Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 39.3% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Belgium, 2009β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Belgium stood at 39.3%. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Belgium peaked at 39.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28.2%, in 2009.
Belgium ranks 16th of 86 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.2% | 28.2% | 28.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 32.5% | 28.5% | 36.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.7% | 37.7% | 39.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 13 Moldova, Republic of 41.7% compare
- 14 United Kingdom 41.2% compare
- 15 Kazakhstan, Republic of 40.4% compare
- 17 Switzerland 38.7% compare
- 18 Bulgaria 38.1% compare
- 19 Cyprus 38.0% compare
More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (2023)
- 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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0069 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Belgium?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Belgium was 39.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 39.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.2% in 2009.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Belgium ranks 16th out of 86 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release