Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Israel
Israel: Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent was 38.3% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent in Israel, 2012β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Israel recorded 38.3% for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in 2023. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 17.8% on the previous year and up 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Israel peaked at 38.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 31.2%, in 2012.
That places Israel 8th out of 112 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33.7% | 31.2% | 36.2% | 8 |
| 2020s | 36.1% | 32.5% | 38.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 5 Lithuania 41.3% compare
- 6 United Kingdom 39.6% compare
- 7 United States 39.1% compare
- 9 Belgium 37.4% compare
- 10 Australia 36.8% compare
- 11 Netherlands 36.6% compare
More education data for Israel
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 92,770 (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 60.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 27.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0093 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Israel?
- Educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent in Israel was 38.3% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 38.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.2% in 2012.
- How does Israel rank for educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent?
- Israel ranks 8th out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed bachelor's or equivalent rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 12 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release