Education in Syria 130 indicators covering education for Syria. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 66.7% 2025 up 20.7% 63rd Population ages 0-14 28.4% 2025 down 29.9% 78th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th School enrollment, primary 81.4% 2024 up 12.5% 193rd Primary education, teachers 144,621 2024 — 43rd School enrollment, primary, female 81.5% 2024 up 14.5% 189th School enrollment, primary, male 81.3% 2024 up 10.7% 192nd Labor force, total 6.76 million 2025 up 55.4% 72nd Labor force, female 17.4% 2025 up 2.1% 180th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9656 GPI 2013 up 0.9% 154th School enrollment, secondary 38.7% 2024 down 18.6% 185th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 4.7 per 1,000 2024 down 80.7% 103rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3 per 1,000 2024 down 74.8% 111th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2 per 1,000 2024 down 57.4% 70th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2.2 per 1,000 2024 down 71.4% 65th Secondary education, teachers 54,596 2024 — 86th School enrollment, secondary, female 41.8% 2024 down 11.7% 181st School enrollment, secondary, male 35.8% 2024 down 25.2% 190th School enrollment, tertiary 43.8% 2016 up 109.9% 94th School enrollment, primary, private 6.7% 2024 up 69.3% 131st School enrollment, preprimary 5.5% 2013 down 42.0% 191st School enrollment, tertiary, male 40.4% 2016 up 84.0% 86th School enrollment, tertiary, female 47.4% 2016 up 140.6% 100th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9944 GPI 2013 up 6.0% 119th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.15 GPI 2016 up 28.0% 114th Secondary education, teachers, female 39,112 2024 — 71st Primary completion rate, female 61.4% 2024 down 2.8% 169th Primary completion rate, male 58.9% 2024 down 7.5% 174th Government expenditure on education, total 5.1% 2009 up 12.8% 60th Secondary education, general pupils 1.77 million 2013 down 11.5% 48th Lower secondary completion rate, total 42.7% 2024 down 14.2% 163rd School enrollment, preprimary, female 5.4% 2013 down 41.3% 188th School enrollment, preprimary, male 5.7% 2013 down 42.6% 187th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 88.4% 2023 down 5.1% 105th Government expenditure on education, total 19.2% 2009 up 22.5% 25th Secondary education, general pupils 49.0% 2013 up 3.7% 143rd Lower secondary completion rate, female 46.6% 2024 down 6.7% 161st Lower secondary completion rate, male 38.9% 2024 down 21.4% 165th Children out of school 21.8% 2024 down 39.2% 28th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 2.17 million 2024 up 40.4% 67th Secondary education, pupils 1.36 million 2024 down 27.0% 60th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 91.1% 2023 down 2.5% 92nd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 85.8% 2023 down 7.6% 97th Secondary education, vocational pupils 88,569 2013 down 27.2% 75th Number of under-five deaths, male 5,612 2024 down 47.6% 55th Number of under-five deaths, female 4,379 2024 down 52.5% 56th Number of infant deaths, male 5,420 2024 down 24.3% 53rd Number of infant deaths, female 4,219 2024 down 28.2% 53rd Children out of school, female 21.4% 2024 down 41.1% 27th Children out of school, male 22.1% 2024 down 37.3% 27th Secondary education, vocational pupils 39.3% 2013 down 11.8% 111th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 83.5% 2013 down 29.1% 176th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 13.6% 2025 down 4.7% 20th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 10.9% 2025 down 7.0% 27th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 26.1% 2025 down 1.1% 9th Primary education, teachers 90.5% 2024 — 29th Repeaters, primary, total 7.4% 2013 down 8.4% 45th Page 1 of 3 Next →