Education in Tunisia 2,780 indicators covering education for Tunisia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 80.0% 2025 — 95th Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 89.2% 2025 — 92nd Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.2 modelled data 2025 — 16th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 71.4% 2025 — 98th Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 48.5% 2025 — 100th Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 61.5% 2025 — 93rd Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.41 modelled data 2025 — 4th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 36.2% 2025 — 109th Teachers in secondary education, male 38,890 2023 down 6.4% 60th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 20.4% 2025 down 8.2% 16th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 12.8% 2025 up 3.4% 20th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 15.1% 2025 down 0.3% 16th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 49.4% 2023 up 18.0% 98th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 27.4% 2023 up 2.8% 109th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.45 GPIA 2023 up 6.0% 25th Primary education, teachers 71.9% 2023 up 23.8% 124th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 16,458 number 2016 up 206.3% 60th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 3.03 % change on previous year 2018 down 16.9% 72nd Repeaters, primary, total 11.2% 2017 up 51.7% 26th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 2.47 years 2023 up 18.0% 101st School life expectancy, tertiary, male 1.37 years 2023 up 2.8% 111th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.45 GPIA 2023 up 6.0% 26th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 1.2% 2013 up 11.9% 125th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 14.35 years 2016 up 2.2% 81st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 93.6% 2021 down 3.8% 108th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 22,410 number 2012 up 96.4% 58th Persistence to grade 5, total 98.6% 2020 up 2.5% 31st Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 97.3% 2020 up 2.6% 48th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 286 2024 down 10.6% 83rd Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 307 2024 up 6.2% 85th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 555 2024 up 19.6% 85th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 571 2024 down 27.2% 96th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 106.0% 2018 up 2.6% 57th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 105.1% 2018 up 3.8% 66th School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 1.23 years 2016 up 110.7% 140th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 1.21 years 2016 up 102.9% 142nd School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2016 up 3.8% 67th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 85.4% 2023 down 10.0% 171st Teachers in pre-primary education, male 628 2023 down 26.5% 64th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 3,666 2023 down 76.5% 113th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.12 GPI 2016 up 3.7% 14th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 10,579 2012 up 163.2% 56th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 47.2% 2012 up 34.0% 73rd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 11,831 2012 up 60.0% 62nd Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.1% 2100 down 49.0% 153rd Number of adults with no formal education by region 12,500 people 2100 down 50.4% 116th Population by level of education 7.43 million people 2100 up 4.8% 68th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.964 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 5.9% 85th Repeaters, primary, female 8.1% 2017 up 42.5% 34th Repeaters, primary, male 14.1% 2017 up 57.4% 24th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 15.09 years 2016 up 4.2% 73rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 13.62 years 2016 up 0.7% 84th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.1 GPIA 2016 up 2.9% 35th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 94.8% 2016 down 0.4% 120th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 91.2% 2021 down 6.0% 116th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 96.2% 2021 down 1.5% 84th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1.05 GPIA 2021 up 4.5% 31st Teachers in pre-primary education, female 15,604 number 2016 up 205.0% 57th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 52.2% 2023 up 101.0% 55th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 71.0% 2023 up 72.5% 50th ← Previous Page 8 of 47 Next →