Russia's adult literacy rose from 98.0 % in 1989 to 99.9 % in 2021.
Russia's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 106.7 % in 1992 to 97.7 % in 2023.
Russia · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Russia's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 99.7 % in 1989 to 99.9 % in 2021.
Russia's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) fell from 95.5 % in 1990 to 92.5 % in 2023.
Russia's tertiary enrolment rose from 44.2 % in 1994 to 60.4 % in 2024.
Russia's children out of school, primary fell from 334,236 in 1994 to 187,975 in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +0.4 pts32nd of 143*
- Tertiary attainmentdown −18.0 pts22nd of 90*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +0.2 pts8th of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs104th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.0 yrs36th of 145
- Learning povertyup +0.7 pts5th of 53
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- Education spendingup +0.1 pts48th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.9 pts83rd of 164*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +3.1 %83rd of 135
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