Education in Venezuela

138 indicators covering education for Venezuela.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 90.5% 2023 down 0.9% 89th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 646 2024 down 20.0% 65th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 1,056 2024 down 0.3% 55th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 4,180 2024 down 22.0% 33rd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 6,709 2024 down 16.3% 29th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 94.9% 2017 down 8.8% 147th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 95.6% 2017 down 9.8% 146th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.4% 2100 down 21.7% 89th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 141,000 people 2100 down 23.3% 59th
Population by level of education 15.51 million people 2100 up 5.1% 45th
Repeaters, primary, female 2.1% 2017 down 42.6% 88th
Repeaters, primary, male 3.7% 2017 down 38.9% 72nd
School enrollment, secondary, private 25.8% 2024 down 21.4% 52nd
School enrollment, primary 87.4% 2017 down 5.0% 135th
Over-age students, primary 7.6% 2017 down 32.2% 83rd
Secondary education, teachers 82.1% 2024 8th
School enrollment, primary, female 87.2% 2017 down 5.3% 113th
School enrollment, primary, male 87.5% 2017 down 4.7% 114th
Over-age students, primary, male 8.5% 2017 down 31.8% 79th
Over-age students, primary, female 6.6% 2017 down 32.7% 87th
Compulsory education, duration 17 years 2025 up 21.4% 1st
Progression to secondary school 98.6% 2016 down 0.7% 61st
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 89.7% 2017 down 4.5% 134th
Primary education, pupils 48.3% 2017 up 0.0% 131st
Tertiary education, academic staff 34.0% 2008 down 11.3% 123rd
Persistence to grade 5, female 87.4% 2016 down 12.6% 96th
Persistence to grade 5, male 86.6% 2016 down 9.4% 92nd
School enrollment, secondary 73.2% 2017 up 6.4% 94th
Preprimary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 61st
Progression to secondary school, male 98.6% 2016 down 1.0% 59th
School enrollment, secondary, female 76.8% 2017 up 4.8% 91st
School enrollment, secondary, male 69.8% 2017 up 8.2% 93rd
Progression to secondary school, female 98.5% 2016 down 0.4% 61st
Expenditure on tertiary education 22.6% 2009 down 34.9% 60th
Literacy rate, youth female 99.2% 2017 up 0.4% 29th
Children out of school, primary 17,643 2023 down 91.6% 99th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 89.7% 2017 down 4.8% 111th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 89.6% 2017 down 4.2% 114th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2017 down 0.1% 19th
Literacy rate, youth male 98.4% 2017 up 0.4% 44th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 25.68 1987 down 12.7% 61st
Literacy rate, youth total 98.7% 2017 up 0.4% 37th
Expenditure on secondary education 19.0% 2009 up 888.8% 134th
Expenditure on primary education 31.5% 2009 up 36.4% 83rd
Secondary education, pupils 50.9% 2017 down 1.7% 40th
Children out of school, primary, female 192,258 2017 up 159.8% 29th
Children out of school, primary, male 207,433 2017 up 90.8% 29th
Literacy rate, adult total 97.2% 2017 up 2.1% 24th
Literacy rate, adult male 97.2% 2017 up 1.9% 29th
Adolescents out of school 1.1% 2022 down 88.5% 149th
Current education expenditure, primary 98.0% 2023 down 1.3% 31st
Current education expenditure, secondary 95.8% 2023 down 3.5% 46th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 18.03 1987 down 5.0% 71st
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 22.47 1997 down 5.2% 51st
Adolescents out of school, female 16.3% 2017 up 176.4% 46th
Adolescents out of school, male 19.0% 2017 up 78.7% 46th
Net intake rate in grade 1 70.5% 2017 up 2.7% 64th
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 12.87 2009 up 3.3% 119th
Net intake rate in grade 1, female 70.5% 2017 up 2.4% 61st
Net intake rate in grade 1, male 70.5% 2017 up 3.1% 63rd