Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male in Belgium
Belgium: Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male was 94.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male in Belgium, 2006–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 94.9% for completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male in 2021. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.6% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male in Belgium peaked at 94.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 74.1%, in 2008.
Belgium ranks 5th of 80 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 76.1% | — |
| 2007 | 81.0% | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 74.1% | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 79.1% | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 77.9% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 76.5% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 82.2% | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 80.7% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 83.0% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 82.5% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 82.0% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 86.0% | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 86.8% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 84.6% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 85.0% | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 94.9% | +11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.6% | 74.1% | 81.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 82.2% | 76.5% | 86.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.0% | 85.0% | 94.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More education data for Belgium
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 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 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male in Belgium?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male in Belgium was 94.9% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 94.9% in 2021.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.1% in 2008.
- How does Belgium rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male?
- Belgium ranks 5th out of 80 countries with data for 2021.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release