Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Macao
Macao: Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates was 89.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Macao, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Macao stood at 89.8%.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Macao peaked at 106.8% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 85.0%, in 2022.
Macao ranks 187th of 217 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 103.2% | 100.3% | 106.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 100.7% | 96.2% | 105.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.6% | 85.0% | 92.8% | 5 |
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More education data for Macao
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2,896 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 0.676 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Macao?
- Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates in Macao was 89.8% 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 Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 106.8% in 2002.
- What is the lowest primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.0% in 2022.
- How does Macao rank for primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates?
- Macao ranks 187th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Macao 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.