Education in Turkmenistan 51 indicators covering education for Turkmenistan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 unchanged 192nd Population ages 15-64 64.0% 2025 down 4.1% 118th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 0-14 31.2% 2025 up 5.1% 66th School enrollment, primary 95.7% 2024 down 3.9% 151st Primary education, teachers 24,978 2024 up 15.1% 114th School enrollment, primary, female 95.6% 2024 down 3.3% 147th School enrollment, primary, male 95.7% 2024 down 4.4% 149th Labor force, female 47.1% 2025 up 0.0% 62nd Labor force, total 2.20 million 2025 up 15.8% 124th School enrollment, secondary 94.6% 2024 up 12.5% 85th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 1.8 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3% 77th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.1 per 1,000 2024 down 17.7% 95th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.2 per 1,000 2024 down 23.8% 107th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.9 per 1,000 2024 down 5.0% 80th Secondary education, teachers 88,747 2024 up 16.5% 62nd School enrollment, secondary, female 94.7% 2024 up 11.3% 90th School enrollment, secondary, male 94.6% 2024 up 13.7% 79th School enrollment, tertiary 20.4% 2024 up 191.7% 133rd School enrollment, tertiary, male 19.7% 2024 up 132.1% 119th School enrollment, tertiary, female 21.2% 2024 up 287.5% 134th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.07 GPI 2024 up 66.1% 130th Secondary education, teachers, female 60,998 2024 up 19.6% 49th Government expenditure on education, total 4.3% 2024 up 40.7% 92nd Government expenditure on education, total 27.6% 2024 up 32.8% 3rd Secondary education, duration 8 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Primary education, pupils 631,199 2024 up 13.3% 97th Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 186th Secondary education, pupils 1.00 million 2024 up 41.9% 76th Number of under-five deaths, male 3,604 2024 down 10.6% 65th Number of infant deaths, female 1,971 2024 down 12.9% 67th Number of infant deaths, male 2,825 2024 down 14.0% 67th Number of under-five deaths, female 2,604 2024 down 9.3% 68th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.3% 2025 up 6.2% 115th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.9% 2025 up 7.0% 74th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.5% 2025 up 4.2% 162nd Primary education, teachers 83.2% 2024 up 0.8% 70th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 536 2024 down 31.5% 97th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 301 2024 up 25.4% 82nd Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 279 2024 up 30.4% 88th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 352 2024 down 31.0% 103rd Population by level of education 1.70 million people 2100 up 6.7% 127th Number of adults with no formal education by region 1,000 people 2100 down 23.1% 177th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.0% 2100 down 22.0% 200th Trained teachers in primary education 99.5% 2024 up 0.3% 45th Secondary education, teachers 68.7% 2024 up 2.7% 49th Compulsory education, duration 12 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Tertiary education, academic staff 50.1% 2024 up 0.0% 48th Preprimary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 61st Current education expenditure, total 99.8% 2023 up 50.6% 6th Pupils per qualified teacher in primary education 25.27 pupils per teacher 2024 down 1.6% 45th