Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Iran
Iran: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.809 GPIA in 2016. ▲ Rising
Latest (2016)
0.809 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
67th
of 94 countries
All-time high
0.809 GPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.7633 GPIA
in 2010
Years of data
5
2010–2016
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Iran, 2010–2016
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2016, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Iran stood at 0.809 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Iran ranks 67th of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Iran
More education data for Iran
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 372,396 (2023)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 22.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 69.4% (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.96 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Iran?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Iran was 0.809 GPIA in 2016, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 0.809 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7633 GPIA in 2010.
- How does Iran rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Iran ranks 67th out of 94 countries with data for 2016.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release