Education in UNICEF: North America 488 indicators covering education for UNICEF: North America. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School age population, secondary education, female 13.99 million 2024 up 4.7% 163rd School age population, secondary education, male 14.69 million 2024 up 4.8% 163rd School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 14.49 million 2024 up 5.6% 159th School age population, upper secondary education, male 7.42 million 2024 up 5.7% 159th School age population, upper secondary education, female 7.07 million 2024 up 5.6% 159th Enrolment in primary education, male 13.48 million 2024 down 1.6% 161st Enrolment in primary education, female 12.71 million 2024 down 2.9% 160th Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 28.13 million 2024 up 4.6% 151st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 99.6% 2024 up 0.0% 4th Teachers in primary education, both sexes 2.04 million 2024 up 8.2% 131st Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 8.81 million 2024 down 5.6% 140th Enrolment in secondary education, male 14.49 million 2024 up 5.8% 152nd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.4% 2024 down 7.2% 218th Enrolment in secondary education, female 13.65 million 2024 up 3.4% 150th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 99.6% 2024 up 0.1% 4th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 19.12 million 2024 down 10.2% 92nd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 99.6% 2024 down 0.0% 4th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.4% 2024 up 0.5% 218th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.4% 2024 down 13.2% 218th School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 5.79 years 2023 down 2.8% 102nd Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 96.8% 2024 down 2.9% 160th Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 85.9% 2024 up 0.2% 30th Teachers in primary education, female 1.75 million 2024 up 8.3% 109th Teachers in primary education, male 288,590 2024 up 7.2% 164th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 8.08 million 2024 down 13.1% 100th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 11.04 million 2024 down 7.8% 84th Enrolment in primary education, both sexes 26.19 million 2024 down 2.2% 161st Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female 96.2% 2024 down 3.3% 150th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index 0.988 GPIA 2024 down 0.9% 98th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male 97.4% 2024 down 2.5% 167th School life expectancy, primary, female 5.8 years 2023 down 2.4% 85th School life expectancy, primary, male 5.79 years 2023 down 3.2% 113th School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1 GPIA 2023 up 0.8% 23rd Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 4.30 million 2024 down 6.1% 142nd Enrolment in pre-primary education, male 4.51 million 2024 down 5.1% 140th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 418,482 2024 up 28.7% 165th Teachers in secondary education, both sexes 1.89 million 2024 up 6.3% 144th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes 98.1% 2024 down 0.1% 32nd School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes 5.87 years 2023 up 0.7% 63rd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 11.67 years 2023 down 1.1% 53rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 97.5% 2024 down 1.5% 50th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 210,213 2024 up 71.3% 142nd Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 208,270 2024 up 2.9% 169th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 1.65 million 2024 down 7.5% 69th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 79.1% 2024 down 8.7% 26th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 96.9% 2024 down 2.3% 53rd Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 97.6% 2024 down 1.2% 40th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.9887 GPIA 2024 down 1.5% 111th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 98.0% 2024 down 0.7% 50th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 98.6% 2024 up 1.0% 33rd Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 0.9894 GPIA 2024 down 2.2% 122nd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 11.73 years 2023 down 0.4% 52nd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 11.6 years 2023 down 1.7% 51st School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% 30th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 3.98 years 2023 down 10.6% 18th School life expectancy, secondary, female 5.94 years 2023 up 1.7% 60th School life expectancy, secondary, male 5.81 years 2023 down 0.2% 65th School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 1.8% 37th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 557,404 2024 down 14.0% 120th School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 2.05 years 2023 down 1.0% 59th ← Previous 6 1 2 3 4 … 9 Next → Page 2 of 9