Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.8604 NPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in NPIA.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 0.8604 NPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium peaked at 0.8866 NPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8229 NPIA, in 2006.
That places Belgium 31st out of 34 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium, year by year
| Year | NPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.8229 NPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.8306 NPIA | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8401 NPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8386 NPIA | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8393 NPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8307 NPIA | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8308 NPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8271 NPIA | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8454 NPIA | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8553 NPIA | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8615 NPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.874 NPIA | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8636 NPIA | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8551 NPIA | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8866 NPIA | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.8735 NPIA | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8551 NPIA | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.8604 NPIA | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8331 NPIA | 0.8229 NPIA | 0.8401 NPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8483 NPIA | 0.8271 NPIA | 0.874 NPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8689 NPIA | 0.8551 NPIA | 0.8866 NPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 28 Brunei Darussalam 0.9093 NPIA compare
- 29 Ghana 0.8878 NPIA compare
- 30 United States of America 0.8865 NPIA compare
- 32 Costa Rica 0.8436 NPIA compare
- 33 Germany 0.8375 NPIA compare
- 34 Netherlands 0.8263 NPIA compare
More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.11 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Belgium was 0.8604 NPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8866 NPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8229 NPIA in 2006.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Belgium ranks 31st out of 34 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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, adjusted native parity index (NPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release