Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay
Uruguay: Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile was 95.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay, 2000–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay stood at 95.2%. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay peaked at 95.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 70.6%, in 2003.
That places Uruguay 8th out of 37 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 70.8% | — |
| 2001 | 71.0% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 76.6% | +7.9% |
| 2003 | 70.6% | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 78.5% | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 77.1% | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 76.6% | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 79.5% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 79.2% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 82.0% | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 83.2% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 85.6% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 77.3% | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 82.1% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 85.2% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 85.7% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 86.3% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 93.2% | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 93.5% | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 95.2% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.1% | 70.6% | 79.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 83.0% | 77.3% | 86.3% | 9 |
| 2020s | 94.0% | 93.2% | 95.2% | 3 |
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More education data for Uruguay
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,922 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0849 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay?
- Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile in Uruguay was 95.2% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 95.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.6% in 2003.
- How does Uruguay rank for completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile?
- Uruguay ranks 8th out of 37 countries with data for 2023.
- Is completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, richest quintile rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. 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, urban, richest quintile, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release