Papua New Guinea's adult literacy rose from 57.3 % in 2000 to 87.0 % in 2022.
Papua New Guinea's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 67.2 % in 1986 to 121.1 % in 2023.
Papua New Guinea · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
44th of 58 · 9th in East Asia & Pacific
Papua New Guinea's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 66.7 % in 2000 to 91.9 % in 2022.
Papua New Guinea's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 8.4 % in 1970 to 52.1 % in 2023.
Papua New Guinea's tertiary enrolment fell from 2.4 % in 1972 to 1.9 % in 1999.
Papua New Guinea's children out of school, primary fell from 169,284 in 1989 to 53,289 in 2021.
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- Primary completion rateup +1.7 pts109th of 137
- Tertiary attainmentup +1.0 pts103rd of 111*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +10.6 pts101st of 117*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs145th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.2 yrs139th of 145
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- Education spendingup +0.1 pts118th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.6 pts112th of 113
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −1.9 %118th of 142*
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Papua New Guinea.