Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Rwanda
Rwanda: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 3.5% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Rwanda, 2012β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 3.5% for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 135.8% on the previous year and up 284.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Rwanda peaked at 3.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2012.
That places Rwanda 68th out of 85 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.6% | 0.7% | 2.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 2.3% | 1.5% | 3.5% | 5 |
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More education data for Rwanda
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 68,326 (2024)
- 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 59.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 149.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0048 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Rwanda?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Rwanda was 3.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2012.
- How does Rwanda rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Rwanda ranks 68th out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 284.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release