Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Switzerland
Switzerland: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 0.7223 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Switzerland, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Switzerland is 0.7223 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Switzerland peaked at 0.7223 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5698 GPIA, in 2014.
That places Switzerland 35th out of 39 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.5698 GPIA | — |
| 2015 | 0.5817 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.5861 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.6022 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.6349 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6601 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6872 GPIA | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 0.7039 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.6956 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.7103 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 0.7223 GPIA | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6058 GPIA | 0.5698 GPIA | 0.6601 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.7039 GPIA | 0.6872 GPIA | 0.7223 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
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 0.7223 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 0.7223 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5698 GPIA in 2014.
- How does Switzerland rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Switzerland ranks 35th out of 39 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 26.8%. 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, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release