Completion rate, lower secondary education … adjusted wealth WPIA in Uruguay
Uruguay: Completion rate, lower secondary education … adjusted wealth WPIA was 0.7216 WPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted wealth in Uruguay, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in WPIA.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 0.7216 WPIA for completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted wealth in 2023. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 264.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted wealth in Uruguay peaked at 0.7216 WPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1981 WPIA, in 2013.
Uruguay ranks 14th of 21 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education … adjusted wealth WPIA in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | WPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3238 WPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.4379 WPIA | +35.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4246 WPIA | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 0.465 WPIA | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 0.4067 WPIA | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 0.4375 WPIA | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 0.4108 WPIA | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4219 WPIA | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 0.3689 WPIA | -12.6% |
| 2011 | 0.4126 WPIA | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 0.4407 WPIA | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 0.1981 WPIA | -55.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4698 WPIA | +137.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4735 WPIA | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.4756 WPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5303 WPIA | +11.5% |
| 2018 | 0.532 WPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6056 WPIA | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 0.6952 WPIA | +14.8% |
| 2022 | 0.7026 WPIA | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7216 WPIA | +2.7% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.7216 WPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.8742 WPIA, 83% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Completion rate, lower secondary education … adjusted wealth WPIA in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +137.1% | 0.1981 WPIA | 0.4698 WPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.416 WPIA | 0.3238 WPIA | 0.465 WPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.4507 WPIA | 0.1981 WPIA | 0.6056 WPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7065 WPIA | 0.6952 WPIA | 0.7216 WPIA | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 11 Costa Rica 0.8586 WPIA compare
- 12 El Salvador 0.8099 WPIA compare
- 13 Colombia 0.802 WPIA compare
- 15 Nepal 0.6869 WPIA compare
- 16 Honduras 0.5945 WPIA compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.5382 WPIA compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.38 (2015)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.96 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,390 (2010)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2,520 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 57,513 (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted wealth in Uruguay?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted wealth in Uruguay was 0.7216 WPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted wealth recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7216 WPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted wealth recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1981 WPIA in 2013.
- How does Uruguay rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted wealth?
- Uruguay ranks 14th out of 21 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, adjusted wealth rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 264.2%. 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, urban, adjusted wealth parity index (WPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release