11 answers, 5 from Argentina's own official bodies, with a link to each figure.
76.9% of Argentine sixth-grade pupils reached the satisfactory or advanced level in language in the 2025 Aprender assessment, according to the Ministry of Human Capital's Aprender Primaria 2025 executive summary. 18.2% were at the basic level and 4.9% below basic.
The ministry reports an improvement on the previous assessment, with fewer pupils at the lowest levels. Aprender was taken on 12 November 2025 by 631,366 pupils in 19,414 schools, 84% of pupils and 95% of schools.
55% of Argentine sixth-grade pupils reached the satisfactory or advanced level in mathematics in the 2025 Aprender assessment, according to the Ministry of Human Capital's Aprender Primaria 2025 executive summary. 24.8% were at the basic level and 20.2% below basic.
Only 15.1% reached the advanced level, compared with 32.8% in language. The ministry says maths results have varied less over time than language results. The assessment covers the last year of primary school.
51.5% of pupils in Argentine private primary schools reached the advanced level in language in the 2025 Aprender assessment, against 25.9% in state schools, according to the Aprender Primaria 2025 executive summary.
In maths, 51.5% of state-school pupils were at basic or below-basic level, against 27.2% in private schools. Rural pupils also scored lower than urban pupils. Differences between sectors partly reflect pupils' family backgrounds, which the assessment also measures through a socioeconomic index.
Argentina's gross enrolment ratio in tertiary education was 107.8% in 2023, according to the World Bank's tertiary enrolment indicator, based on UNESCO data.
The ratio compares all tertiary students, of any age, with the population in the five-year age group after secondary school, so it can exceed 100% when many older students are enrolled. Transfers to universities rose 46.4% in August 2026 from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Economy.
Argentine government spending on education was 5.0% of GDP in 2023, according to the World Bank's education expenditure indicator, up from 4.8% in 2022 and 4.7% in 2021.
The figure covers spending by national and provincial governments. In August 2026 national transfers to universities rose 46.4% in nominal terms, according to the Ministry of Economy's fiscal release, which links the rise to a law passed by Congress in 2025.
The figures below use one definition for every country, so they can differ from national figures.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2017, is 99.2%. The peak was 99.5% in 2015 and the low 98.7% in 2010. Latin America & Caribbean median: 93.9%; Argentina is 2nd highest of 24. World rank, highest first: 10th of 134.
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, gross secondary school enrolment in Argentina was 105.6% in 2023. The peak was 115.7% in 2021 and the low 92.2% in 2007. It is 8th highest of 28 in Latin America & Caribbean, where the median is 92.9%. World rank, highest first: 26th of 138.
The latest figure from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, for 2023, is 107.8%. It is the top of the series, which starts in 2005. Latin America & Caribbean median: 48.6%; Argentina is 1st highest of 16. Worldwide: 3rd of 120.
In 2020, the adult literacy rate in Argentina was 99.1%, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. It was 97.2% in 2001. Across Latin America & Caribbean the middle value was 94.5%, and Argentina placed 1st highest of 12. Of 41 countries with 2020 data, 5th highest.
5.0% of GDP: that is government spending on education in Argentina for 2023, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Since 2005 it has ranged from 3.9% of GDP (2005) to 5.8% of GDP (2015). Latin America & Caribbean median: 3.8% of GDP; Argentina is 6th highest of 26. World rank, highest first: 30th of 112.
98.9%: that is the primary completion rate in Argentina for 2023, according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Since 2005 it has ranged from 94.5% (2005) to 106.5% (2016). Latin America & Caribbean median: 96.2%; Argentina is 10th highest of 23. Of 131 countries with 2023 data, 40th highest.
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