Education in Uruguay 148 indicators covering education for Uruguay. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 15-64 65.8% 2025 up 2.5% 78th Population ages 0-14 17.9% 2025 down 15.4% 140th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 104.5% 2023 down 3.8% 63rd Primary education, teachers 18,882 2023 down 30.9% 123rd School enrollment, primary, female 104.0% 2023 down 3.1% 62nd School enrollment, primary, male 105.1% 2023 down 4.5% 61st Labor force, total 1.81 million 2025 up 4.7% 129th Labor force, female 45.9% 2025 up 1.3% 89th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9896 GPI 2020 up 2.3% 108th School enrollment, secondary 119.1% 2023 up 13.8% 17th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 6.1 per 1,000 2024 up 17.3% 74th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.7 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 91st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 18.2% 129th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 147th Secondary education, teachers 25,390 2010 up 22.2% 117th School enrollment, secondary, female 125.2% 2023 up 17.5% 13th School enrollment, secondary, male 113.2% 2023 up 24.4% 21st School enrollment, tertiary 80.0% 2023 up 33.4% 30th School enrollment, primary, private 15.9% 2023 down 8.1% 84th School enrollment, preprimary 97.1% 2020 up 7.2% 29th School enrollment, tertiary, male 59.2% 2023 — 50th School enrollment, tertiary, female 101.6% 2023 — 19th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.11 GPI 2020 down 5.6% 23rd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.42 GPI 2023 — 27th Primary completion rate, female 101.6% 2023 up 1.6% 34th Primary completion rate, male 100.7% 2023 down 0.3% 32nd Government expenditure on education, total 4.8% 2023 up 12.4% 70th Secondary education, general pupils 273,506 2017 up 8.9% 119th Lower secondary completion rate, total 77.9% 2023 up 10.0% 123rd School enrollment, preprimary, female 103.5% 2020 up 14.1% 15th School enrollment, preprimary, male 91.1% 2020 up 0.5% 55th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 88.8% 2022 down 10.2% 101st Government expenditure on education, total 15.6% 2023 up 8.6% 56th Secondary education, general pupils 54.9% 2017 up 10.4% 4th Lower secondary completion rate, female 83.3% 2023 up 4.0% 118th Lower secondary completion rate, male 72.7% 2023 up 17.7% 124th Children out of school 0.0% 2023 down 91.0% 194th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 287,527 2023 down 11.3% 129th Secondary education, pupils 337,808 2023 up 4.2% 121st Persistence to last grade of primary, male 91.0% 2021 down 8.2% 86th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 92.9% 2021 down 6.5% 89th Secondary education, vocational pupils 83,446 2017 up 90.7% 76th Number of under-five deaths, male 142 2024 down 43.9% 142nd Number of under-five deaths, female 108 2024 down 43.2% 142nd Number of infant deaths, female 88 2024 down 45.0% 143rd Number of infant deaths, male 117 2024 down 46.1% 142nd Children out of school, female 0.6% 2015 up 35.8% 162nd Children out of school, male 0.6% 2015 up 212.5% 169th Secondary education, vocational pupils 40.5% 2017 down 5.6% 105th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 100.1% 2016 down 4.9% 111th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 8.7% 2025 down 2.2% 59th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.5% 2025 up 0.4% 59th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.6% 2025 up 3.0% 62nd Primary education, teachers 97.0% 1997 up 22.9% 8th Repeaters, primary, total 4.2% 2016 down 39.6% 63rd Persistence to grade 5, total 89.0% 2022 down 10.3% 95th Page 1 of 3 Next →