Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Switzerland
Switzerland: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 0.8204 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Switzerland, 2015–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 0.8204 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Switzerland peaked at 0.8204 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6904 GPIA, in 2015.
That places Switzerland 61st out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.6904 GPIA | — |
| 2016 | 0.6908 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.7029 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.7376 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 0.7609 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 0.7789 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 0.786 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.7817 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8079 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 0.8204 GPIA | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.7165 GPIA | 0.6904 GPIA | 0.7609 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.795 GPIA | 0.7789 GPIA | 0.8204 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for Switzerland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 58,349 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.21 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Switzerland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Switzerland was 0.8204 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8204 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6904 GPIA in 2015.
- How does Switzerland rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Switzerland ranks 61st out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release