Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in Uruguay
Uruguay: Completion rate, upper secondary education, male was 49.6% in 2024. β² Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in Uruguay, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 49.6% for completion rate, upper secondary education, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.4% on the previous year and up 70.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, male in Uruguay peaked at 49.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 27.9%, in 2012.
That places Uruguay 59th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.9% | 28.1% | 31.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 31.4% | 27.9% | 39.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.5% | 40.8% | 49.6% | 4 |
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More education data for Uruguay
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0056 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, male in Uruguay?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, male in Uruguay was 49.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, male recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 49.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, male recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.9% in 2012.
- How does Uruguay rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, male?
- Uruguay ranks 59th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, male rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.3%. 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, upper secondary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release