Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Sweden
Sweden: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 29.8% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Sweden, 2013β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Sweden stood at 29.8%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 57.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Sweden peaked at 29.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 19.0%, in 2013.
That places Sweden 20th out of 112 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.7% | 19.0% | 25.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 28.2% | 27.0% | 29.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More education data for Sweden
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0068 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Sweden?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Sweden was 29.8% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 29.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.0% in 2013.
- How does Sweden rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Sweden ranks 20th out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release