Portugal's adult literacy rose from 79.4 % in 1981 to 94.5 % in 2011.
Portugal's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 119.5 % in 2001 to 111.0 % in 2023.
Portugal · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 16 with data
Portugal's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 97.9 % in 1981 to 99.4 % in 2011.
Portugal's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 108.5 % in 2001 to 120.3 % in 2023.
Portugal's tertiary enrolment rose from 61.8 % in 2015 to 77.7 % in 2023.
Portugal's children out of school, primary rose from 1,821 in 2001 to 2,741 in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +4.5 pts15th of 137
- Tertiary attainmentup +1.3 pts30th of 45
- Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34)down −0.6 pts28th of 45
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +2.8 pts36th of 40
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs20th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.4 yrs76th of 145
- Learning povertyup +2.8 pts19th of 53
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- Education spendingdown −0.2 pts66th of 164*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.3 pts116th of 156*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −3.3 %31st of 135