Education observatory
Annual national education indicators for Syria: out-of-school rates, enrolment ratios, literacy, completion, school life expectancy, and public spending on education—signals of the war’s toll on schooling and the sector’s recovery.
Every figure here comes from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics as national, both-sexes annual values — signals of the war's toll on schooling and where recovery is, and is not, visible. Some series are recent; others have not been reported for years.
21.81
% of primary-age children
Change from previous period -4.53 % of primary-age children (-17.2%) vs 2023
51.31
% of lower-secondary-age adolescents
Change from previous period -0.44 % of lower-secondary-age adolescents (-0.9%) vs 2023
72.72
% of upper-secondary-age youth
Change from previous period +0.94 % of upper-secondary-age youth (+1.3%) vs 2023
81.41
% gross
Change from previous period +4.64 % gross (+6.0%) vs 2023
38.74
% gross
Change from previous period -0.73 % gross (-1.9%) vs 2023
43.76
% gross
Change from previous period -4.08 % gross (-8.5%) vs 2015
95.58
% of relevant age group
98.39
% of ages 15-24
Change from previous period +5.94 % of ages 15-24 (+6.4%) vs 2004
94.42
% of ages 15+
Change from previous period +13.58 % of ages 15+ (+16.8%) vs 2004
8.30
years
Change from previous period -3.82 years (-31.5%) vs 2012
5.13
% of GDP
Change from previous period +0.53 % of GDP (+11.6%) vs 2008
Being out of school is not one rate but three: it climbs from primary to lower- to upper-secondary age. The chart shows all three age bands for the latest year from the same source.
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