Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania
Albania: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9676 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania, 2005–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Albania recorded 0.9676 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania peaked at 0.9676 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7625 GPIA, in 2005.
Albania ranks 28th of 36 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.7625 GPIA | — |
| 2008 | 0.8171 GPIA | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8692 GPIA | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9585 GPIA | +10.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9582 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9608 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9634 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9644 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9676 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7898 GPIA | 0.7625 GPIA | 0.8171 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9286 GPIA | 0.8692 GPIA | 0.9585 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.9641 GPIA | 0.9608 GPIA | 0.9676 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 25 Brunei Darussalam 0.9795 GPIA compare
- 26 France 0.9721 GPIA compare
- 27 Luxembourg 0.9692 GPIA compare
- 29 Croatia 0.9652 GPIA compare
- 30 Romania 0.9617 GPIA compare
- 31 Montenegro 0.9462 GPIA compare
More education data for Albania
- 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 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 9,336 (2024)
- 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 16.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Albania was 0.9676 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9676 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7625 GPIA in 2005.
- How does Albania rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Albania ranks 28th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania 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, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release