Education in Vanuatu 475 indicators covering education for Vanuatu. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years 2025 unchanged 14th Population ages 15-64 57.7% 2025 down 0.1% 184th Duration of pre-primary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 146th Population ages 0-14 38.0% 2025 down 1.5% 34th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 112.5% 2024 down 9.2% 29th Primary education, teachers 1,892 2024 down 2.3% 172nd Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.57 live births per woman 2024 down 10.8% 43rd School enrollment, primary, female 110.6% 2024 down 9.0% 32nd School enrollment, primary, male 114.3% 2024 down 9.4% 25th Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 3.6 live births per woman 2023 down 11.0% 44th Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 3.6 live births per woman 2023 down 11.0% 44th Labor force, total 120,833 2025 up 20.7% 178th Labor force, female 46.0% 2025 up 2.2% 88th Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 112.5% 2024 down 9.2% 31st Share of children who have completed primary school 79.8% 2025 up 1.6% 125th 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 youth ages 20-24 years 5.1 per 1,000 2024 down 5.6% 95th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 3.9 per 1,000 2024 down 4.9% 82nd 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 age population, tertiary education, male 11,614 number 2014 up 13.1% 174th School age population, tertiary education, female 12,785 number 2014 up 29.6% 172nd School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 24,399 number 2014 up 21.2% 173rd School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 15,548 number 2019 up 32.4% 173rd School age population, upper secondary education, male 9,249 number 2020 up 44.3% 170th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 17,742 number 2020 up 35.9% 170th School age population, upper secondary education, female 8,493 number 2020 up 27.8% 170th School age population, secondary education, male 23,962 number 2020 up 37.7% 166th School age population, lower secondary education, male 14,713 number 2020 up 33.9% 166th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 7,665 number 2020 up 34.5% 166th School age population, primary education, female 22,291 number 2020 up 37.2% 167th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 3,694 number 2020 up 39.0% 166th School age population, pre-primary education, male 8,049 number 2019 up 33.0% 172nd School age population, pre-primary education, female 7,499 number 2019 up 31.7% 173rd School age population, secondary education, both sexes 46,066 number 2020 up 35.4% 168th School age population, secondary education, female 22,104 number 2020 up 33.0% 168th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 28,324 number 2020 up 35.1% 166th School age population, primary education, male 23,963 number 2020 up 33.8% 166th School age population, primary education, both sexes 46,254 number 2020 up 35.4% 166th School age population, lower secondary education, female 13,611 number 2020 up 36.4% 166th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2020 unchanged 12th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 3,762 number 2020 up 34.1% 166th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 4,035 number 2020 up 34.8% 165th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 7,797 number 2020 up 34.5% 165th Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 5.0% 2020 down 82.1% 156th Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 11.81 years 2023 up 6.7% 140th 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 Average years of schooling vs. GDP per capita 7.18 years 2023 up 13.0% 141st Average years of schooling vs. expected years of schooling 7.18 years 2023 up 13.0% 141st Average years of schooling among adults 7.18 years 2023 up 13.0% 141st Page 1 of 8 Next →