Education in World

110 indicators covering education for World.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 0-14 24.4% 2025 down 8.4%
Population ages 15-64 65.2% 2025 up 0.1%
School enrollment, primary 102.2% 2024 up 0.5%
Primary education, teachers 34.10 million 2024 up 10.3%
School enrollment, primary, female 101.5% 2024 up 0.2%
School enrollment, primary, male 102.8% 2024 up 0.9%
Labor force, female 40.2% 2025 up 1.8%
Labor force, total 3.74 billion 2025 up 11.1%
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9825 GPI 2020 up 0.8%
School enrollment, secondary 77.3% 2024 up 3.1%
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 3.4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.9%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 2.7 per 1,000 2024 down 15.6%
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4.3 per 1,000 2024 down 14.0%
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 6.1 per 1,000 2024 down 4.7%
Secondary education, teachers 41.85 million 2024 up 26.4%
School enrollment, secondary, female 77.1% 2024 up 3.6%
School enrollment, secondary, male 77.5% 2024 up 2.7%
School enrollment, tertiary 43.6% 2024 up 22.6%
School enrollment, preprimary 60.9% 2020 up 31.7%
School enrollment, tertiary, female 46.5% 2024 up 23.9%
School enrollment, tertiary, male 40.9% 2024 up 21.3%
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9887 GPI 2020 up 2.2%
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.12 GPI 2024 up 1.8%
Secondary education, teachers, female 23.62 million 2024 up 33.7%
Primary completion rate, female 87.7% 2024 up 0.2%
Primary completion rate, male 88.3% 2024 down 0.5%
Government expenditure on education, total 3.6% 2023 down 17.8%
Secondary education, general pupils 532.00 million 2018 up 11.8%
Lower secondary completion rate, total 77.9% 2024 up 4.2%
School enrollment, preprimary, female 60.4% 2020 up 31.3%
School enrollment, preprimary, male 61.3% 2020 up 32.0%
Persistence to last grade of primary, total 78.9% 2023 up 4.0%
Government expenditure on education, total 14.0% 2023 down 3.7%
Secondary education, general pupils 48.6% 2018 up 1.9%
Lower secondary completion rate, female 78.0% 2024 up 4.1%
Lower secondary completion rate, male 77.8% 2024 up 4.4%
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Primary education, pupils 780.85 million 2024 up 9.2%
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged
Secondary education, pupils 651.68 million 2024 up 12.2%
Persistence to last grade of primary, female 80.2% 2023 up 4.6%
Persistence to last grade of primary, male 77.6% 2023 up 3.4%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 62.50 million 2018 up 11.2%
Number of infant deaths, female 1.61 million 2024 down 22.3%
Number of infant deaths, male 2.01 million 2024 down 21.0%
Number of under-five deaths, female 2.21 million 2024 down 23.4%
Number of under-five deaths, male 2.65 million 2024 down 21.8%
Secondary education, vocational pupils 42.5% 2018 down 6.5%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 105.1% 2018 down 5.6%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.9% 2025 down 18.3%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.7% 2025 down 21.4%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.8% 2025 down 20.1%
Primary education, teachers 69.2% 2024 up 8.1%
Repeaters, primary, total 3.1% 2018 down 31.8%
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 465,785 2024 down 17.7%
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 369,301 2024 down 6.5%
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 561,362 2024 down 7.4%
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 751,635 2024 down 4.8%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 103.5% 2018 down 5.5%
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 106.6% 2018 down 5.8%