Education in Turkmenistan 884 indicators covering education for Turkmenistan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average years of schooling among adults 11.21 years 2023 up 3.4% 63rd Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 11.21 years 2023 up 3.4% 63rd Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 11.21 years 2023 up 3.4% 63rd Share enrolled in private institutions at the pre-primary education level 0.0% 1995 — 196th Secondary education, teachers, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 19.7% 19th Average years of schooling, males vs. females 11.55 years 2023 up 3.7% 56th Years of schooling, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 3.9% 76th Expected years of schooling, males vs. females 13.23 years 2023 up 20.0% 95th Expected years of schooling males vs females, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 20.6% 90th Years of schooling, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 up 100.0% 5th Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.0118 units per person 2024 up 5.8% 5th Secondary education, teachers, per square kilometre 0.1784 units per square kilometre 2023 — 148th Duration of compulsory education 12 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2025 unchanged 21st Expected years of schooling males vs females, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 down 100.0% 17th Duration of compulsory education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.8% 43rd Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 0.043 units per square kilometre 2023 — 178th Teachers in primary education, male (number), per square kilometre 0.0091 units per square kilometre 2023 — 184th Secondary education, teachers, female, annual growth rate 6.67 % change on previous year 2024 — 45th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number), per 0.1007 units per square kilometre 2023 up 176.4% 168th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), per 0.1043 units per square kilometre 2023 up 79.5% 168th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.6847 years 2019 up 71.9% 135th Government expenditure on education, total 27.6% 2024 up 32.8% 3rd Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 82,467 2025 up 57.7% 92nd Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 79,490 2025 up 64.0% 93rd Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 161,957 2025 up 60.7% 93rd Start of the academic school year 2,023 tertiary education 2024 up 0.5% 34th Theoretical duration of secondary education 8 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 167th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2025 unchanged 10th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 1st Official entrance age to lower secondary education 10 years 2025 unchanged 204th Start of the academic school year 2,024 2025 up 0.5% 56th Theoretical duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Theoretical duration of primary education 4 years 2025 unchanged 200th Official entrance age to primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 50,909 2024 up 86.5% 116th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 51,448 2024 up 200.7% 115th Teachers in primary education, male 4,188 2024 up 10.9% 114th Teachers in primary education, female 20,790 2024 up 16.0% 105th Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 83.2% 2024 up 0.8% 75th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 95.7% 2024 down 3.9% 160th School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 3.83 years 2024 down 3.7% 208th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 102,357 2024 up 130.5% 116th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 156,916 2024 — 103rd Enrolment in secondary education, male 511,524 2024 up 41.8% 74th Enrolment in secondary education, female 490,985 2024 up 41.9% 76th Teachers in primary education, both sexes 24,978 2024 up 15.1% 114th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 1.00 million 2024 up 41.9% 76th Enrolment in primary education, male 322,358 2024 up 13.2% 98th Enrolment in primary education, female 308,841 2024 up 13.4% 97th School age population, upper secondary education, male 118,814 2025 down 0.0% 116th School age population, upper secondary education, female 111,736 2025 down 4.4% 116th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 230,550 2025 down 2.2% 116th School age population, secondary education, male 569,571 2025 up 29.4% 89th ← Previous Page 4 of 15 Next →