Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Uruguay
Uruguay: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.73 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
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Uruguay is 0.73 LPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Uruguay peaked at 0.73 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.396 LPIA, in 2009.
Uruguay ranks 51st of 95 countries on this measure, 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 lower secondary education or in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.4994 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.5016 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4454 LPIA | -11.2% |
| 2009 | 0.396 LPIA | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5278 LPIA | +33.3% |
| 2011 | 0.5154 LPIA | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.5382 LPIA | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 0.5922 LPIA | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5523 LPIA | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 0.536 LPIA | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.5961 LPIA | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 0.604 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.589 LPIA | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.6035 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 0.73 LPIA | +21.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4994 LPIA | 0.4994 LPIA | 0.4994 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4476 LPIA | 0.396 LPIA | 0.5016 LPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.5655 LPIA | 0.5154 LPIA | 0.604 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.73 LPIA | 0.73 LPIA | 0.73 LPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More education data for Uruguay
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 18,882 (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 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 104.53 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 104.5% (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 0.73 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 0.73 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.396 LPIA in 2009.
- How does Uruguay rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Uruguay ranks 51st 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 32.2%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release