Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay
Uruguay: Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile was 99.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 99.3% for completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile in 2023. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay peaked at 99.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 89.0%, in 2003.
That places Uruguay 4th out of 36 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 91.6% | — |
| 2001 | 95.5% | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 94.6% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 89.0% | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 93.1% | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 92.3% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 96.3% | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 96.8% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 95.9% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 97.4% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 96.5% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 95.2% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 97.2% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 97.4% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 97.1% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 97.9% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 98.3% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 97.2% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 96.8% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 98.2% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 99.3% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.6% | 89.0% | 96.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 97.0% | 95.2% | 98.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.1% | 96.8% | 99.3% | 3 |
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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, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay?
- Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay was 99.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.0% in 2003.
- How does Uruguay rank for completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile?
- Uruguay ranks 4th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, richest quintile rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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, richest quintile, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release