Education in Vanuatu 112 indicators covering education for Vanuatu. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 0-14 38.0% 2025 down 1.5% 34th Population ages 15-64 57.7% 2025 down 0.1% 184th School enrollment, primary 112.5% 2024 down 9.2% 29th Primary education, teachers 1,892 2024 down 2.3% 172nd School enrollment, primary, female 110.6% 2024 down 9.0% 32nd School enrollment, primary, male 114.3% 2024 down 9.4% 25th Labor force, female 46.0% 2025 up 2.2% 88th Labor force, total 120,833 2025 up 20.7% 178th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9768 GPI 2020 down 1.4% 132nd School enrollment, secondary 134.7% 2023 up 135.2% 6th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2 per 1,000 2024 down 9.1% 71st Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.8 per 1,000 2024 down 5.3% 85th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.9 per 1,000 2024 down 4.9% 82nd Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 5.1 per 1,000 2024 down 5.6% 95th Secondary education, teachers 1,186 2024 up 18.6% 174th School enrollment, secondary, female 134.9% 2023 up 138.7% 7th School enrollment, secondary, male 134.4% 2023 up 132.0% 5th School enrollment, tertiary 4.9% 2004 up 7.0% 179th School enrollment, primary, private 5.0% 2020 down 82.1% 148th School enrollment, preprimary 102.6% 2020 up 9.6% 20th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.14 GPI 2020 up 14.7% 14th Secondary education, teachers, female 588 2024 up 41.3% 174th Primary completion rate, female 113.2% 2024 up 16.8% 4th Primary completion rate, male 113.6% 2024 up 21.6% 5th Government expenditure on education, total 7.6% 2024 up 47.6% 10th Secondary education, general pupils 20,068 2015 up 144.4% 175th Lower secondary completion rate, total 64.6% 2024 up 14.5% 137th School enrollment, preprimary, female 102.2% 2020 up 8.9% 20th School enrollment, preprimary, male 103.0% 2020 up 10.3% 19th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 77.1% 2020 up 7.9% 129th Government expenditure on education, total 19.3% 2024 down 13.0% 21st Secondary education, general pupils 48.9% 2015 down 1.6% 149th Lower secondary completion rate, female 69.2% 2024 up 23.1% 137th Lower secondary completion rate, male 60.2% 2024 up 8.5% 138th Children out of school 2.5% 2024 up 1,240.7% 116th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 56,048 2024 up 26.9% 165th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Secondary education, pupils 61,360 2023 up 198.3% 160th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 87.3% 2019 up 26.1% 100th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 82.5% 2019 up 12.3% 104th Secondary education, vocational pupils 500 2015 down 84.6% 170th Number of infant deaths, female 58 2024 down 3.3% 153rd Number of infant deaths, male 72 2024 unchanged 154th Number of under-five deaths, female 69 2024 down 4.2% 155th Number of under-five deaths, male 85 2024 down 2.3% 156th Children out of school, female 2.0% 2024 — 133rd Children out of school, male 3.0% 2024 — 114th Secondary education, vocational pupils 51.4% 2015 up 74.0% 23rd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 106.9% 2013 down 12.8% 50th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.2% 2025 down 0.3% 86th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 4.6% 115th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.1% 2025 down 1.8% 97th Primary education, teachers 62.8% 2024 up 12.9% 146th Repeaters, primary, total 15.6% 2013 up 70.2% 15th Persistence to grade 5, total 81.6% 2020 up 7.2% 113th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 17 2024 up 13.3% 154th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 14 2024 up 27.3% 159th Page 1 of 2 Next →