Education in Suriname 504 indicators covering education for Suriname. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years 2025 unchanged 14th Duration of pre-primary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 146th Population ages 0-14 25.3% 2025 down 11.7% 93rd Population ages 15-64 66.5% 2025 up 2.0% 69th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 91.9% 2024 down 13.6% 170th Primary education, teachers 5,068 2021 up 3.7% 159th Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.23 live births per woman 2024 down 14.8% 93rd School enrollment, primary, female 89.7% 2024 down 14.6% 175th School enrollment, primary, male 94.1% 2024 down 12.7% 157th Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 2.25 live births per woman 2023 down 15.2% 93rd Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 2.25 live births per woman 2023 down 15.2% 93rd Labor force, female 42.0% 2025 up 5.7% 125th Labor force, total 257,128 2025 up 11.6% 170th Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 91.9% 2024 down 13.6% 181st Share of children who have completed primary school 91.3% 2025 up 4.3% 104th 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 age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 30,320 number 2020 up 2.6% 162nd School age population, pre-primary education, female 10,196 number 2019 up 0.4% 167th School age population, pre-primary education, male 10,958 number 2019 up 0.4% 166th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 10,315 number 2020 up 0.6% 162nd School age population, primary education, female 30,191 number 2020 up 0.7% 163rd School age population, last grade of primary education, female 4,972 number 2020 up 0.6% 163rd School age population, lower secondary education, female 19,756 number 2020 down 0.1% 162nd School age population, primary education, both sexes 62,628 number 2020 up 0.6% 162nd School age population, tertiary education, male 24,806 number 2015 up 14.1% 165th School age population, primary education, male 32,437 number 2020 up 0.5% 162nd School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 41,014 number 2020 up 0.9% 161st School age population, secondary education, female 34,352 number 2020 up 0.3% 162nd School age population, upper secondary education, female 14,596 number 2020 up 0.9% 164th School age population, secondary education, male 36,982 number 2020 up 2.8% 161st School age population, secondary education, both sexes 71,334 number 2020 up 1.6% 162nd School age population, lower secondary education, male 21,258 number 2020 up 1.8% 161st School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 48,584 number 2015 up 12.7% 164th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 21,154 number 2019 up 0.4% 167th School age population, upper secondary education, male 15,724 number 2020 up 4.2% 162nd School age population, tertiary education, female 23,778 number 2015 up 11.3% 164th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 5,085 number 2020 up 0.8% 163rd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 5,464 number 2020 up 0.6% 162nd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 10,549 number 2020 up 0.7% 163rd Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2020 unchanged 12th Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 33.8% 2023 up 2,128.5% 35th Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 10.96 years 2023 down 0.8% 159th School enrollment, preprimary 78.2% 2021 up 3.5% 79th School enrollment, tertiary, female 3.0% 2024 down 49.1% 180th School enrollment, tertiary, male 2.2% 2024 down 53.9% 186th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.27 GPI 2024 up 6.4% 78th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.22 GPI 2021 down 10.4% 4th Secondary education, teachers, female 3,316 2021 up 25.9% 142nd Page 1 of 9 Next →