Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Uganda
Uganda: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 0.5696 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Uganda, 2010β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 0.5696 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 14.8% on the previous year and up 87.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Uganda peaked at 0.5696 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3033 GPIA, in 2014.
Uganda ranks 38th of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4487 GPIA | 0.3033 GPIA | 0.5687 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.5329 GPIA | 0.4961 GPIA | 0.5696 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More education data for Uganda
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 207,238 (2017)
- 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 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 106.2% (2017)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0052 units per person (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Uganda?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Uganda was 0.5696 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5696 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3033 GPIA in 2014.
- How does Uganda rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Uganda ranks 38th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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