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Education · East Asia & Pacific · Upper-middle income
Tuvalu: education in numbers
Pre-primary enrolment is 85.9% (2021), 69th of 176 in the world and 14th of 30 in East Asia & Pacific. Primary enrolment is 101.1% (2024), 85th of 191 in the world and 11th of 30 in East Asia & Pacific. Primary completion is 95.1% (2024), 82nd of 168 in the world and 13th of 26 in East Asia & Pacific.
Pre-primary enrolment
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Primary enrolment
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12 indicators
Education: Tuvalu 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 | 85.9%2021 | 69/176 | 14/30 | 109.6%2001 | 82.4% | 78.9% | −0.1 ppsince 2011 | 83.2% | 77.9% | 60.9% | |
| Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross | 101.1%2024 | 85/191 | 11/30 | 108.8% | · | 102.0% | −2.4 ppsince 2014 | 100.0% | 100.7% | 102.2% | |
| Primary completionPrimary completion rate, % of age group | 95.1%2024 | 82/168 | 13/26 | 109.0%2001 | · | 108.1% | −3.0 ppsince 2014 | 95.4% | 95.2% | 88.0% | |
| Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross | 90.7%2024 | 100/176 | 18/26 | 72.8%2001 | · | 77.1% | +11.0 ppsince 2014 | 92.0% | 96.5% | 77.3% | |
| Lower secondary completionLower secondary completion rate, % of age group | 102.8%2024 | 15/168 | 4/26 | · | · | 79.4% | +6.0 ppsince 2014 | 97.3% | 93.0% | 77.9% | |
| Tertiary enrolmentTertiary enrolment, % gross | 19.4%2023 | 133/172 | 24/27 | · | · | · | — | 63.3% | 64.6% | 43.6% | |
| Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age | 0.5%2024 | 150/178 | 25/29 | · | · | 4.4% | −1.4 ppsince 2014 | — | 4.0% | — | |
| Adult literacyAdult literacy rate, % of people 15+ | 100.0%2022 | 1/141 | 1/23 | · | · | 100.0%2022 | — | 96.6% | 96.2% | 87.7% | |
| Youth literacyYouth literacy rate, % of people 15–24 | 100.0%2022 | 5/148 | 2/23 | · | · | 98.8%2019 | — | 99.1% | 99.3% | 93.1% | |
| Pupils per teacherPupils per teacher, primary | 15.62018 | 106/173 | 21/27 | 19.7 | · | 15.62018 | −19%since 2004 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 23.4 | |
| Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP | 12.8%2023 | 2/184 | 2/29 | · | · | 14.5% | +9.4 ppsince 1997 | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.6% | |
| Education, % of budgetEducation spending, % of government expenditure | 16.8%2025 | 39/179 | 5/28 | · | · | 11.0% | +16.8 ppsince 1997 | 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
- Secondary enrolment+11.0 pp90.7% in 2024
- Lower secondary completion+6.0 pp102.8% in 2024
- Out-of-school children−1.4 pp0.5% in 2024
- Pupils per teacher−19%15.6 in 2018
Worse than ten years ago
- Pre-primary enrolment−0.1 pp85.9% in 2021
- Primary completion−3.0 pp95.1% in 2024
Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).
nearest countries
Tuvalu and its nearest countries
Tuvalu has no land border; compared with the closest countries by distance between capitals. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.
| Indicator | Tuvalu | Fiji | Kiribati | Vanuatu | Nauru |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolment | 85.9%2021 | 31.3%2021 | 88.8%2020 | 102.6%2020 | 32.2%2020 |
| Primary enrolment | 101.1%2024 | 110.4%2024 | 95.3%2024 | 112.5%2024 | 94.4%2025 |
| Primary completion | 95.1%2024 | 116.3%2024 | 92.8%2024 | 113.4%2024 | 86.4%2025 |
| Secondary enrolment | 90.7%2024 | 98.1%2024 | 90.3%2024 | 134.7%2023 | 94.5%2025 |
| Lower secondary completion | 102.8%2024 | 97.3%2024 | 96.0%2024 | 64.6%2024 | 97.9%2025 |
| Tertiary enrolment | 19.4%2023 | 75.0%2024 | 5.0%2024 | — | — |
| Out-of-school children | 0.5%2024 | 2.4%2024 | 8.7%2024 | 2.5%2024 | 6.6%2025 |
| Adult literacy | 100.0%2022 | — | 98.6%2020 | 88.0%2023 | 96.6%2023 |
| Youth literacy | 100.0%2022 | — | 90.4%2019 | 93.9%2023 | 91.7%2021 |