Philippines's adult literacy rose from 83.3 % in 1980 to 98.5 % in 2020.
Philippines's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 105.0 % in 1991 to 94.0 % in 2024.
Philippines · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Philippines's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 91.8 % in 1980 to 99.8 % in 2022.
Philippines's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 70.7 % in 1990 to 85.3 % in 2024.
Philippines's tertiary enrolment rose from 23.3 % in 1990 to 47.4 % in 2024.
Philippines's children out of school, primary rose from 735,306 in 1987 to 1.62M in 2024.
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- Primary completion rateup +14.2 pts74th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentdown −3.6 pts64th of 111*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +2.0 pts94th of 117*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs120th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.3 yrs77th of 145
- Learning poverty35th of 41*
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- Education spendingup +0.0 pts2nd of 2
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −1.4 pts18th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +0.3 %107th of 135
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