Education in Somalia 330 indicators covering education for Somalia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Population ages 15-64 50.8% 2025 up 1.7% 213th Population ages 0-14 46.6% 2025 down 2.2% 2nd Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 down 16.7% 192nd School enrollment, primary 20.9% 2023 — 205th Primary education, teachers 12,870 2007 — 132nd Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 6.01 live births per woman 2024 down 14.8% 2nd School enrollment, primary, female 19.0% 2023 — 203rd School enrollment, primary, male 22.8% 2023 — 203rd Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 6.13 live births per woman 2023 down 14.1% 1st Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 6.13 live births per woman 2023 down 14.1% 1st Labor force, total 3.56 million 2025 up 43.9% 100th Labor force, female 30.9% 2025 down 0.3% 163rd Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 20.9% 2023 — 217th Share of children who have completed primary school 28.8% 2025 up 10.4% 164th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.5532 GPI 2007 — 198th School enrollment, secondary 3.3% 2023 — 203rd 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 Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 14.1 per 1,000 2024 down 28.4% 3rd 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 Official entrance age to upper secondary education 14 years 2020 unchanged 174th School age population, pre-primary education, female 741,440 number 2019 up 23.9% 47th School age population, pre-primary education, male 752,745 number 2019 up 24.4% 51st School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 426,598 number 2020 up 29.1% 56th School age population, primary education, female 1.35 million number 2020 up 26.4% 54th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 212,064 number 2020 up 28.9% 56th School age population, lower secondary education, female 405,853 number 2020 up 32.0% 75th School age population, primary education, both sexes 2.71 million number 2020 up 26.7% 57th School age population, primary education, male 1.37 million number 2020 up 26.9% 57th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 816,013 number 2020 up 32.2% 75th School age population, secondary education, female 1.14 million number 2020 up 37.0% 58th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 2.30 million number 2020 up 37.3% 59th School age population, lower secondary education, male 410,160 number 2020 up 32.5% 75th School age population, secondary education, male 1.15 million number 2020 up 37.6% 59th School age population, upper secondary education, female 737,779 number 2020 up 39.9% 43rd School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 1.48 million number 2020 up 40.2% 44th School age population, upper secondary education, male 743,821 number 2020 up 40.6% 45th School age population, tertiary education, female 623,753 number 2014 up 48.9% 69th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 1.49 million number 2019 up 24.2% 49th School age population, tertiary education, male 623,358 number 2014 up 49.1% 69th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 1.25 million number 2014 up 49.0% 69th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 480,253 number 2020 up 25.0% 55th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 238,473 number 2020 up 24.7% 55th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 241,780 number 2020 up 25.2% 55th Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 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 Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 0.0% 1986 — 196th Duration of compulsory education 8 years 2025 — 161st Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 — 21st Government expenditure on education, total 0.0% 2023 up 103.1% 196th Page 1 of 6 Next →