Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) in Belgium
Belgium: Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) was 82.2% in 2025. β² Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) in Belgium, 1981β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 82.2% for completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) in Belgium peaked at 82.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 67.3%, in 1981.
That places Belgium 49th out of 164 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 69.0% | 67.3% | 71.1% | 9 |
| 1990s | 73.7% | 71.6% | 75.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.7% | 75.5% | 76.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.5% | 76.3% | 80.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.5% | 80.8% | 82.2% | 6 |
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More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0069 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) in Belgium?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) in Belgium was 82.2% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 82.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.3% in 1981.
- How does Belgium rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data)?
- Belgium ranks 49th out of 164 countries with data for 2025.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release