Education in Uganda 135 indicators covering education for Uganda. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 54.7% 2025 up 9.3% 203rd Population ages 0-14 43.1% 2025 down 10.3% 10th Lower secondary school starting age 13 years 2025 unchanged 5th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 106.2% 2017 down 11.0% 53rd Primary education, teachers 207,238 2017 up 36.3% 35th School enrollment, primary, female 106.8% 2017 down 10.0% 48th School enrollment, primary, male 105.5% 2017 down 12.0% 58th Labor force, total 23.39 million 2025 up 58.8% 30th Labor force, female 48.2% 2025 down 3.5% 39th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.03 GPI 2017 up 3.4% 17th School enrollment, secondary 24.1% 2007 up 136.7% 196th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 10.2 per 1,000 2024 down 29.7% 37th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 7 per 1,000 2024 down 33.3% 33rd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 4.4 per 1,000 2024 down 22.8% 29th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 6.8 per 1,000 2024 down 27.7% 21st Secondary education, teachers 63,957 2014 up 61.3% 81st School enrollment, secondary, female 21.5% 2007 up 171.3% 196th School enrollment, secondary, male 26.7% 2007 up 114.3% 196th School enrollment, tertiary 4.6% 2014 up 26.2% 180th School enrollment, primary, private 19.6% 2017 up 94.4% 69th School enrollment, preprimary 14.4% 2017 up 33.8% 174th School enrollment, tertiary, male 5.2% 2014 up 15.0% 175th School enrollment, tertiary, female 4.0% 2014 up 44.0% 174th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9015 GPI 2017 up 13.5% 173rd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.7671 GPI 2014 up 25.2% 160th Secondary education, teachers, female 15,137 2014 up 73.9% 107th Primary completion rate, female 54.0% 2017 up 8.7% 178th Primary completion rate, male 52.7% 2017 down 2.7% 180th Government expenditure on education, total 2.6% 2022 up 42.5% 162nd Secondary education, general pupils 1.37 million 2017 up 43.6% 56th Lower secondary completion rate, total 26.3% 2017 up 19.6% 179th School enrollment, preprimary, female 14.7% 2017 up 33.2% 173rd School enrollment, preprimary, male 14.1% 2017 up 34.4% 172nd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 35.5% 2016 up 11.5% 174th Government expenditure on education, total 8.5% 2022 down 25.9% 171st Secondary education, general pupils 47.8% 2017 up 4.3% 172nd Lower secondary completion rate, female 25.1% 2017 up 26.2% 180th Lower secondary completion rate, male 27.6% 2017 up 14.0% 177th Children out of school 4.1% 2013 — 93rd Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Primary education, pupils 8.84 million 2017 up 17.3% 17th Secondary education, pupils 1.03 million 2007 up 250.4% 74th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 35.7% 2016 up 17.7% 160th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 35.3% 2016 up 5.7% 159th Secondary education, vocational pupils 41,242 2007 up 6.5% 93rd Number of under-five deaths, male 46,191 2024 down 2.7% 10th Number of under-five deaths, female 36,398 2024 down 4.1% 10th Number of infant deaths, female 26,984 2024 up 2.7% 12th Number of infant deaths, male 34,387 2024 up 3.7% 12th Children out of school, female 3.4% 2013 — 116th Children out of school, male 4.8% 2013 — 94th Secondary education, vocational pupils 35.1% 2007 up 9.7% 142nd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 139.4% 2017 down 9.7% 14th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.2% 2025 up 3.9% 162nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.3% 2025 up 2.6% 147th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.7% 2025 up 2.4% 156th Primary education, teachers 43.1% 2017 up 9.9% 183rd Repeaters, primary, total 8.8% 2017 down 40.5% 35th Page 1 of 3 Next →