Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Uruguay
Uruguay: Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male was 86.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Uruguay, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 86.8% for completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Uruguay peaked at 86.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 53.4%, in 2001.
Uruguay ranks 49th of 80 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 53.5% | — |
| 2001 | 53.4% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 57.4% | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 58.5% | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 55.2% | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 56.5% | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 61.0% | +8.0% |
| 2009 | 60.3% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 56.4% | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 59.9% | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 60.1% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 57.4% | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 61.6% | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 62.7% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 65.8% | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 68.2% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 68.7% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 74.0% | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 79.6% | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 80.4% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 83.3% | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 86.8% | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 57.0% | 53.4% | 61.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 63.5% | 56.4% | 74.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.5% | 79.6% | 86.8% | 4 |
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More education data for Uruguay
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,882 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Uruguay?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male in Uruguay was 86.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 86.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.4% in 2001.
- How does Uruguay rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male?
- Uruguay ranks 49th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.8%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release