Education in United Kingdom 132 indicators covering education for United Kingdom. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th Population ages 15-64 63.3% 2025 down 1.6% 128th Population ages 0-14 17.0% 2025 down 5.1% 154th Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th School enrollment, primary 102.2% 2023 down 3.0% 79th Primary education, teachers 281,128 2023 up 12.1% 26th School enrollment, primary, female 102.1% 2023 down 3.1% 78th School enrollment, primary, male 102.2% 2023 down 3.0% 84th Labor force, total 35.41 million 2025 up 6.4% 20th Labor force, female 47.8% 2025 up 2.0% 43rd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9977 GPI 2020 up 0.3% 78th School enrollment, secondary 112.1% 2023 down 11.1% 23rd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 1.9 per 1,000 2024 up 5.6% 168th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.2 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 170th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 177th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.3 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 178th Secondary education, teachers 388,714 2023 down 5.1% 23rd School enrollment, secondary, female 113.7% 2023 down 11.9% 22nd School enrollment, secondary, male 110.7% 2023 down 10.2% 23rd School enrollment, tertiary 80.4% 2023 up 41.6% 28th School enrollment, primary, private 38.1% 2023 up 258.2% 27th School enrollment, preprimary 105.8% 2020 up 29.4% 13th School enrollment, tertiary, male 67.9% 2023 up 38.3% 28th School enrollment, tertiary, female 93.5% 2023 up 44.6% 33rd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2020 up 2.0% 84th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.27 GPI 2023 up 2.7% 75th Secondary education, teachers, female 226,973 2021 down 10.8% 21st Primary completion rate, female 101.0% 2023 up 2.0% 38th Primary completion rate, male 101.1% 2023 up 2.3% 28th Government expenditure on education, total 5.9% 2021 up 6.0% 31st Secondary education, general pupils 4.17 million 2017 down 3.3% 25th Lower secondary completion rate, total 98.0% 2023 up 0.4% 36th School enrollment, preprimary, female 105.8% 2020 up 26.9% 13th School enrollment, preprimary, male 105.7% 2020 up 31.8% 12th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.3% 2020 up 1.7% 25th Government expenditure on education, total 11.8% 2021 down 5.2% 117th Secondary education, general pupils 49.2% 2017 down 0.5% 138th Lower secondary completion rate, female 97.8% 2023 down 0.1% 44th Lower secondary completion rate, male 98.2% 2023 up 0.8% 35th Children out of school 0.1% 2023 down 96.3% 191st Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 4.86 million 2023 up 5.3% 32nd Secondary education, pupils 6.40 million 2023 down 1.5% 20th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.2% 2020 — 27th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 99.4% 2020 — 20th Secondary education, vocational pupils 2.21 million 2017 up 123.6% 6th Number of under-five deaths, male 1,820 2024 down 8.9% 83rd Number of under-five deaths, female 1,393 2024 down 10.9% 84th Number of infant deaths, male 1,612 2024 down 6.6% 78th Number of infant deaths, female 1,223 2024 down 8.8% 80th Children out of school, female 0.3% 2018 down 46.5% 171st Children out of school, male 0.3% 2018 up 24.0% 171st Secondary education, vocational pupils 50.4% 2017 up 4.9% 29th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.7% 2025 down 14.5% 107th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.1% 2025 down 11.4% 88th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.4% 2025 down 18.1% 113th Primary education, teachers 86.4% 2023 down 0.6% 54th Repeaters, primary, total 0.0% 2012 — 178th Persistence to grade 5, total 99.8% 2021 up 2.2% 6th Page 1 of 3 Next →