Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Europe and Northern America
SDG: Europe and Northern America: Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes was 89.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Europe and Northern America, 1990–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
SDG: Europe and Northern America recorded 89.6% for completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Europe and Northern America peaked at 89.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 79.0%, in 1990.
SDG: Europe and Northern America ranks 5th of 39 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Europe and Northern America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 79.0% | — |
| 1991 | 79.4% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 79.7% | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 80.0% | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 80.2% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 80.5% | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 80.8% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 81.1% | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 81.5% | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 82.0% | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 82.5% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 82.9% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 83.3% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 83.6% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 83.9% | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 84.2% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 84.5% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 84.8% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 85.0% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 85.3% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 85.6% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 86.0% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 86.4% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 86.7% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 87.1% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 87.4% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 87.7% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 87.8% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 88.0% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 88.2% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 88.5% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 88.7% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 88.9% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 89.1% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 89.4% | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 89.6% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 80.4% | 79.0% | 82.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 84.0% | 82.5% | 85.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.1% | 85.6% | 88.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.0% | 88.5% | 89.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near SDG: Europe and Northern America
More education data for SDG: Europe and Northern America
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 43.04 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 31.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.059 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 45.47 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0656 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 4.83 million (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3241 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.0622 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate -0.1479 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Europe and Northern America?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes in SDG: Europe and Northern America was 89.6% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes recorded in SDG: Europe and Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 89.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes recorded in SDG: Europe and Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.0% in 1990.
- How does SDG: Europe and Northern America rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes?
- SDG: Europe and Northern America ranks 5th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes rising or falling in SDG: Europe and Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this SDG: Europe and Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release