Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United States of America
United States of America: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 1 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United States of America, 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United States of America is 1 GPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United States of America peaked at 1.11 GPIA in 1970 and was at its lowest, 1 GPIA, in 2023.
United States of America ranks 17th of 94 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United States of America, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1.11 GPIA | — |
| 2004 | 1.01 GPIA | -8.5% |
| 2005 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.02 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 1.01 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 1.02 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.11 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 5 |
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More education data for United States of America
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.78 million (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 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United States of America?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in United States of America was 1 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 GPIA in 1970.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2023.
- How does United States of America rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- United States of America ranks 17th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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