Education in Switzerland 142 indicators covering education for Switzerland. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 64.7% 2025 down 3.8% 103rd Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 0-14 14.9% 2025 up 0.2% 181st Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 101.2% 2024 down 1.2% 91st Primary education, teachers 58,349 2024 up 21.8% 79th School enrollment, primary, female 101.1% 2024 down 1.2% 87th School enrollment, primary, male 101.3% 2024 down 1.3% 95th Labor force, total 5.17 million 2025 up 7.4% 84th Labor force, female 47.2% 2025 up 1.4% 60th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9935 GPI 2020 down 0.2% 98th School enrollment, secondary 101.4% 2024 up 0.2% 56th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 183rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 182nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.3 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 190th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.3 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 178th Secondary education, teachers 68,266 2024 up 6.0% 78th School enrollment, secondary, female 100.2% 2024 up 0.4% 61st School enrollment, secondary, male 102.6% 2024 down 0.0% 49th School enrollment, tertiary 73.5% 2024 up 26.7% 46th School enrollment, primary, private 5.5% 2024 down 1.9% 144th School enrollment, preprimary 102.9% 2020 up 3.9% 18th School enrollment, tertiary, male 68.9% 2024 up 19.6% 26th School enrollment, tertiary, female 78.5% 2024 up 34.2% 55th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9475 GPI 2020 down 2.4% 165th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.12 GPI 2024 up 10.6% 118th Secondary education, teachers, female 35,661 2024 up 13.5% 75th Primary completion rate, female 95.5% 2024 down 2.0% 89th Primary completion rate, male 92.7% 2024 down 3.1% 100th Government expenditure on education, total 4.9% 2022 down 0.7% 68th Secondary education, general pupils 382,503 2017 down 4.8% 106th Lower secondary completion rate, total 96.0% 2024 up 0.2% 55th School enrollment, preprimary, female 102.3% 2020 up 3.0% 18th School enrollment, preprimary, male 103.4% 2020 up 4.8% 17th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.6% 2021 up 0.2% 11th Government expenditure on education, total 15.4% 2022 down 0.4% 60th Secondary education, general pupils 51.2% 2017 up 0.5% 49th Lower secondary completion rate, female 97.6% 2024 down 0.5% 46th Lower secondary completion rate, male 94.4% 2024 up 0.9% 59th Children out of school 0.1% 2024 up 337.4% 183rd Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 556,945 2024 up 15.1% 107th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Secondary education, pupils 636,381 2024 up 3.1% 99th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.8% 2021 up 0.2% 12th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.4% 2021 down 0.2% 22nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 226,342 2017 up 18.8% 45th Number of under-five deaths, male 179 2024 down 10.1% 134th Number of under-five deaths, female 144 2024 down 9.4% 132nd Number of infant deaths, male 157 2024 down 9.2% 132nd Number of infant deaths, female 128 2024 down 7.9% 131st Children out of school, female 0.1% 2024 up 430.4% 172nd Children out of school, male 0.2% 2024 up 282.8% 175th Secondary education, vocational pupils 41.7% 2017 up 3.8% 92nd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 100.4% 2017 up 7.3% 107th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.7% 2025 up 0.4% 98th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.0% 2025 up 2.6% 108th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.9% 2025 up 1.5% 104th Primary education, teachers 83.5% 2024 up 1.8% 67th Repeaters, primary, total 1.2% 2017 down 18.2% 119th Page 1 of 3 Next →