Education in Tuvalu 81 indicators covering education for Tuvalu. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 0-14 33.0% 2025 up 3.4% 58th Population ages 15-64 59.9% 2025 down 4.3% 164th School enrollment, primary 101.1% 2024 down 2.4% 94th Primary education, teachers 107 2025 down 8.5% 203rd School enrollment, primary, female 100.0% 2024 down 6.5% 100th School enrollment, primary, male 102.2% 2024 down 2.6% 86th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9615 GPI 2021 up 0.1% 161st School enrollment, secondary 90.7% 2024 up 13.8% 104th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2.2 per 1,000 2024 down 26.7% 65th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 70th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.4 per 1,000 2024 down 16.9% 89th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.2 per 1,000 2024 down 16.0% 74th Secondary education, teachers 108 2025 down 48.3% 200th School enrollment, secondary, female 104.4% 2024 up 20.7% 47th School enrollment, secondary, male 78.6% 2024 up 7.5% 135th School enrollment, primary, private 15.8% 2023 — 86th School enrollment, preprimary 85.9% 2021 down 0.2% 70th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2021 down 9.6% 55th Secondary education, teachers, female 68 2025 down 60.2% 197th Primary completion rate, male 83.5% 2024 down 12.5% 134th Primary completion rate, female 108.2% 2024 up 7.2% 11th Government expenditure on education, total 12.8% 2023 — 2nd Secondary education, general pupils 1,070 2018 — 203rd Lower secondary completion rate, total 102.8% 2024 up 6.2% 15th School enrollment, preprimary, male 90.5% 2021 down 7.1% 58th School enrollment, preprimary, female 81.1% 2021 down 15.5% 72nd Government expenditure on education, total 16.8% 2025 up 52.6% 41st Secondary education, general pupils 52.6% 2018 — 15th Lower secondary completion rate, female 117.1% 2024 up 13.8% 2nd Lower secondary completion rate, male 90.8% 2024 down 0.3% 83rd Children out of school 0.5% 2024 down 72.6% 167th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 1,332 2024 down 4.2% 206th Secondary education, pupils 1,145 2024 down 4.7% 206th Secondary education, vocational pupils 19 2018 — 183rd Number of infant deaths, female 2 2024 unchanged 188th Number of infant deaths, male 2 2024 down 50.0% 188th Number of under-five deaths, female 2 2024 down 33.3% 188th Number of under-five deaths, male 2 2024 down 50.0% 188th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 80.7% 2018 down 28.1% 179th Primary education, teachers 92.5% 2025 down 4.2% 22nd Repeaters, primary, total 0.5% 2018 — 143rd Persistence to grade 5, total 78.1% 2021 down 16.8% 122nd Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 0 2024 — 186th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 0 2024 — 188th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1 2024 unchanged 189th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 1 2024 unchanged 190th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 82.8% 2018 down 19.3% 174th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 78.7% 2018 down 35.1% 181st Repeaters, primary, male 0.7% 2018 — 131st Repeaters, primary, female 0.2% 2018 — 154th School enrollment, secondary, private 31.5% 2023 up 373.6% 33rd Trained teachers in primary education 57.9% 2025 down 24.4% 125th Secondary education, teachers 63.0% 2025 down 23.0% 79th Compulsory education, duration 9 years 2025 up 12.5% 115th Trained teachers in primary education, female 58.6% 2025 down 21.5% 117th Trained teachers in primary education, male 50.0% 2025 down 41.7% 119th Page 1 of 2 Next →