Education in Palestine, State of

2,438 indicators covering education for Palestine, State of.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (modelled data) 99.6% 2025 up 0.4% 34th
Teachers in secondary education, female 28,457 2023 up 56.5% 86th
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 56.1% 2023 up 9.7% 122nd
Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 0.8% 2023 up 735.7% 162nd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 61.7% 2025 up 16.0% 80th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.32 modelled data 2025 up 2.5% 11th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 90.2% 2025 up 21.3% 43rd
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 76.1% 2025 up 19.3% 66th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 89.9% 2025 up 11.3% 74th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.1 modelled data 2025 down 3.4% 41st
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 99.7% 2025 up 6.5% 11th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 94.8% 2025 up 8.7% 62nd
Teachers in secondary education, male 22,282 2023 up 28.2% 86th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 24.4% 2022 up 27.2% 5th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 20.2% 2022 up 14.9% 5th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 40.0% 2022 up 54.2% 1st
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 34.0% 2023 down 8.4% 97th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 54.8% 2023 up 2.6% 93rd
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.38 GPIA 2023 up 5.7% 40th
Primary education, teachers 77.4% 2023 up 9.5% 100th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 9,400 number 2019 up 101.2% 87th
Repeaters, primary, total 0.1% 2018 down 84.7% 168th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 2.82 years 2023 down 2.4% 90th
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.37 GPIA 2023 up 6.4% 46th
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 1.79 years 2023 down 13.6% 98th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 3.5% 2019 down 69.5% 83rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 13.06 years 2023 down 1.7% 110th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 91.2% 2023 down 4.7% 121st
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 8,537 number 2019 up 56.2% 95th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 18.6% 2023 down 80.9% 179th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 4,104 2024 up 474.8% 44th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 4,162 2024 up 744.2% 34th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 4,255 2024 up 1,530.3% 23rd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 4,089 2024 up 1,106.2% 28th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 98.5% 2018 up 11.5% 124th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 101.2% 2018 up 14.8% 94th
Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 31.4% 2023 down 34.1% 51st
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 1.18 years 2023 up 30.9% 141st
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 1.16 years 2023 up 24.7% 144th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 GPIA 2023 up 4.9% 81st
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 100.0% 2023 unchanged 2nd
Teachers in pre-primary education, male 0 2023 170th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 10,244 2023 up 64.1% 81st
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.14 GPI 2019 up 5.1% 11th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 2,853 2023 up 51.0% 94th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 30.4% 2023 up 31.0% 135th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 6,542 2023 up 4.6% 85th
Population by level of education 5.45 million people 2100 up 9.5% 81st
Number of adults with no formal education by region 20,700 people 2100 down 27.9% 98th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.2% 2100 down 29.2% 120th
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.992 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 7.2% 74th
Repeaters, primary, male 0.1% 2018 down 78.8% 161st
Repeaters, primary, female 0.0% 2018 down 91.1% 168th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 13.82 years 2023 up 0.4% 102nd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.11 GPIA 2023 up 3.7% 19th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 12.28 years 2023 down 4.0% 119th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 100.0% 2019 unchanged 1st
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 90.3% 2023 down 3.5% 125th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 92.0% 2023 down 5.8% 110th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 0.9806 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% 155th