Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile in Uruguay
Uruguay: Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile was 86.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile in Uruguay, 2008–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 86.4% for completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile in Uruguay peaked at 90.6% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 47.5%, in 2021.
That places Uruguay 13th out of 24 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 67.0% | — |
| 2009 | 76.0% | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 62.8% | -17.4% |
| 2011 | 66.6% | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 75.4% | +13.2% |
| 2014 | 60.6% | -19.6% |
| 2015 | 75.0% | +23.8% |
| 2016 | 63.2% | -15.7% |
| 2017 | 78.0% | +23.4% |
| 2018 | 90.6% | +16.2% |
| 2019 | 86.3% | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 47.5% | -45.0% |
| 2022 | 87.0% | +83.2% |
| 2023 | 86.4% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.5% | 67.0% | 76.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 73.2% | 60.6% | 90.6% | 9 |
| 2020s | 73.6% | 47.5% | 87.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,922 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0849 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile in Uruguay?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile in Uruguay was 86.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 90.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.5% in 2021.
- How does Uruguay rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile?
- Uruguay ranks 13th out of 24 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, richest quintile, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release