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Education · East Asia & Pacific · Lower-middle income
Vanuatu: education in numbers
Pre-primary enrolment is 102.6% (2020), 18th of 176 in the world and 2nd of 30 in East Asia & Pacific. Primary enrolment is 112.5% (2024), 25th of 191 in the world and 3rd of 30 in East Asia & Pacific. Primary completion is 113.4% (2024), 6th of 168 in the world and 2nd of 26 in East Asia & Pacific.
Pre-primary enrolment
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Primary enrolment
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11 indicators
Education: Vanuatu 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 | 102.6%2020 | 18/176 | 2/30 | 79.6%2001 | 93.6% | 102.6% | +9.0 ppsince 2010 | 83.2% | 58.5% | 60.9% | |
| Primary enrolmentPrimary school enrolment, % gross | 112.5%2024 | 25/191 | 3/30 | 112.0% | 122.7% | 125.1% | −11.4 ppsince 2013 | 100.0% | 105.4% | 102.2% | |
| Primary completionPrimary completion rate, % of age group | 113.4%2024 | 6/168 | 2/26 | 86.2% | 88.9% | 105.8% | +19.2 ppsince 2013 | 95.4% | 88.0% | 88.0% | |
| Secondary enrolmentSecondary school enrolment, % gross | 134.7%2023 | 6/176 | 1/26 | 34.5% | 55.2% | 59.2% | +79.4 ppsince 2010 | 92.0% | 68.0% | 77.3% | |
| Lower secondary completionLower secondary completion rate, % of age group | 64.6%2024 | 130/168 | 22/26 | 32.9%2001 | 49.4% | 58.6% | +8.2 ppsince 2013 | 97.3% | 73.7% | 77.9% | |
| Out-of-school childrenChildren out of school, % of primary school age | 2.5%2024 | 103/178 | 15/29 | 7.0% | · | 1.1% | +1.7 ppsince 2005 | — | 8.3% | — | |
| Adult literacyAdult literacy rate, % of people 15+ | 88.0%2023 | 89/141 | 19/23 | 74.0%1999 | · | 89.8% | +14.0 ppsince 1999 | 96.6% | 78.3% | 87.7% | |
| Youth literacyYouth literacy rate, % of people 15–24 | 93.9%2023 | 96/148 | 17/23 | · | · | 88.7% | — | 99.1% | 91.9% | 93.1% | |
| Pupils per teacherPupils per teacher, primary | 26.62015 | 50/173 | 7/27 | 22.5 | 21.7 | · | +33%since 2004 | 17.5 | 28.9 | 23.4 | |
| Education spendingPublic spending on education, % of GDP | 7.6%2024 | 10/184 | 6/29 | 7.0% | 5.2%2009 | 2.2% | +2.5 ppsince 2014 | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.6% | |
| Education, % of budgetEducation spending, % of government expenditure | 19.3%2024 | 21/179 | 3/28 | 27.5% | 18.7%2009 | 5.0% | −2.9 ppsince 2014 | 13.0% | 13.6% | 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+9.0 pp102.6% in 2020
- Primary completion+19.2 pp113.4% in 2024
- Secondary enrolment+79.4 pp134.7% in 2023
- Lower secondary completion+8.2 pp64.6% in 2024
Worse than ten years ago
- Out-of-school children+1.7 pp2.5% in 2024
- Pupils per teacher+33%26.6 in 2015
Only indicators where higher or lower is clearly better are rated (for example, unemployment down is better, life expectancy up is better).
neighbours
Vanuatu and its neighbours
Countries sharing a land border with Vanuatu. Latest values since 2005; the highest in each row is marked.
| Indicator | Vanuatu | Australia | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-primary enrolment | 102.6%2020 | 160.2%2020 | 93.3%2019 |
| Primary enrolment | 112.5%2024 | 99.6%2024 | 81.8%2024 |
| Primary completion | 113.4%2024 | — | 70.5%2024 |
| Secondary enrolment | 134.7%2023 | 131.9%2024 | 49.0%2012 |
| Lower secondary completion | 64.6%2024 | — | 57.8%2023 |
| Out-of-school children | 2.5%2024 | 0.1%2024 | 30.1%2024 |
| Adult literacy | 88.0%2023 | — | — |
| Youth literacy | 93.9%2023 | — | — |
| Pupils per teacher | 26.62015 | — | 25.42018 |