Education in Tajikistan

125 indicators covering education for Tajikistan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th
Population ages 15-64 60.1% 2025 down 1.1% 163rd
Population ages 0-14 35.9% 2025 down 1.2% 50th
Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st
School enrollment, primary 95.8% 2024 up 6.0% 149th
Primary education, teachers 37,890 2024 up 27.9% 97th
School enrollment, primary, female 92.6% 2024 up 5.0% 166th
School enrollment, primary, male 98.9% 2024 up 7.1% 115th
Labor force, total 2.65 million 2025 up 19.9% 119th
Labor force, female 29.6% 2025 down 5.0% 165th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9886 GPI 2017 up 2.2% 111th
School enrollment, secondary 86.9% 2024 down 0.1% 120th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.4 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 150th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.6 per 1,000 2024 down 27.3% 156th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 30.8% 129th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 30.8% 123rd
Secondary education, teachers 67,698 2011 up 35.3% 80th
School enrollment, secondary, female 82.9% 2024 up 4.7% 135th
School enrollment, secondary, male 90.9% 2024 down 4.3% 94th
School enrollment, tertiary 35.6% 2024 up 47.1% 109th
School enrollment, primary, private 1.1% 2017 up 25.3% 191st
School enrollment, preprimary 9.9% 2017 up 8.6% 182nd
School enrollment, tertiary, male 36.7% 2024 up 16.7% 92nd
School enrollment, tertiary, female 34.7% 2024 up 98.8% 115th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9014 GPI 2013 up 8.6% 174th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.9453 GPI 2024 up 70.3% 149th
Secondary education, teachers, female 31,147 2011 up 42.8% 82nd
Primary completion rate, female 89.5% 2017 down 0.8% 126th
Primary completion rate, male 93.7% 2017 down 8.7% 93rd
Government expenditure on education, total 5.4% 2023 up 2.7% 39th
Secondary education, general pupils 1.06 million 2017 up 7.6% 61st
Lower secondary completion rate, total 88.0% 2017 down 0.7% 99th
School enrollment, preprimary, female 9.2% 2017 up 5.8% 180th
School enrollment, preprimary, male 10.6% 2017 up 10.9% 178th
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.0% 2016 down 0.0% 29th
Government expenditure on education, total 19.3% 2024 up 8.2% 22nd
Secondary education, general pupils 47.4% 2017 up 4.2% 177th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 83.3% 2017 up 9.0% 119th
Lower secondary completion rate, male 92.7% 2017 down 1.9% 70th
Children out of school 4.2% 2017 down 34.1% 92nd
Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th
Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 186th
Primary education, pupils 1.01 million 2024 up 52.2% 85th
Secondary education, pupils 1.29 million 2024 up 21.3% 63rd
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.3% 2016 up 0.1% 20th
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 98.6% 2016 up 0.4% 35th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 15,038 2013 down 41.1% 120th
Number of under-five deaths, male 4,364 2024 down 13.0% 59th
Number of under-five deaths, female 3,226 2024 down 12.6% 61st
Number of infant deaths, female 2,655 2024 down 11.4% 60th
Number of infant deaths, male 3,655 2024 down 12.6% 60th
Children out of school, female 6.6% 2017 up 40.6% 73rd
Children out of school, male 1.7% 2017 up 14.2% 141st
Secondary education, vocational pupils 8.5% 2013 down 70.4% 186th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 105.7% 2017 up 1.2% 56th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.9% 2025 down 1.5% 62nd
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.0% 2025 down 3.3% 129th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 8.2% 2025 down 2.1% 48th
Primary education, teachers 76.0% 2017 up 18.5% 113th
Repeaters, primary, total 0.1% 2017 down 59.2% 166th