Education in Suriname 128 indicators covering education for Suriname. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 66.5% 2025 up 2.0% 69th Population ages 0-14 25.3% 2025 down 11.7% 93rd Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 91.9% 2024 down 13.6% 170th Primary education, teachers 5,068 2021 up 3.7% 159th School enrollment, primary, female 89.7% 2024 down 14.6% 175th School enrollment, primary, male 94.1% 2024 down 12.7% 157th Labor force, total 257,128 2025 up 11.6% 170th Labor force, female 42.0% 2025 up 5.7% 125th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9902 GPI 2021 down 1.1% 107th School enrollment, secondary 76.1% 2023 up 11.1% 145th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.8 per 1,000 2024 up 1.8% 81st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.4 per 1,000 2024 up 15.8% 68th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.1 per 1,000 2024 up 31.2% 68th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2 per 1,000 2024 up 33.3% 71st Secondary education, teachers 4,520 2023 up 10.6% 158th School enrollment, secondary, female 78.1% 2022 up 0.3% 147th School enrollment, secondary, male 78.0% 2022 up 31.2% 138th School enrollment, tertiary 2.6% 2024 down 51.2% 188th School enrollment, primary, private 33.8% 2023 up 2,128.5% 33rd School enrollment, preprimary 78.2% 2021 up 3.5% 79th School enrollment, tertiary, male 2.2% 2024 down 53.9% 186th School enrollment, tertiary, female 3.0% 2024 down 49.1% 180th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.22 GPI 2021 down 10.4% 4th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.27 GPI 2024 up 6.4% 78th Secondary education, teachers, female 3,316 2021 up 25.9% 142nd Primary completion rate, female 80.3% 2021 down 2.1% 147th Primary completion rate, male 70.3% 2021 down 4.6% 159th Government expenditure on education, total 2.9% 2023 down 48.2% 154th Secondary education, general pupils 32,996 2018 up 29.0% 165th Lower secondary completion rate, total 42.3% 2021 up 18.3% 164th School enrollment, preprimary, female 80.1% 2021 up 4.6% 74th School enrollment, preprimary, male 76.3% 2021 up 2.4% 79th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 70.1% 2020 down 17.6% 142nd Government expenditure on education, total 8.6% 2024 down 24.8% 169th Secondary education, general pupils 61.2% 2015 up 1.0% 1st Lower secondary completion rate, female 53.1% 2021 up 19.9% 149th Lower secondary completion rate, male 31.7% 2021 up 15.6% 172nd Children out of school 16.2% 2024 down 3.8% 35th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 60,612 2024 down 11.7% 163rd Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Secondary education, pupils 63,941 2023 up 23.8% 159th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 75.0% 2020 down 18.0% 123rd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 65.5% 2020 down 17.2% 131st Secondary education, vocational pupils 25,412 2018 up 12.7% 102nd Number of under-five deaths, male 97 2024 down 29.7% 150th Number of under-five deaths, female 74 2024 down 28.2% 153rd Number of infant deaths, male 91 2024 down 28.3% 147th Number of infant deaths, female 69 2024 down 27.4% 148th Children out of school, female 16.8% 2024 up 4.0% 33rd Children out of school, male 15.7% 2024 down 10.7% 37th Secondary education, vocational pupils 46.5% 2015 down 7.6% 55th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 92.9% 2018 down 6.7% 160th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.7% 2025 up 28.5% 80th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 10.8% 2025 down 5.7% 45th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.8% 2025 up 8.5% 56th Primary education, teachers 95.5% 2021 up 2.2% 11th Repeaters, primary, total 16.4% 2018 down 4.5% 12th Page 1 of 3 Next →