Education in Uruguay

148 indicators covering education for Uruguay.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 28 2024 down 26.3% 141st
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 39 2024 down 25.0% 138th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 175 2024 down 9.3% 120th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 296 2024 up 12.1% 115th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 100.6% 2016 down 4.2% 99th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 99.7% 2016 down 5.5% 111th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.0% 2100 down 33.5% 177th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 800 people 2100 down 38.5% 181st
Population by level of education 711,300 people 2100 up 3.7% 147th
Repeaters, primary, female 3.4% 2016 down 40.5% 65th
Repeaters, primary, male 5.0% 2016 down 39.0% 61st
School enrollment, secondary, private 12.0% 2023 down 6.6% 96th
School enrollment, primary 99.4% 2017 up 1.1% 10th
Trained teachers in primary education 100.0% 2023 unchanged 1st
Over-age students, primary 6.6% 2017 down 53.0% 90th
School enrollment, primary, female 96.6% 2014 down 1.7% 36th
School enrollment, primary, male 96.7% 2014 down 1.6% 37th
Over-age students, primary, male 7.6% 2017 down 50.7% 88th
Over-age students, primary, female 5.7% 2017 down 55.9% 93rd
Compulsory education, duration 14 years 2025 unchanged 8th
Progression to secondary school 81.3% 2009 down 6.9% 140th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 99.6% 2017 up 1.1% 9th
Primary education, pupils 48.5% 2017 up 0.3% 116th
Tertiary education, academic staff 53.5% 2023 up 6.7% 28th
Persistence to grade 5, female 94.3% 2021 down 5.3% 72nd
Persistence to grade 5, male 92.6% 2021 down 6.5% 71st
School enrollment, secondary 88.2% 2017 up 30.4% 51st
Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th
Progression to secondary school, male 75.7% 2009 down 13.4% 137th
School enrollment, secondary, female 91.1% 2017 up 28.1% 44th
School enrollment, secondary, male 85.4% 2017 up 32.8% 57th
Progression to secondary school, female 87.0% 2009 down 0.2% 121st
Expenditure on tertiary education 24.8% 2017 up 12.7% 43rd
Literacy rate, youth female 99.2% 2024 down 0.2% 31st
Children out of school, primary 97.51 2023 down 91.7% 186th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 96.9% 2014 down 1.7% 61st
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 97.0% 2014 down 1.5% 57th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2024 down 1.0% 24th
Literacy rate, youth male 98.8% 2024 up 0.5% 32nd
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 11.02 2017 down 29.0% 180th
Literacy rate, youth total 99.0% 2024 up 0.2% 29th
Expenditure on secondary education 34.7% 2017 down 3.6% 66th
Expenditure on primary education 23.1% 2017 down 30.6% 121st
Secondary education, pupils 51.6% 2017 up 5.8% 25th
Children out of school, primary, female 883 2015 up 19.2% 146th
Children out of school, primary, male 820 2015 up 176.1% 149th
Literacy rate, adult total 98.9% 2024 up 0.5% 9th
Literacy rate, adult male 98.6% 2024 up 0.6% 16th
Adolescents out of school 1.5% 2023 down 90.5% 140th
Current education expenditure, total 94.5% 2023 down 1.3% 45th
Current education expenditure, primary 94.8% 2023 down 0.7% 61st
Current education expenditure, secondary 94.9% 2023 down 3.0% 59th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 12.66 2010 down 13.4% 116th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 26.31 2010 down 7.2% 33rd
Current education expenditure, tertiary 92.9% 2023 down 0.3% 49th
Adolescents out of school, female 1.3% 2023 down 91.4% 137th
Adolescents out of school, male 1.7% 2023 down 89.7% 136th
Net intake rate in grade 1 96.9% 2016 up 8.1% 8th
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 7.24 2017 down 9.5% 164th
Net intake rate in grade 1, female 97.3% 2016 up 8.6% 4th