Education in Tunisia 147 indicators covering education for Tunisia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 15-64 66.5% 2025 down 2.7% 68th Population ages 0-14 23.6% 2025 down 4.6% 107th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 104.4% 2023 down 1.5% 64th Primary education, teachers 84,596 2023 up 38.7% 64th School enrollment, primary, female 103.5% 2023 down 1.9% 65th School enrollment, primary, male 105.3% 2023 down 1.1% 59th Labor force, total 4.27 million 2025 up 4.7% 95th Labor force, female 30.0% 2025 up 7.4% 164th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9823 GPI 2021 down 1.6% 118th School enrollment, secondary 90.3% 2016 up 5.1% 108th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 3.6 per 1,000 2024 down 10.0% 120th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.1 per 1,000 2024 up 19.2% 109th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% 100th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 22.2% 90th Secondary education, teachers 89,644 2023 up 6.0% 61st School enrollment, secondary, female 95.5% 2016 up 6.0% 83rd School enrollment, secondary, male 85.4% 2016 up 4.1% 119th School enrollment, tertiary 38.1% 2023 up 11.4% 102nd School enrollment, primary, private 9.1% 2023 up 186.5% 120th School enrollment, preprimary 44.6% 2016 up 120.3% 129th School enrollment, tertiary, male 27.4% 2023 up 2.8% 109th School enrollment, tertiary, female 49.4% 2023 up 18.0% 98th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.14 GPI 2016 up 3.2% 15th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.45 GPI 2023 up 6.0% 23rd Secondary education, teachers, female 50,754 2023 up 18.1% 61st Primary completion rate, female 96.2% 2021 down 1.5% 82nd Primary completion rate, male 91.2% 2021 down 6.0% 113th Government expenditure on education, total 6.7% 2023 up 13.2% 17th Secondary education, general pupils 962,180 2018 down 14.6% 66th Lower secondary completion rate, total 82.4% 2021 up 14.0% 114th School enrollment, preprimary, female 45.0% 2016 up 122.5% 128th School enrollment, preprimary, male 44.2% 2016 up 118.1% 129th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 97.3% 2020 up 2.6% 48th Government expenditure on education, total 17.3% 2025 down 23.8% 38th Secondary education, general pupils 53.1% 2018 up 1.6% 12th Lower secondary completion rate, female 92.8% 2021 up 17.6% 86th Lower secondary completion rate, male 72.8% 2021 up 10.4% 123rd Children out of school 1.1% 2023 up 41.5% 145th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 1.34 million 2023 up 25.8% 79th Secondary education, pupils 1.05 million 2016 down 16.0% 73rd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 96.7% 2020 up 2.2% 50th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 98.0% 2020 up 3.0% 47th Secondary education, vocational pupils 94,981 2016 down 15.8% 71st Number of under-five deaths, male 1,101 2024 down 50.1% 94th Number of infant deaths, female 733 2024 down 53.6% 94th Number of under-five deaths, female 926 2024 down 48.1% 93rd Number of infant deaths, male 882 2024 down 55.4% 96th Children out of school, female 0.5% 2023 down 80.9% 166th Children out of school, male 1.7% 2023 down 56.9% 142nd Secondary education, vocational pupils 36.7% 2016 down 5.2% 134th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 105.5% 2018 up 3.2% 58th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 15.1% 2025 down 0.3% 16th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 12.8% 2025 up 3.4% 20th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 20.4% 2025 down 8.2% 16th Primary education, teachers 71.9% 2023 up 23.8% 124th Repeaters, primary, total 11.2% 2017 up 51.7% 26th Page 1 of 3 Next →