Education in Syria

817 indicators covering education for Syria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Duration of pre primary education 3 2025 unchanged 27th
Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 2025 unchanged 58th
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 β€” 43rd
Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.7 2024 down 13.4% 69th
School enrollment, primary, female 81.5% 2024 up 14.5% 189th
School enrollment, primary, male 81.3% 2024 up 10.7% 192nd
Womens educational attainment vs fertility 2.71 2023 down 14.3% 70th
Fertility rate vs share of women between 25 and 29 years old with no e 2.71 2023 down 14.3% 70th
Labor force, total 6.76 million 2025 up 55.4% 72nd
Labor force, female 17.4% 2025 up 2.1% 180th
Primary secondary enrollment completion rates 81.41 2024 up 12.5% 204th
School completion 98.12 2025 up 1.4% 78th
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 β€” 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
Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2020 unchanged 68th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 169,755 number 2020 down 34.3% 67th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 176,584 number 2020 down 34.7% 67th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 346,339 number 2020 down 34.5% 67th
School age population, pre-primary education, female 517,421 number 2019 down 34.2% 62nd
School age population, pre-primary education, male 539,518 number 2019 down 34.5% 61st
School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 357,307 number 2020 down 30.2% 64th
School age population, primary education, female 1.04 million number 2020 up 2.2% 64th
School age population, last grade of primary education, female 175,298 number 2020 down 29.7% 63rd
School age population, lower secondary education, female 498,523 number 2020 down 58.0% 67th
School age population, primary education, both sexes 2.11 million number 2020 up 1.6% 63rd
School age population, primary education, male 1.08 million number 2020 up 1.1% 63rd
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 1.02 million number 2020 down 58.4% 67th
School age population, tertiary education, male 896,682 number 2016 down 14.3% 56th
School age population, tertiary education, female 844,629 number 2016 down 15.2% 56th
School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 1.74 million number 2016 down 14.7% 56th
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 1.06 million number 2019 down 34.3% 62nd
School age population, upper secondary education, male 477,379 number 2020 down 30.6% 64th
School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 934,874 number 2020 down 30.2% 65th
School age population, upper secondary education, female 457,495 number 2020 down 29.8% 65th
School age population, secondary education, male 995,808 number 2020 down 48.8% 66th
School age population, lower secondary education, male 518,429 number 2020 down 58.7% 67th
School age population, secondary education, both sexes 1.95 million number 2020 down 48.4% 65th
School age population, secondary education, female 956,018 number 2020 down 48.0% 65th
Precentage enrolled in private institutions at the primary education l 6.67 2024 up 69.3% 137th
Expected years of schooling vs share in extreme poverty 7.42 2023 down 11.6% 190th
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 β€” 71st