Venezuela's adult literacy rose from 84.7 % in 1981 to 97.2 % in 2017.
Venezuela's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 103.3 % in 1988 to 113.7 % in 2024.
Venezuela · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Venezuela's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 93.1 % in 1981 to 98.7 % in 2017.
Venezuela's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 55.3 % in 1986 to 97.8 % in 2024.
Venezuela's tertiary enrolment rose from 9.2 % in 1971 to 78.3 % in 2009.
Venezuela's children out of school, primary fell from 529,441 in 1971 to 17,643 in 2023.
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- Primary completion rateup +0.8 pts15th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentdown −2.9 pts46th of 101*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −3.9 pts55th of 113*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs114th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.3 yrs78th of 145
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- Education spendingup +3.2 pts12th of 115*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +10.2 pts77th of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +0.2 %46th of 112*
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