Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Uruguay
Uruguay: Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female was 93.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Uruguay, 2008–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 93.6% for completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Uruguay peaked at 93.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 75.9%, in 2008.
Uruguay ranks 12th of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 75.9% | — |
| 2009 | 79.0% | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 79.2% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 80.9% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 81.4% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 84.0% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 76.6% | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 81.5% | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 84.6% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 84.5% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 85.7% | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 92.6% | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 90.5% | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 93.6% | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.5% | 75.9% | 79.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 82.0% | 76.6% | 85.7% | 9 |
| 2020s | 92.2% | 90.5% | 93.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
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, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Uruguay?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female in Uruguay was 93.6% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 93.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.9% in 2008.
- How does Uruguay rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female?
- Uruguay ranks 12th out of 39 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, richest quintile, female rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. 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, richest quintile, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release