North Macedonia's adult literacy rose from 94.1 % in 1994 to 96.1 % in 2002.
North Macedonia's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 97.0 % in 1993 to 96.3 % in 2023.
North Macedonia · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
North Macedonia's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) fell from 98.9 % in 1994 to 98.7 % in 2002.
North Macedonia's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 71.7 % in 1993 to 90.1 % in 2023.
North Macedonia's tertiary enrolment rose from 15.9 % in 1992 to 55.0 % in 2023.
North Macedonia's children out of school, primary fell from 12,619 in 1998 to 4,151 in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +2.4 pts71st of 137
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.4 pts39th of 45
- Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34)up +0.4 pts36th of 45
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −1.8 pts41st of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs71st of 195
- Learning povertydown −4.0 pts45th of 53
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- Education spendingdown −1.0 pts82nd of 121*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +8.6 pts106th of 117*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +3.5 %48th of 135
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