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Education & training

France · 25 indicators

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Education & training

France — PISA 2025 ranking

Primary KPI: one of the key indicators tracked first for this country.Average pupil score on the international PISA tests (reading, maths, science); allows education systems to be compared.· 15-year-old students in school, assessed in 2025 in 91 countries and economies. Scores are on each domain's PISA scale.· The rank orders mean scores. When the gap between two countries is not statistically significant (OECD test, 5% level), they cannot be told apart: the rank is indicative.· Low performers: below Level 2, the OECD's baseline proficiency. Top performers: Levels 5 and 6.· Boys − girls gap: positive when boys score higher. Socio-economic gap: score difference between the most and the least advantaged quarters of the country's students (PISA index of economic, social and cultural status).· Change since 2022: significant when the gap exceeds 1.96 standard errors, link error between cycles included (OECD).· Computational problem solving: new 2025 domain on its own scale (OECD mean set at 500). Its scores are not comparable with the other domains.· Albania, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and the United States did not meet one or more PISA sampling standards: interpret their results with care.· OECD average of the trend: OECD countries present in every cycle shown, hence a possible gap with the 2025 OECD average.
483points
Science · 27th of 91 · OECD avg. 482
  1. 1Beijing-Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhejiang (China)597
  2. …
  3. 25Sweden485
  4. 26Slovenia484
  5. 27France483
  6. 28Italy483
  7. 29Portugal482
Source: OECD — PISA 2025· Data Sep 8, 2026Source type : Official
15-year-old students · 91 countries and economies
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France — Baccalauréat pass rate

Share of candidates who pass the baccalauréat; a measure of success at the end of secondary school.
91.6%
2025
Source: MENJ / DEPP (Ministère de l'Éducation nationale)· Data 2025
Y-axis truncated
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France — Early school leaving

Share of 18-24 year-olds who left school without an upper-secondary qualification; lower is better.
7.7%
2024
Source: Eurostat· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Tertiary Attainment

Share of 25-34 year-olds with a tertiary degree; measures the qualification level of the young generation.
53.4%
2024
Source: MENJ / DEPP (Ministère de l'Éducation nationale)· Data 2024
Y-axis truncated
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France — Education expenditure

Total spending on education as % of GDP; measures the national effort for schools and universities.
5.3% GDP
2022
Source: World Bank· Data 2022
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Student-teacher ratio

Average number of pupils per teacher; a lower ratio means better supervision.
18.18ratio
2013
Source: World Bank· Data 2013
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Student/Teacher Ratio

Primary school student–teacher ratio
17.5ratio
2023
Source: World Bank· Data 2023
Y-axis truncated
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France — Spending per student

Average spending per pupil or student, in euros; measures resources allocated per learner.
10.3KEUR
2022
Source: Eurostat· Data 2022
Upd. 07/2025 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Childcare under 3 — full-time

Share of children under 3 in formal childcare ≥30 hours/week — early-childhood enrollment headline.
42%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Graduate employment

Share of graduates employed soon after leaving education; measures entry into the job market.
81.2%
2024
Source: Eurostat· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Tertiary enrolment

Number of students enrolled in higher education; tracks the expansion of universities.
71.53​
2024
Source: World Bank· Data 2024
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Digital skills — at least basic

Share of 16-74 with at least basic digital skills (DigComp framework) — EU 2030 ≥80% target reference.
65.7%
2025
Source: BIS· Data 2025
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Adult learning participation

Share of 25-64 year-olds in formal or non-formal education in the past 4 weeks — lifelong-learning headline.
15.2%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Tertiary attainment 25-34

Share of 25-34 year-olds with tertiary education (ISCED 5-8) — EU 2030 ≥45% target reference.
53.4%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Tertiary attainment 25-34 — female

Female-only share of 25-34 with tertiary education — gender gap in higher-ed attainment.
56.5%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Tertiary attainment 25-34 — male

Male-only share of 25-34 with tertiary education — companion to the female series.
50.1%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Recent graduates employment

Employment rate of 20-34 who finished education ≥ ISCED 3 in the last 1-3 years — value of the diploma.
81.2%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Recent tertiary graduates employment

Same as the broader metric but for tertiary-only graduates (ISCED 5-8).
86.2%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Pupil-teacher ratio — primary

Number of pupils per teacher at primary level (ISCED 1) — class-size proxy.
18.1ratio
2023
Source: BIS· Data 2023
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Pupil-teacher ratio — lower secondary

Number of pupils per teacher at lower-secondary level (ISCED 2) — collège-level class-size proxy.
14.7ratio
2023
Source: BIS· Data 2023
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Public spending per pupil — primary

Annual public expenditure per pupil at primary level (EUR, public institutions).
8.2KEUR
2022
Source: BIS· Data 2022
Upd. 07/2025 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Public spending per pupil — lower secondary

Annual public expenditure per pupil at lower-secondary level (EUR).
10.2KEUR
2022
Source: BIS· Data 2022
Upd. 07/2025 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Public spending per pupil — tertiary

Annual public expenditure per student at tertiary level (ISCED 5-8, EUR).
15.4KEUR
2022
Source: BIS· Data 2022
Upd. 07/2025 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Childcare under 3 — part-time

Share of children under 3 in formal childcare 1-29 hours/week — companion to the full-time figure.
17.3%
2024
Source: BIS· Data 2024
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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France — Digital skills — above basic

Stricter cut of digital skills — share with above-basic level in all five DigComp components.
35%
2025
Source: BIS· Data 2025
Upd. 01/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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