Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Portugal
Portugal: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.7251 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.7251 LPIA
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
53rd
of 95 countries
All-time high
0.8659 LPIA
in 2016
All-time low
0.5236 LPIA
in 2000
Years of data
26
1998–2023
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Portugal, 1998–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 0.7251 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Portugal peaked at 0.8659 LPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5236 LPIA, in 2000.
Portugal ranks 53rd of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Portugal, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 0.5455 LPIA | — |
| 1999 | 0.5274 LPIA | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.5236 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.5277 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.5506 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 0.5436 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.5659 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 0.5584 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.5611 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.5656 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.6054 LPIA | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 0.638 LPIA | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 0.6413 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6821 LPIA | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6891 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7177 LPIA | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7253 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.7437 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8659 LPIA | +16.4% |
| 2017 | 0.6245 LPIA | -27.9% |
| 2018 | 0.6854 LPIA | +9.8% |
| 2019 | 0.63 LPIA | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 0.6329 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.7219 LPIA | +14.1% |
| 2022 | 0.7257 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.7251 LPIA | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5365 LPIA | 0.5274 LPIA | 0.5455 LPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.564 LPIA | 0.5236 LPIA | 0.638 LPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7005 LPIA | 0.6245 LPIA | 0.8659 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7014 LPIA | 0.6329 LPIA | 0.7257 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More education data for Portugal
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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 2,022 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 52,131 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Portugal?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Portugal was 0.7251 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8659 LPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5236 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Portugal rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Portugal ranks 53rd out of 95 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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