Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Kiribati
Kiribati: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 95.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Kiribati, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 95.3% for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Kiribati peaked at 130.0% in 1982 and was at its lowest, 94.1%, in 1973.
Kiribati ranks 164th of 217 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 47 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 109.1% | 94.1% | 120.0% | 8 |
| 1980s | 122.9% | 116.3% | 130.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 115.3% | 105.2% | 118.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 107.2% | 102.4% | 112.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 106.6% | 103.3% | 109.1% | 4 |
| 2020s | 100.8% | 95.3% | 105.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
More education data for Kiribati
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 34.4% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 95.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 734 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.12 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 93.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Kiribati?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Kiribati was 95.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 130.0% in 1982.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 94.1% in 1973.
- How does Kiribati rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Kiribati ranks 164th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kiribati data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children of any age group who are enrolled in primary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the official primary school age.