Education in Palestine

577 indicators covering education for Palestine.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 unchanged 192nd
Population ages 0-14 37.6% 2025 down 6.3% 37th
Population ages 15-64 58.6% 2025 up 3.3% 179th
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years 2025 unchanged 14th
Duration of pre-primary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 146th
School enrollment, primary 91.4% 2023 down 3.5% 172nd
Primary education, teachers 25,038 2023 up 37.3% 113th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.25 live births per woman 2024 down 18.6% 50th
School enrollment, primary, female 91.0% 2023 down 2.5% 171st
School enrollment, primary, male 91.8% 2023 down 4.5% 170th
Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 3.31 live births per woman 2023 down 18.2% 50th
Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 3.31 live births per woman 2023 down 18.2% 50th
Labor force, female 21.5% 2022 up 9.2% 173rd
Labor force, total 1.39 million 2022 up 42.3% 136th
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 91.4% 2023 down 3.5% 183rd
Share of children who have completed primary school 99.6% 2025 up 0.4% 34th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.995 GPI 2021 up 0.7% 90th
School enrollment, secondary 89.1% 2023 up 1.6% 113th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 28.1 per 1,000 2024 up 869.0% 1st
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 31.8 per 1,000 2024 up 1,172.0% 1st
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 36.2 per 1,000 2024 up 609.8% 1st
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 41.2 per 1,000 2024 up 435.1% 1st
Secondary education, teachers 50,739 2023 up 42.7% 90th
School enrollment, secondary, female 92.2% 2023 up 3.1% 104th
School enrollment, secondary, male 86.1% 2023 up 0.0% 111th
School enrollment, tertiary 44.5% 2023 down 1.6% 93rd
School enrollment, primary, private 44.5% 2023 up 0.2% 18th
Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2019 down 6.2% 68th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 132,058 number 2019 up 18.6% 100th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 67,509 number 2019 up 18.7% 100th
Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 64,549 number 2019 up 18.4% 100th
School age population, tertiary education, male 256,332 number 2019 up 28.0% 104th
School age population, tertiary education, female 247,606 number 2019 up 28.5% 103rd
School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 503,938 number 2019 up 28.3% 104th
School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 272,543 number 2019 up 20.6% 108th
School age population, upper secondary education, male 156,522 number 2019 up 63.4% 107th
School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 307,650 number 2019 up 63.8% 107th
School age population, pre-primary education, female 133,196 number 2019 up 20.4% 108th
School age population, pre-primary education, male 139,347 number 2019 up 20.7% 108th
School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 122,066 number 2019 up 11.8% 99th
School age population, primary education, female 248,621 number 2019 up 15.2% 107th
School age population, last grade of primary education, female 59,689 number 2019 up 11.6% 99th
School age population, lower secondary education, female 274,583 number 2019 down 10.7% 85th
School age population, primary education, both sexes 508,539 number 2019 up 15.3% 107th
School age population, primary education, male 259,918 number 2019 up 15.4% 107th
School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 560,518 number 2019 down 10.7% 85th
School age population, secondary education, female 425,711 number 2019 up 6.6% 91st
School age population, secondary education, both sexes 868,168 number 2019 up 6.4% 90th
School age population, lower secondary education, male 285,935 number 2019 down 10.8% 85th
School age population, secondary education, male 442,457 number 2019 up 6.3% 90th
School age population, upper secondary education, female 151,128 number 2019 up 64.2% 107th
Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 44.5% 2023 up 0.2% 20th
Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 13 years 2023 down 1.4% 113th
School enrollment, preprimary 49.5% 2021 up 19.4% 122nd
School enrollment, tertiary, female 54.8% 2023 up 2.6% 93rd
School enrollment, tertiary, male 34.0% 2023 down 8.4% 97th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.09 GPI 2021 down 0.9% 35th
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.38 GPI 2023 up 5.7% 38th
Secondary education, teachers, female 28,457 2023 up 56.5% 86th