Educational attainment rate, completed … male lower location LPIA in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed … male lower location LPIA was 0.5925 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Uruguay, 1996–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Uruguay stood at 0.5925 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Uruguay peaked at 0.5925 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.3067 LPIA, in 2009.
That places Uruguay 66th out of 95 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … male lower location LPIA in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.5119 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.3999 LPIA | -21.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3852 LPIA | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.3067 LPIA | -20.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4602 LPIA | +50.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4344 LPIA | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.4147 LPIA | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 0.4704 LPIA | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4467 LPIA | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4579 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.468 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4914 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4842 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.4675 LPIA | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 0.5925 LPIA | +26.8% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.5925 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9848 LPIA, 60% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.5925 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5367 LPIA, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … male lower location LPIA in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +50.1% | 0.3067 LPIA | 0.4602 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5119 LPIA | 0.5119 LPIA | 0.5119 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.3639 LPIA | 0.3067 LPIA | 0.3999 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.4595 LPIA | 0.4147 LPIA | 0.4914 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5925 LPIA | 0.5925 LPIA | 0.5925 LPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 63 Zimbabwe 0.6583 LPIA compare
- 64 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.655 LPIA compare
- 65 Pakistan 0.5966 LPIA compare
- 67 Dominican Republic 0.5857 LPIA compare
- 68 Costa Rica 0.5846 LPIA compare
- 69 Mexico 0.5654 LPIA compare
More education data for Uruguay
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.38 (2015)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.96 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 25,390 (2010)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 2,520 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 57,513 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,922 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 337,808 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 287,527 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.35 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Uruguay?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Uruguay was 0.5925 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5925 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3067 LPIA in 2009.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Uruguay ranks 66th out of 95 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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