Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.454 LPIA in 2022. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Afghanistan, 2014–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 0.454 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2022. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 94.6% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Afghanistan peaked at 0.454 LPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2332 LPIA, in 2021.
That places Afghanistan 77th out of 95 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.3724 LPIA | — |
| 2015 | 0.4359 LPIA | +17.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4275 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.4322 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2332 LPIA | -46.0% |
| 2022 | 0.454 LPIA | +94.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4119 LPIA | 0.3724 LPIA | 0.4359 LPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.3731 LPIA | 0.2332 LPIA | 0.454 LPIA | 3 |
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More education data for Afghanistan
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 163,167 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 6 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 55.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 42.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Afghanistan?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Afghanistan was 0.454 LPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.454 LPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2332 LPIA in 2021.
- How does Afghanistan rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Afghanistan ranks 77th out of 95 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release