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Education · East Asia & Pacific · Upper-middle income
Philippines: education in numbers
Pre-primary enrolment is 90.2% (2021), 58th of 176 in the world and 10th of 30 in East Asia & Pacific. Primary enrolment is 94.0% (2024), 148th of 191 in the world and 24th of 30 in East Asia & Pacific. Primary completion is 91.4% (2024), 104th of 168 in the world and 19th of 26 in East Asia & Pacific.
Pre-primary enrolment
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Primary enrolment
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12 indicators
Education: Philippines in detail
Latest reported value, world rank and rank within East Asia & Pacific; values around 2000, 2010, 2020; group and world columns are World Bank aggregates.
| Indicator | Latest | World rank | In region | ~2000 | ~2010 | ~2020 | 10-year change | Region | Income group | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolmentPre-primary enrolment, % gross | 90.2%2021 | 58/176 | 10/30 | 25.4% | 53.5%2009 | 89.0% | +36.7 ppsince 2009 | 83.2% | 77.9% | 60.9% | |
| Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross | 94.0%2024 | 148/191 | 24/30 | 104.1% | 102.8%2009 | 93.3% | −10.6 ppsince 2014 | 100.0% | 100.7% | 102.2% | |
| Primary completionPrimary completion rate, % of age group | 91.4%2024 | 104/168 | 19/26 | 95.3%2001 | 87.4%2009 | 95.5% | −0.2 ppsince 2014 | 95.4% | 95.2% | 88.0% | |
| Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross | 85.3%2024 | 118/176 | 21/26 | 70.6%2001 | 80.2%2009 | 87.9% | +3.7 ppsince 2014 | 92.0% | 96.5% | 77.3% | |
| Lower secondary completionLower secondary completion rate, % of age group | 84.8%2024 | 102/168 | 19/26 | 64.1%2001 | 74.1%2009 | 81.8% | +8.6 ppsince 2014 | 97.3% | 93.0% | 77.9% | |
| Tertiary enrolmentTertiary enrolment, % gross | 47.4%2024 | 87/172 | 13/27 | 28.6%2001 | 27.8% | 31.6% | +13.5 ppsince 2014 | 63.3% | 64.6% | 43.6% | |
| Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age | 11.6%2024 | 39/178 | 4/29 | 13.9%2001 | 12.1%2009 | 8.5% | +1.7 ppsince 2014 | — | 4.0% | — | |
| Adult literacyAdult literacy rate, % of people 15+ | 98.5%2020 | 31/141 | 6/23 | 92.6% | 97.1% | 98.5% | +1.4 ppsince 2010 | 96.6% | 96.2% | 87.7% | |
| Youth literacyYouth literacy rate, % of people 15–24 | 99.8%2022 | 26/148 | 5/23 | 95.1% | 97.8% | 99.2% | +1.9 ppsince 2010 | 99.1% | 99.3% | 93.1% | |
| Pupils per teacherPupils per teacher, primary | 29.12017 | 40/173 | 5/27 | 35.3 | 31.42009 | · | −14%since 2007 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 23.4 | |
| Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP | 4.0%2025 | 103/184 | 16/29 | 3.2% | 2.5%2009 | 3.9% | +1.1 ppsince 2015 | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.6% | |
| Education, % of budgetEducation spending, % of government expenditure | 15.2%2025 | 58/179 | 8/28 | 15.2% | 13.2%2009 | 16.9% | ±0.0 ppsince 2015 | 13.0% | 15.1% | 14.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)“·” — no value reported within two years of that date. World rank counts countries with a recent value.
Better than ten years ago
- Pre-primary enrolment+36.7 pp90.2% in 2021
- Secondary enrolment+3.7 pp85.3% in 2024
- Lower secondary completion+8.6 pp84.8% in 2024
- Tertiary enrolment+13.5 pp47.4% in 2024
Worse than ten years ago
- Primary completion−0.2 pp91.4% in 2024
- Out-of-school children+1.7 pp11.6% in 2024
Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).
neighbours
Philippines and its neighbours
Countries sharing a land border with Philippines. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.
| Indicator | Philippines | China | Indonesia | Japan | Malaysia | Palau |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolment | 90.2%2021 | 93.1%2021 | 62.3%2018 | 86.7%2015 | 87.5%2021 | 70.5%2020 |
| Primary enrolment | 94.0%2024 | 99.6%2024 | 100.4%2025 | 101.1%2023 | 90.4%2024 | 106.9%2024 |
| Primary completion | 91.4%2024 | 103.5%2010 | 100.0%2023 | — | 87.7%2024 | 100.4%2024 |
| Secondary enrolment | 85.3%2024 | 92.3%2012 | 97.2%2025 | 101.5%2023 | 80.3%2024 | 95.7%2024 |
| Lower secondary completion | 84.8%2024 | 103.6%2012 | 99.7%2025 | — | 81.5%2024 | 91.7%2024 |
| Tertiary enrolment | 47.4%2024 | 76.9%2024 | 44.9%2023 | 64.5%2023 | 38.5%2024 | 71.8%2024 |
| Out-of-school children | 11.6%2024 | — | 0.9%2025 | 0.1%2023 | 12.0%2024 | 1.3%2024 |
| Adult literacy | 98.5%2020 | 96.7%2020 | 96.0%2020 | — | 95.8%2022 | 99.8%2020 |
| Youth literacy | 99.8%2022 | 99.8%2020 | 93.8%2022 | — | 98.8%2022 | 100.0%2020 |