School enrollment, primary 14.5% 1980 — 186th Over-age students, primary 48.8% 1980 — 1st Secondary education, teachers 13.5% 2007 — 188th School enrollment, primary, male 18.0% 1980 — 167th School enrollment, primary, female 10.9% 1980 — 167th Over-age students, primary, male 49.9% 1980 — 1st Page 1 of 2 Next →