Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland
Finland: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 97.7% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland, 2006β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Finland recorded 97.7% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland peaked at 98.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 90.3%, in 2006.
That places Finland 13th out of 34 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 91.6% | 90.3% | 92.7% | 4 |
| 2010s | 93.4% | 91.9% | 94.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.9% | 95.6% | 98.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 30,824 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0055 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Finland was 97.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 98.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.3% in 2006.
- How does Finland rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Finland ranks 13th out of 34 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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, immigrant background, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release