Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in France
France: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 0.988 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in France, 2014β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
France recorded 0.988 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2023. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in France peaked at 0.988 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.8728 GPIA, in 2014.
France ranks 45th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.908 GPIA | 0.8728 GPIA | 0.9481 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.9758 GPIA | 0.9636 GPIA | 0.988 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near France
More education data for France
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 229,471 (2013)
- 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 61.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 103.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0035 units per person (2013)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in France?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in France was 0.988 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 0.988 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8728 GPIA in 2014.
- How does France rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- France ranks 45th out of 86 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release