Education in Suriname

128 indicators covering education for Suriname.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 78.0% 2020 down 12.1% 123rd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 22 2024 up 37.5% 147th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 23 2024 up 27.8% 152nd
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 47 2024 up 14.6% 155th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 64 2024 up 18.5% 157th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 92.8% 2018 down 9.2% 156th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 93.1% 2018 down 4.2% 155th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.1% 2100 down 39.1% 141st
Number of adults with no formal education by region 900 people 2100 down 40.0% 180th
Population by level of education 177,500 people 2100 up 10.2% 179th
Repeaters, primary, female 13.6% 2018 down 5.5% 17th
Repeaters, primary, male 19.1% 2018 down 3.9% 10th
School enrollment, secondary, private 16.5% 2023 up 1,862.7% 77th
School enrollment, primary 86.0% 2018 down 2.7% 145th
Trained teachers in primary education 99.8% 2021 up 3.4% 42nd
Over-age students, primary 16.0% 2018 down 11.4% 31st
Secondary education, teachers 74.8% 2021 up 4.8% 20th
School enrollment, primary, female 87.7% 2018 down 2.6% 109th
School enrollment, primary, male 84.4% 2018 down 2.9% 126th
Over-age students, primary, male 17.7% 2018 down 9.3% 30th
Over-age students, primary, female 14.2% 2018 down 14.1% 34th
Compulsory education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 177th
Progression to secondary school 66.4% 2017 down 2.2% 160th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 86.0% 2018 down 2.7% 146th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 99.8% 2021 up 3.0% 43rd
Trained teachers in primary education, male 100.0% 2021 up 8.5% 1st
Primary education, pupils 48.1% 2018 down 0.2% 145th
Persistence to grade 5, female 80.4% 2020 down 12.4% 109th
Persistence to grade 5, male 75.8% 2020 down 11.7% 112th
School enrollment, secondary 57.8% 2015 up 26.4% 118th
Preprimary education, duration 2 years 2025 unchanged 166th
Progression to secondary school, male 59.9% 2017 up 3.8% 155th
School enrollment, secondary, female 64.0% 2015 up 28.1% 109th
School enrollment, secondary, male 52.0% 2015 up 24.8% 120th
Progression to secondary school, female 72.4% 2017 down 6.6% 141st
Literacy rate, youth female 98.0% 2018 down 1.5% 56th
Children out of school, primary 10,697 2024 down 4.2% 107th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 87.7% 2018 down 2.6% 122nd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 84.4% 2018 down 2.9% 131st
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2018 up 1.0% 13th
Literacy rate, youth male 97.4% 2018 down 2.0% 50th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 13.39 2018 down 16.2% 156th
Literacy rate, youth total 97.7% 2018 down 1.7% 49th
Secondary education, pupils 55.2% 2015 down 1.1% 2nd
Children out of school, primary, female 5,441 2024 up 3.3% 110th
Children out of school, primary, male 5,256 2024 down 11.0% 118th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 99.6% 2021 up 1.1% 39th
Trained teachers in secondary education 79.5% 2021 up 13.4% 74th
Adolescents out of school 39.6% 2024 up 71.0% 18th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 99.6% 2021 up 1.0% 40th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 11.98 2015 down 13.8% 123rd
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 19.58 2018 down 8.9% 68th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, male 100.0% 2021 up 11.1% 1st
Adolescents out of school, female 31.9% 2024 up 45.1% 27th
Adolescents out of school, male 47.1% 2024 up 93.6% 13th
Net intake rate in grade 1 58.4% 2018 down 33.6% 85th
Trained teachers in lower secondary education 81.9% 2021 down 1.6% 58th
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 8.73 1990 up 11.7% 151st
Net intake rate in grade 1, female 58.7% 2018 down 35.3% 84th
Net intake rate in grade 1, male 58.1% 2018 down 31.9% 87th